Description
- Level 4 programme
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If you are interested in working in the fast-paced, exciting and growing industry of Cookery, this course is your ticket. This is a professional, one year, full time training programme for aspiring chefs which is offered at our Porirua and Kapiti Campuses.
Covering all aspects of working in a professional kitchen, you will learn food preparation, a range of cooking methods and techniques, la carte skills, stock management, menu planning and kitchen design.
As well as gaining the Certificate in Professional Cookery, graduates gain the internationally recognised City and Guilds Certificate and Diploma in Cookery as well as industry recognised certificates in First Aid and Food Safety.
Our experienced and friendly tutors ensure you gain work experience plus have plenty of practical experience in our purpose-built kitchen and restaurant facilities which provide lunch and dinner productions. Work experience placement is organised for students in some of Wellington's best restaurants. This means you will go to actual workplaces and gain an insight and knowledge into these industries.
Our students gain work experience/internships at the following businesses: Intercontinental Hotel, Quest Hotels, Holiday Inn Hotel, James Cook Hotel, Mercure Hotels, The Bolton Hotel, The Duxton Hotel, Ibis Hotels, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Bellamys, The Matterhorn, The White House, Martin Bosleys Yacht Club & Logan Brown.
Whitireia pride themselves on the quality graduates that this course produces. We design our programmes to keep pace with current trends and have built relationships with industry leaders to ensure we are providing our students with knowledge and skills that the industry needs.
Course Outline
Food Preparation and Cooking: You will learn all the knowledge and techniques to be able to demonstrate a range of cooking methods such as - boiling, poaching, stewing, steaming, braising, deep frying, shallow frying, baking, roasting, grilling and microwave cooking. You will gain an understanding into the nutritional value of food and be able to identify and promote healthy eating options. You will be able to work with knives and utensils safely, without danger to yourselves and others and to understand the correct procedures of food preparation methods
Food Safety: You will be able to maintain effective personal hygiene when working with food to prevent cross contamination and methods to control hazards in a kitchen. You will be up to date with training of Industry standards around the safe storage and care of food
Food Preparation and Cooking (Culinary Arts): You will be able to prepare, cook and provide service in our training restaurant for a range of dishes. You will learn basic pastry techniques to produce a range of simple desserts, sweet slices and basic sauces. You will be able to design and plan food and beverage areas. You will be able to implement business plans and prepare and cost a range of menus and promotion and marketing options for a small food business
Core Health: You will be able to carry out and manage simple first aid procedures and identify safety hazards in the workplace. You will receive an Industry recognised First Aid Certificate
Work Experience: You will get the opportunity to be placed in the industry for two weeks of full time work experience
Download a brochure about this course.