Program Overview

Culinary Arts and Management FdA

Overview

Our FdA Culinary Arts and Management course provides professional training that equips you with the knowledge and skills to work in the hospitality sector. The course combines theory with fundamental practical knowledge in a variety of hospitality disciplines.

Course Details

Course Structure

Year 1 Core Modules

• Food and Beverage Operations
  • Develop your knowledge, understanding, and skills to enable you to work within the food and beverage trade. Underpin your subject knowledge in menu engineering, principles of customer experience, and the regulatory constraints surrounding healthy options in line with government initiatives.
• Kitchen Management and Practice
  • You will develop advanced practical skills in the kitchen, particularly in creative and developmental aspects of current trends. You will consider the management of running a kitchen in depth. You may be entered for City and Guilds Level 3 Kitchen and Larder depending on your ability.
• Managing and Developing People
• Starting a Business
  • You investigate an authentic business challenge, creating links and relationships with potential employers, and demonstrating an understanding of the application of theoretical principles in a work-based learning situation. You also learn how to apply simple research methodologies and investigate the results.
• The Work Environment and Self-Analysis
  • The range of employment opportunities in any industry are diverse, from specialist operatives to strategic managers. Research and explore your industry of interest and formulate a career action plan, detailing your strengths and weaknesses to bridge any skills and knowledge gaps.

Year 2 Core Modules

• Advanced Culinary Skills and Menu Design
• Advanced Patisserie and Confectionary
• Cultural Awareness in Industry
• Gastronomy
• Industry-related Project
  • Apply your wider learning in a working environment. Take part in a project with an organisation of your choice to improve an aspect of its operations. This provides a solid platform to showcase your skills, enhancing employability, and supporting you to understand the application of research methodologies and analysis of results.

How You Learn

• Modules are taught in the working kitchen and functioning restaurant to apply your theory in a practical setting. Academic staff and industry experts teach you through a combination of seminars and lectures.

How You Are Assessed

• On this course, you are assessed through a range of innovative, and industry-led assessments using methods designed to monitor your development and learning. You complete portfolios and journals to record and highlight the importance of professional development. Practical delivery and observation allow you to reflect on practical skills you have gained throughout the course. Other methods are used to improve your academic skills such as essays, reports, and presentations.

Entry Requirements

• Entry is subject to the University standard requirements. A typical offer is 40-48 points.
• The main qualifications and skills required are:
  • GCSE grade 4 (or C) or above in English, maths, and science or equivalent
  • Level 3 qualifications (Including A Levels, diploma, NVQ, T Level, or equivalent)
• Because this course is taught at Hartlepool College of Further Education, we are not accepting applications from international students requiring a Student Visa.

Employability

• There are many opportunities within the hospitality industry. This course can elevate your career in the catering and hospitality sector. You gain the skills, knowledge, and behaviour to fulfil the role of a catering manager, chef, executive chef, or front of house manager.

Full-time

• Entry to academic year: September
• Fee for UK applicants: £6,340 a year
• Length: 2 years
• UCAS code: D690 FdA/CAM
• Typical offer: 40-48 points

Part-time

• Not available part-time

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