Cookery / Bakery

NPA Professional Cookery and Bakery –SCQF Level 4

If you are interested in pursuing a career in the catering industry, but do not necessarily have any prior experience of cookery, then try this introductory course. You will learn skills in professional cookery, whilst working in the training kitchens within the Hospitality department. You will be preparing and presenting food in a realistic working environment throughout the academic year.

2-Year Rotation

Depending on when you start, the course will be based on either Cookery or Bakery. The following year, the other course will run which will give you the chance to cover both the Bakery and Cookery courses over a 2 year period while still at school.

If you have a particular preference between Cookery and Bakery, please mention this at the start of your personal statement when you complete your application form.

Entry Level

You should ideally have Core Skills at SCQF Level 3 but is at the discretion of the College

Course Content

Cookery

Food Preparation Techniques: An Introduction
Food Hygiene for the Hospitality Industry
Cookery Processes: An Introduction

Bakery

Craft Baking: An Introduction
Cake Decorating: An Introduction
Bread Making: An Introduction
Pastry

Progression - What Next?

What opportunities will be available to me when I finish?

National Certificate (NC) in Professional Cookery at SCCF level 5
Seek employment in the hospitality and catering industry, eg as trainee commis chef/apprentice.