Posted on: 31/03/25
Culinary Arts and Hospitality
Culinary arts and hospitality are among Scotland’s most important sectors, providing exciting career opportunities for those who have the drive, skills and the right qualifications to get into these industries.
We deliver first-class teaching from experienced chefs in the very best learning environments. Our state-of-the-art, purpose-built training kitchens and customer-facing training restaurants provide a professional environment, giving you a fantastic way to consolidate your learning and test your skills.
Why choose Culinary Arts and Hospitality
At Fife College, we're proud to be able to deliver first-class teaching to our students in the very best learning environments.
Whether you dream of working in a high-end restaurant, running your own food truck, or becoming the next Gordon Ramsay, Fife College’s Culinary Arts and Hospitality courses can help set you on an exciting and rewarding career path.
Our courses can lead to careers in areas such as food and beverage management, food production development, bakery, bar management and more.
What we offer
- Bakery
- Patisserie
- Professional Cookery
- Events and Hospitality
Progress to a degree
Did you know that a Culinary Arts HNC or HND qualification is the equivalent of first year (HNC) or second year (HND) of a similar degree at university?
So depending on the subject studied, successfully completing an HNC or HND in Culinary Arts at Fife College could mean that you have the opportunity to progress on to Year 2 or 3 of a related BA, BA (Hons), BSc, BSc (Hons) on MA (Hons) degree course at one our partner universities in Scotland.
So studying Culinary Arts at Fife College can be a more cost-effective, local alternative route to the same Culinary Arts and Hospitality degree in Scotland, in the same amount of time!
Find out more about degree pathways.
Courtney Marshall
HNC: Professional Cookery (Patisserie)
“I came to Fife College wanting to be a baker, but now I want to be a pastry chef.”
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Certificate: Bakery
Want to develop your bakery skills? This course will help you gain the practical experience, knowledge and qualifications needed for a job in the Bakery Industry. This course will build on your love of baking. You'll have the opportunity to train in specialist areas such as pastry, bread making, and cake decorating. with excellent career opportunities and progression routes. You will run a coffee shop and serve freshly baked delicacies, building on your customer service skills.
Intermediate Certificate: Bakery
Are you looking for a career in a bakery or catering outlet? You will learn about craft baking, and the art of making bread and dough products, as well as gaining specialist knowledge in basic pastry, desserts and cake decoration. You will learn about food hygiene, customer care and the service of food and beverages. This hands-on course will give you the opportunity to experience what is required for preparing, producing, promoting, and selling food products as part of an enterprise activity including running our successful in house bakery. This course includes a work placement in the local area.
Intermediate Certificate Cookery & Bakery
This course is a great foundation for a career in professional cookery and bakery. It focuses on developing practical skills, knowledge, and techniques in both fields using first class facilities. The combination of hands-on and theoretical learning will increase your chances of securing a job in the hospitality industry.
Intermediate Certificate: Events and Hospitality
This is an exciting course, which provides you with the skills and knowledge necessary to gain employment in the events/hospitality industry. The course focuses on developing your practical skills and knowledge including event organising, hospitality events, food and beverage service, alcoholic beverages and customer care. This course will prepare you for progression to Advanced Certificate Hospitality and Events operations Level 6. The course also develops your employability skills to allow you to work in the main sectors of the industry including events, restaurants, bars, hotels whilst delivering excellent customer service.
Foundation Apprenticeship: Hospitality SCQF Level 4 (School Pupils Only)
The Hospitality sector is growing in Fife and Scotland. It is a great place to start your career. The careers are varied from professional cookery opportunities to customer-facing roles. This course will give you an insight in to what career path you can progress on to. You will learn how to cook and produce a wide range of dishes, serve food and drink while giving excellent customer service, and assist in organising an event. You will also undertake a relevant work placement with a local employer. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain an industry recognised qualification while you are at school. info
HNC: Hospitality Operations SCQF Level 7
This course is designed to develop your supervisory and junior management potential for a career within the hospitality industry. This vocational course focuses on supervisory skills and knowledge that you will be able to demonstrate during the course. Work placement provides an excellent opportunity to put your learning into practice.
National Progression Award: Hospitality
The aim of this course is to provide you with the knowledge and skills required for a career within the Hospitality industry. You will cover an exciting range of areas aimed at developing your skills where you will have the opportunity to work on a number of organised events as part of the course and training in modern barista skills. There will be opportunities for you to participate in visits to hotels and other businesses operating within the hospitality industry to give you further insight into this exciting and fast-paced industry.
Advanced Certificate: Hospitality and Events
The course is practical in nature, allowing you to gain skills in this exciting industry, while working in our in-house purpose-built restaurant. You will develop communication and customer care skills in a customer facing role. The course will develop your confidence in all aspects of running events within hospitality. The industry is fast paced and dynamic, and if you have the skills and drive you can be in a supervisory or junior management position within a short period of time. You will study a range of subjects in theoretical and practical classes to understand how the different subjects are inter-related. The College has invested in first class food and beverage facilities, and you will have the opportunity to run your own event(s) and really see what it is like to be the one in charge.
NQ: Professional Cookery
This course is the perfect way to start your career in professional cookery and the hospitality industry.You will learn basic practical skills from food preparation through to food service.This course is focused on hands-on learning, teamwork, and building confidence. You will be able to produce freshly cooked food in our purpose-built kitchens and bistro facilities. Work placement is an integral part of the course and will build your employability skills ready for the world of work.
Advanced Certificate: Patisserie
This course is designed for students to take the next step on their Bakery and Patisserie career journey, by developing their practical skills and knowledge in state of the art facilities. This course will develop the skills you need to work in a pastry section, patisserie or artisan bakery. You will learn skills in craft baking, artisan breads, sweets and desserts, and specialist units such as marzipan and sugar products.
Intermediate Certificate: Practical Cake Craft
Are you a keen baker? Would you like to indulge in the art of sugarcraft? This is the course for you. This course is designed for those who are interested in skills development of cake baking and cake finishing. The course is practical in nature and enables you to develop and demonstrate creativity in the production of cakes and other baked items. Classes are suitable for beginners and also ideal for someone who is looking to brush up on certain skills. You will learn skills such as stencilling, embossing, sugar paste work, piping, and modelling.
HNC: Professional Cookery
Professional Cookery and Hospitality has never been as popular as it is today. The HNC course is ideal for you if you are looking for a career in professional cookery and want to lead a team in a professional kitchen in the future. Producing highly technical dishes and fine dine food, you will develop your cookery and supervisory skills at an advanced level. Building on your existing cookery skills you will study both practical and theory subjects based around a kitchen supervisory role.