Baking & Cookery

This course is available for Apprentices only. Baking for retail is generally defined as bread, and cake and pastry, however this course combines both, so you get the best of both worlds! You’ll learn how to prepare and produce pastry, fillings, cakes, cookies, and bread. You will also learn some decorating skills.

This course is available only for apprentices and will prepare you for a retail baking career. Being a qualified baker involves more than just baking. You will learn to prepare and bake food across a range of bakery settings and also how to manage a bakery, ensure the hygiene and cleanliness of the bakery are maintained, and order ingredients.

This course is only available for apprentices. If you are employed as a pastry cook and baker and want to formalise your experience, this is the course for you! Learn to prepare and produce pastry, fillings, sponge, cake and cookie batter, as well as bake and decorate cake and pastries - all to a professional standard.

This course is available to apprentice chefs, and also to people who are currently working in industry in kitchen hand or cook roles. You will learn how to prepare, cook, and serve food across a range of hospitality settings and gain the skills and knowledge to be competent as a qualified chef or cook in a supervisory or team leader role in the kitchen.

If you want to explore your culinary skills and develop skills to create amazing desserts this is the course for you! This qualification will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge to produce a range of patisserie products as a qualified cook.