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Permalink Reply by Julia on -
Hi - I am thinking of coming on the intermediate 5 day course this year as I would like to take my present cooking to a higher level. At 45 am I going to be an awful lot older than your other 'average' candidates for this course??
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Permalink Reply by Dom O on -
Hi Juiia,
Welcome to the Cookery Network,
We had an intermediate course on today and the average age was late 20s, and an Intermediate Extra course on where the average age was late 40s.
The age ranges will be different for each course, but at 45 you will typically be somewhere in the middle, and certainly won't feel out of place. We cater for enthusiastic home cooks and attract a real mix of people - some great friendship are made here. But it certainly isn't like a catering college with 16 year olds. We're starting to get a few of our ex-students on the Cookery Network and they will hopefully be able to tell you about their experience as well.
Hope that helps.
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Permalink Reply by Giles Gibson on -
I am in your age bracket and I did the Intermediate advanced and the 5 day advanced and found the age range varied enormously. It really isn't a problem and everyone just mucks in. It is always nice to be able to show off to the youngsters though. Enjoy - the courses are great.
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Permalink Reply by RAFAL BUGNO on -
Hi there. I have a question about all the 5 day courses. If I have all 4 courses ending on the advanced do I have any NVQ qualifications? or I have to do 4 weeks diploma course on top of that. Many thanx.
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Permalink Reply by Anicca O'Nions on -
Hi Rafal,
Each 5 day course has its own certificate, if you did all courses you would have 4 certificates ending in our highest level Advanced. The 4 week diploma is an in-depth course for those looking to develop a career in catering, such as opening a bistro or catering business etc. Both routes take you to a high level of cooking (an NVQ level 3 equivalent at least), however our certificates are not NVQ qualifications. If you need an NVQ 3 you need to go to catering college and be assessed in the work place for over a year. All of our senior chef tutors are qualified NVQ tutors as well as experienced head chefs, and the Diploma was designed to suit those that wanted to achieve that standard of cookery in a short period.
I hope that helps, but if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask or call us at the cookery school. If you want we can arrange for you to talk to a chef tutor.
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Permalink Reply by Alex Walsh on
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Hi there,
I've just graduated from university but I now want to pursue my dream of becoming a chef. I've spoken to a couple of chefs at michelin fine dining restaurants abut apprenticeship positions in their kitchens and they've said to go to college and get my basic qualifications and then write back to apply for a position in their kitchen.
However, it's really frustrating because college couses won't start till next september and then it'd be yet another year or it t be completed! My question is - would the ashburton diploma be considered as this or would it need to be a nvq type course at a catering college?
Thanks for any advice you can give!
alex
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Permalink Reply by Anicca O'Nions on
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Hi Alex, I have sent you an email with some more information... Anicca
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