Hospitality and Catering – Options – Prestatyn High School – Denbighshire North Wales

Course Content:

An amazing opportunity to achieve a higher grade (A*-C) GCSE with the lessons being 50% practical cookery. The practical cookery lessons will focus on gaining skills in preparing, cooking and presenting dishes. Skills will be a focus of the course. The students will also learn about food hygiene and safety. The students will learn about the hospitality and catering industry and the different parts of it such as job roles, customer needs and legislations.

How you will learn:

Half the lessons with be 'practical-based with cooking dishes and the other half will be theory based. This means you will usually cook once a week and do theory once a week.

How you will be assessed:

By internally assessed coursework 60%, by externally assessed exam 40%. There are 2 units. The first unit studied is internally assessed coursework focusing on cooking skills, menu planning, nutritional needs and evaluating using a given scenario. The second unit studied is externally assessed with a 80 minute exam, which is all about the hospitality industry, how it works and health, safety and hygiene.

Additional Information:

This course is suitable for all abilities. We pride ourselves on being passionate about our subject and teaching you skills that will be useful for life and transferable for all occasions. The skills you will learn include: food preparation and cooking skills; problem-solving and critical thinking; organisation, planning and time management; finance; and customer service and communication The course mirrors work related activities, helping the progression into further education, employment or training.

Future Career Opportunities:

Future Career Opportunities: Hospitality is one of the biggest employers locally and around the world. Having a qualification in Hospitality can make you extremely employable. Employment in hospitality and catering ranges from waiting staff, receptionists and catering assistants to chefs, hotel and bar managers and food technologists working for supermarket chains. Employment in events ranges from crowd control, event sales and event branding to event management and organisation.

For further information see: Mrs J Jones