- Duration
23 Week Course | 1 day per Week (Friday)
- Location
- Stanmer Campus
Course Overview
Take your first step into the hospitality industry with this practical, hands-on course. Develop skills in food and drink preparation, customer service and barista training while gaining real-world experience in a working café environment. Build your confidence, learn alongside industry professionals and explore your next steps towards a career in hospitality.
Get into Café Culture is a practical, hands-on course for learners aged 16–18 who are interested in a future career in cafés, coffee shops and hospitality.
The course takes place in a real hospitality setting at One Garden Brighton in Stanmer Park. You'll develop practical skills in food and drink preparation, customer service, barista training and teamwork while gaining experience in a working café environment.
Working towards selected units from the FDQ Level 1 Certificate in Food Industry Skills, this course helps you build confidence, develop workplace skills and prepare for your next step into further study, employment or an apprenticeship.
Why choose this course?
- Learn in a real café environment: Gain hands-on experience at One Garden Brighton in Stanmer Park.
- Develop practical hospitality skills: Learn food and drink preparation, customer service and barista techniques.
- Explore coffee and barista training: Build your confidence in coffee preparation, including coffee art.
- Work alongside professionals: Learn from professional bakers and gain insight into the food industry.
- Build your employability skills: Develop teamwork, reliability, timekeeping and workplace communication.
- Prepare for your next step: Receive support with progression into further study, employment or apprenticeships.
Modules
You'll work towards selected units from the FDQ Level 1 Certificate in Food Industry Skills, with learning focused on practical experience and workplace development.
Key learning areas include:
- Working in a professional café environment
- Customer service and communication
- Food and drink preparation
- Barista training and coffee art
- Teamwork, reliability and timekeeping
- Maintaining clean, safe and presentable work areas
- Workplace behaviours and employability skills
Assessment
Assessment will focus on developing practical skills and knowledge through hands-on activities in a working café environment.
Learners will take part in:
- Demonstrations followed by supported practical activities.
- Step-by-step instruction and regular feedback.
- Practical and classroom-based learning.
- Developing workplace behaviours, customer service and employability skills.
- Working towards selected units from the FDQ Level 1 Certificate in Food Industry Skills.
Entry Requirements
- This course is designed for learners aged 16–18.
- An interest in cafés, hospitality, food preparation or working in the food industry.
- A willingness to learn through practical, hands-on activities and work as part of a team.
Specific entry requirements and any additional eligibility criteria to be confirmed.
Bursaries
Financial support could be available to you depending on your household income, eligibility criteria, and level of study. A bursary, which is money given directly by the Government, could help fund bus travel, accommodation, course equipment, college meals, or educational trips.
Course Fees
Students aged 16-18 on 31st August in the year of starting the course do not pay tuition fees.
Students aged 19-23 studying their Level 1, 2 or first Level 3 may be entitled to tuition fee waiver depending on criteria eligibility.
Students aged 24+ who are studying a second Level 3 course or aged 24+ who are studying their first Level 3 course will have to pay tuition fees, depending on the course.
Students on low income who can prove they earn less than £25,000 (from September 2024); are unemployed; or receive state benefits could be entitled to a tuition fee waiver.
All students pay a standard facility fee of £150 to use communal, non-educational facilities.
Material fees apply to Floristry, Blacksmithing and Metalwork, Agricultural Engineering, and Motor Vehicle students, which contribute to quality resources and equipment for their studies.
