Catering and Hospitality Level 1

The Level 1 Certificate in in Catering and Hospitality is a professional catering course.

It’s a one-year, vocational course that will give you an overview of:

• Working in the catering and hospitality industry
• Practical skills
• Food and drink service

This course is for school leavers aged 16-18.

The course covers a range of units. These can include:

•  Introduction to the catering and hospitality industry
•  Food safety in catering
•  Health and safety awareness for catering and hospitality
•  Introduction to healthier foods and special diets
•  Introduction to kitchen equipment
•  Introduction to personal workplace skills
•  Prepare and cook food by boiling, poaching and steaming
• Prepare and cook food by baking, roasting and grilling
•  Prepare and cook food by deep frying and shallow frying
•  Regeneration of pre-prepared food
•  Cold food preparation

Additional skills development:

• Customer Service
• Restaurant Skills

As a full-time student at City of Bristol College, you will follow a study programme consisting of a vocational course, Maths and English, employability skills, work experience, volunteering and topical talks. 

To join this course, you will need:

• Grade 3 GCSE English and Grade 2 GCSE Maths as a minimum, plus an interest in the catering and hospitality sector. 

Your will be learning in classroom and in a work-based environment. This course is based at South Bristol Skills Academy.

You will also need to complete weekly self-directed work outside of college.

Assessment

To complete this course, you must complete all 12 units and pass the following assessment:

Each of the six theory-based units are assessed using:

• An online exam
• Course work
• Question papers

Each of the six practical-based units are assessed using:

• Question papers
• A practical exam

At the end of the course, there are two end-of-year practical exams that assess the knowledge and understanding and skills over the whole course.

You could progress to one of the Level 2 courses offered at City of Bristol College.

You may also go on to gain employment within the catering and hospitality industry

As a City of Bristol College student, you may incur additional costs to attend your course.

To join a catering course, you will need to purchase a uniform pack. This pack contains:

• Chef white
• A selection of knives and other relevant small equipment
• Safety shoes
• Restaurant uniform

The cost of this pack is discussed at the Course Information Meeting (Interview).

If you are on a limited income, you may be able to receive help from our Learner Support Funding Bursary.