Apprenticeship – Senior Chef Production Cooking – Level 3

Senior Production chefs supervise/manage a team in working in time-bound and often challenging kitchen environments, for example, schools, hospitals, the Armed Forces, care homes and high street casual dining or pub kitchens.

Their team are likely to work with centrally developed standardised recipes and menus, producing food often in high volumes. They apply highly methodical organisational skills, energy, accuracy, attention to detail and are mindful of the importance of sustainability and protecting the environment. 

GCSE Level 4 or above/equivalent Maths and English

The apprenticeship is made up of four core modules, with knowledge, skills and behaviours relating to each module. By completing these modules, the apprentice will learn about:

Kitchen operations     

 Nutrition          

 Legal and governance

 People              

 Business / Commercial

Theory: you will attend interactive theory sessions online with your assessor. This will be fun packed and provide you with the knowledge you need to become an expert in your chosen field. It will include pre-session activities that will be discussed and will link to your own workplace as well as the wider hospitality industry.

Employer support: your employer will provide you with hands-on training and support, experience working in other departments and in-depth training around brand standards, values, customers and your organisation’s policies and procedures.

• Laptop / iPad
• Internet access
• Notepaper and pen

Formative assessment will be carried out for every module and your assessor will provide supportive, developmental, written feedback for every piece of work submitted.

Level 4 and 5 study programmes

For more information contact Derby College on 0800 0280289 or enquiries@derby-college.ac.uk