Professional Cookery & Hospitality

Get your career cooking! Be creative and provide people with an amazing experience, whether it’s through food, drink or an event.

Is it for me?

You will need to be great at customer service, have problem solving skills, attention to detail, energy and enthusiasm and work well in a team. If you have ambitions to be a manager, this industry can provide lots of opportunities for promotions and a move into management positions.

Our facilities

You'll study this subject full-time at City Campus and will have access to our state-of-the-art kitchens, commercial restaurant, City Bistro, industry-standard equipment and facilities including a bakery, high crown deck oven, Naboo combi-ovens, Mecnosud digital spiral mixers, integrated sous-vide machines and indoor charcoal oven.

Career ready

Job opportunities are worldwide so you can see new places, meet new people and experience new cultures at the same time! We work with the following employers to help you get career ready and gain real work skills: Hilton Garden Inn, Radisson Blu Hotel, Lumley Castle, Jesmond Dene House, The Forge, Kennedy and Rhind.

95.3%

of our professional cookery and hospitality students progressed to employment or further study.*

*Destination data, academic year 2016/17 (FT FE 16-18 students)

Industry standard facilities

State-of-the-art commercial kitchens and restaurant

Have you seen our excellent facilities?

We have some of the best facilities for professional cookery and hospitality students including:

State-of-the-art kitchens.
Commercial restaurant, City Bistro.
Industry-standard equipment andfacilities including a bakery, high crown deck oven, Naboo combi-ovens,Mecnosud digital spiral mixers, integrated sous-vide machines, induction hobs and indoor charcoal oven.