Catering and hospitality | Courses for 16-19 year olds | Brighton MET
Study catering and hospitality at Brighton MET
Do you have a flair for cooking? Could you be a hospitality hero? Brighton MET offers a range of catering and hospitality courses that have been specially designed to prepare you for a successful career in the challenging but rewarding sector.
You will gain invaluable experience if you choose to study with us - our catering and hospitality department benefits from modern facilities such as industry standard training kitchens as well as our training restaurant, The Gallery which is staffed by students and open to the public at our Brighton Central Campus on Pelham Street.
Day to day with us, you be working in a realistic training environment and you will have plenty of opportunity to learn techniques and tricks of the trade that are essential for a successful career in this fun and fast-paced industry. As well as practical skills you will also learn theory around the principles of catering, health and safety, nutrition and computing, maths and language skills.
Why choose Brighton MET?
Our catering and hospitality courses have been specially designed to prepare you for a successful career, you will be taught in large professional standard kitchens by our highly experienced, expert tutors.
Check out what some of our students had to say!
360 tour of our catering kitchens
Available courses
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Brighton
Catering & Hospitality | City & Guilds Diploma in Introduction to Professional Cookery | Level 1This Introduction to Professional Cookery Level 1 Diploma develops key skills for building a career in the catering and hospitality industry.
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Brighton
Gateway Catering | C&G Certificate in Introduction to Hospitality Industry | Level 1Our Gateway (SEND) courses cater for 16-25 year olds with mild/moderate learning difficulties, behavioural or social needs. These courses are also suitable for people with mental health concerns.
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Brighton
Catering & Hospitality | City & Guilds Diploma in Professional Cookery | Level 2Based around key skills and services in professional cookery, this course will help you progress to advanced training or start your cookery career.
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Brighton
Catering & Hospitality | City & Guilds Diploma in Advanced Professional Cookery | Level 3This professional cookery diploma will advance your prior knowledge and skills to an advanced level.
Case studies
- Case study: Harry - Level 3 Professional Cookery. Harry completed a Level 3 in Professional Cookery in 2019 and is now a commis chef at Penny Hill Park, a country house hotel in Bagshot, Surrey. Read more here.
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A night of celebration for MET students
To mark the end of the academic year, Brighton MET held a ‘MET Achievers’ awards ceremony this week in recognition of the outstanding achievements of just some of its 7,000 students.
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Five young chefs accepted onto Chef’s Academy
Five of the MET’s catering students have been accepted onto the Exclusive Hotels Chef’s Academy.
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Heated charity challenge for student chefs
Hospitality and Catering students at Brighton MET felt the heat in a recent ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ charity challenge. Over the course of two weeks, four teams of students went head-to-head to create and serve the very best three course meal, with the winner going through to the third and final week. Family, friends and members of the public paid £25 for the meal, with all proceeds from the final being donated to charity.