- Location
- Anniesland Campus
- SCQF Level
- 5
- Start Date
- 25 Aug 2025
- Qualification Type
- NQ
- Course Type
- Full-Time
- Duration
- 1 Year (August to June)
Applications open 15th January 2025
The NQ Professional Cookery (Level 5) course will prepare you for entry into the hospitality industry at a competent level, or as preparation for further study. The emphasis of this course is on gaining practical cookery skills and experience in the hospitality industry. The course is delivered in a well-equipped professional kitchen and training restaurant environment by experienced chef lecturers who have worked in a wide range of roles across the industry.
What will I learn?
- Professional cookery: Practical
- Food hygiene for the hospitality industry
- Pastry
- Foodservice styles
- Stocks, sauces and soups
- Problem-solving and costing
- Local hospitality provision
- Developing professional kitchen skills
- Understanding fish and shellfish
- Meal production and design
- Menu design
- REHIS Elementary Food Hygiene
- Safety in the professional kitchen
- Garnishing and finishing dishes
- Healthy Cookery.
Entry requirements (minimum)
- No formal entry qualifications are required, however, you must have an interest in the industry, experience is advantageous
- A relevant qualification at Level 4 is advantageous
- Entry will be based on an interview
- References on request.
Entry requirement equivalency table
- If you do not meet the entry criteria for your chosen course, you may be offered an alternative course in the same subject area.
Employer and industry links
You will have the opportunity to gain part-time employment whilst attending college, through our links to industry.
Guest speakers and events are regularly organised.
Jobs and further study
- Most of the students who complete NQ Professional Cookery - Level 5 progressed to NQ Professional Cookery (Level 6)
- Employment within the hospitality industry.
Take a look at the course progression map for hospitality and catering courses.
Making an application
For courses starting in August, you can make up to two applications.
Applications are made to a course and a first choice of campus. If the course is oversubscribed at your first choice you will be automatically considered for alternative sites and may be made an offer without a further application.
I've applied — what happens next?
When you apply
You will receive an automated email confirming that we have received your application (remember to check your SPAM folder).
Your application will be reviewed by the admissions team and you will either be:
- Made a direct offer (unconditional or conditional)
- Invited to book an interview session
- Advised that your application is unsuccessful – you have not met the entry requirements for this course and are advised to contact the College Student Advice Centres to discuss alternative options which may be available to you.
- We aim not to reject an application and if you don’t meet the entry requirements you may be referred to a different course or level.
If you are invited to interview, you will be informed of the outcome of your interview by email within 14 working days. The outcome will be one of the following:
- Unconditional offer of a place – you have met all the entry requirements and your place is guaranteed. You will be required to accept this offer to secure your place.
- Conditional offer of a place – your place is secured pending you meeting the entry requirements. This may mean achieving school or college qualifications which you may not be able to provide to us yet. You will be required to accept this offer to secure your conditional place. Once your conditions are met this will change to an unconditional offer of a place which you must accept before you can enrol on the course.
- Waiting list – you have met all entry requirements, and have been interviewed however, the course is now full so you have been placed on a waiting list. If any spaces become available you may be contacted, usually around the course start date. We would advise that you also consider other application options.
- Reserve list – following your interview, you have unfortunately not been successful in this round of recruitment. We have placed your name on a Reserve list and your application may be reconsidered at a later date. This could happen any time up to the start date of the course but it is very possible that you will not be offered a place. We would advise that you also consider other application options.
- Unsuccessful – your interview has been unsuccessful. You may be offered a place on a course at a different level, or advised to contact the College Student Advice Centres to discuss alternative options which may be available to you.
Once an offer is received, you must reply within 14 working days or risk losing your place, as the system will automatically decline your offer after 14 days.
Once you have accepted your offer, you will be sent out instructions about student funding, joining instructions and induction date. This will normally be sent out within three weeks of accepting your offer.
