Why attend hotel cooking classes?
In South Africa, there are a few good culinary colleges that offer hotel cooking classes, but none of them can compete with the standing Prue Leith enjoys in the international culinary world. Prue Leith College of Food and Wine is also the only college that boasts with an award winning restaurant, fully equipped demonstrative kitchen and boma on the same premises. The college doesn’t offer hotel cooking classes separately, as part of its internationally recognized culinary diploma. So why bother with a few lessons when you can attend an eighteen month comprehensive course?
If you still need some convincing to drop the notion of a short course and rather enroll at Prue Leith, you should consider the impact an internationally recognized culinary diploma will have on your career. Attending normal hotel cooking classes will teach you a few neat culinary tricks, but attending the Prue Leith College will enhance your skill level, expand your knowledge and provide priceless practical experience.
Laying a firm career foundation
It will be an unattainable task to build a career in the culinary world without the solid foundation proper training provides. Starting out with a diploma from the Prue Leith College of Food and Wine will give you a head start. The diploma will put you one step ahead of the pack who only attended a few cookery lessons. The internationally recognized qualification received from Prue Leith will tip the scale in your favor. It will enable you to apply for top jobs, not only locally, but also internationally. Doors to some of the most prestigious hotels, restaurants and lodges will swing wide-open because of your Prue Leith College diploma.
The Prue Leith curriculum exceeds the THETA standards by far, ensuring that the course material meets and exceeds international standards. The same cannot be said about a few hotel cooking classes. The Prue Leith College diploma course will give you exposure to a number of cookery styles, like Pan African cuisine and Bush cookery to name but a few. You will also gain invaluable experience in the Odd Plate restaurant, the Prue Leith Catering Company, and not to speak of the experience you will gain during your internship at some of the top restaurants, hotels and lodges worldwide. A few hotel cooking classes can hardly compare to that.
It will get you ahead
If you are already part of the culinary world, but not quite sure where you want to be, a few hotel cooking classes will not cut it. A diploma from Prue Leith College of Food and Wine will give your career the nudge it needs. It even creates new and exciting opportunities for Prue Leith students. The establishments where Prue Leith students complete their internship are most often, also the establishments that recruit the apprentice chefs. The practical experience and mentorship of world-class chefs are also a brilliant reference to have on your CV.
Will it not be amazing to know your CV is on the top of the heap because of your qualifications? You no longer have to settle for a run of the mill job that pays peanuts. With the Prue Leith College diploma in hand you can compete for the top positions in the culinary world. You can now apply for any job available in the culinary industry. The diploma course covers all aspects of the restaurant business, kitchen management; meal planning, costing, wines, finances, and pastry making. Only the sky is the limit.
Earn more money A new qualification means a new salary. A candidate that has a diploma from the Prue Leith College of Food and Wine will qualify for a higher remuneration package than the one with a certificate of acknowledgement for attending cookery lessons. Your diploma will automatically give your career a boost, going through the motions no longer have to be the only way you will ever get that promotion. Apply online or contact us for more information about the comprehensive course which includes hotel cooking classes.
