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Intermediate Certificate: Professional Cookery

This course is an ideal start for a career in professional cookery and hospitality. You will developing practical skills, knowledge and techniques in professional cookery using our first-class purpose-built professional kitchens and bistros. Learning practical and theory subjects will enhance your opportunities to gain employment in the hospitality industry.

Course information

Level:

Broadly comparable to SCQF Level 5

Study Mode:

  • Full time

Location:

  • Dunfermline City Campus
  • Kirkcaldy

Start Date:

Aug 2025

Duration:

  • One year full time

Who is this course for?

  • This course is an ideal start for a career in professional cookery and hospitality. You will developing practical skills, knowledge and techniques in professional cookery using our first-class purpose-built professional kitchens and bistros.

What skills will I learn?

  • Team working
  • Problem solving
  • Communication
  • Numerical
  • Digital
  • Customer care
  • Cooking

What will I study?

  • Professional Cookery: Practical
  • Professional Cookery: Operations
  • Stocks, Sauces and Soups
  • Pastry
  • Food & Beverage Service
  • Sustainability & Food Wastage

Application Information

What further study options are available?

  • Advanced Certificate Professional Cookery

What career opportunities are there?

  • Commis Chef
  • Junior Cook
  • Food and Beverage Assistant
  • Chef