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. 

3 x GCSEs at grades 1 to 3 including Maths and English, or previous vocational qualification.However, if you don’t have any formal qualifications, don’t worry, simply let us know and we can assess you to ensure that you will be able to achieve well on the course.

We will invite you to a course information meeting event where you will receive information, advice and guidance about the course you have applied for. This will be an opportunity for you to gain valuable information about the course and give you the opportunity to tour our excellent facilities and ask any questions you may have.

You will be asked to provide a copy of your last school report and / or a reference from an employer or relevant professional other. This is to ensure we can support you to be able to achieve well on the course.

We are firmly committed to finding the right course for you to ensure you can flourish! Talk to us today if you have any concerns about the application process, we are here to help take you to the next level.

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.