This programme offers you the opportunity to transform your passion for cooking into a professional skill that will launch you into the lucrative world of food preparation. This internationally recognised diploma equips you with the theory and practice of food preparation, presentation and serving styles. You will be trained in the areas of inventory control, personnel management, basic accounting and menu planning. Our affiliation with world-renowned hotels will provide you with ample industrial attachment opportunities over the 420+ practical hours at the university.
Programme Module
Foundational
- Introduction to Hospitality and Tourism
Core
- Advanced Food Preparation – Practicum
- Basic Business Administration
- Basic Food Preparation - Theory
- Basic Food Preparation – Practicum
- Basic Hospitality Accounting
- Basic Restaurant Service - Theory
- Basic Restaurant Service – Practicum
- Basic Pastry and Bakery - Theory & Practicum
- Design and Layout of a Food Service Facility
- Food and Beverage Cost Control
- Food and Culture
- Food Safety and Sanitation
- Hospitality Law
- Human Resources Management
- Intermediate Food Production – Practicum
- Intermediate Restaurant Service – Practicum
- Introduction to Information Technology
- Introduction to Public Speaking
- Menu Design and Planning
- Nutrition for the Food Service Industry
- Purchasing
- Supervision in the Hospitality Industry
Summative
- Summative (Culinary Arts)
Industrial Training