Course Overview

You need to be employed to start an Apprenticeship. Please visit our vacancy page or if you have an employer, please ensure you add full contact details of your employer within your application. If you are unable to secure employment, you could enrol on a full-time study programme and transfer to an Apprenticeship at a later date. Please apply for a full-time course as your second option.

A Production Chef work as part of a team in time-bound and often challenging kitchen environments such as schools, hospitals, the Armed Forces, care homes and high street casual dining or pub kitchens.

They report to the Senior Production Chef or appropriate line manager. Production chefs 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, and attention to detail, and are mindful of the importance of sustainability and protecting the environment.

This apprenticeship enables you to:

• Maintain excellent standards of personal, food and kitchen hygiene
• Ensure compliance to procedures, menu specifications and recipes
• Produce food meeting portion controls and budgetary constraints
• Adapt and produce dishes to meet special dietary, religious and allergenic requirements
• Follow, complete and maintain production schedules, legislative and quality standard documentation
• Use specialist kitchen equipment
• Communicate internally and externally with customers and colleagues
• Commit to personal development activities

Assessment Methods

Your underpinning knowledge will be assessed through an online exam, practical assessment in the workplace and professional discussion.

Progression Options

On completion of the apprenticeship, you could continue to work in the food industry or further your studies.