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Bakery, Hospitality & Catering

Whether you want to cook up a great career as a professional chef or turn out tempting bread and cakes in a bakery, our industry-recognised qualification will teach you the skills you need for a great career in the sector.
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Bakery, Hospitality & Catering

If you’re unsure of which route to choose, we also have an introductory course that will give you a taste of the industry, teach you basic skills and enable you to progress to a bakery or cookery course next year.

Take a look at the bakery, hospitality and catering courses on offer and what you’ll learn, then hit the apply button to start your application

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Five reasons to choose City of Wolverhampton College:

  • Industry-recognised City & Guilds and FDQ qualifications
  • Learn in the professional bakery at the Wellington Road campus or at the brand new £61 million City Learning Quarter campus
  • Professional working kitchens with industry-standard equipment
  • Produce a range of dishes and bakery products for paying customers
  • Opportunity to do work experience abroad

Courses Available

Full time courses
Part Time Courses (19+)
Full time courses
Part time courses (aged 19+)

Our Bakery, Hospitality and Catering Facilities

The new bakery kitchen at the Wellington Road campus opened in 2025 and is fully equipped with a range of industry-standard appliances and equipment to enable you to gain the skills you need for your future career.

As well as getting hands-on experience in the kitchen, you will also gain commercial work experience and customer service skills by selling the products you make to customers of Bostin’ Bakes, the on-site bakery shop. 

The Catering and Hospitality facilities at our CLQ campus includes a brand-new, industry-standard kitchen which will enable you to gain hands-on experience in a professional setting.
 
From mastering culinary techniques to learning the art of presentation, every part if the course is designed to prepare you for your future career.
 
You’ll also gain practical experience by preparing a range of dishes that will be sold to paying customers in the on-site Food Hub.

Our Bakery, Hospitality and Catering Facilities

The new bakery kitchen at the Wellington Road campus opened in 2025 and is fully equipped with a range of industry-standard appliances and equipment to enable you to gain the skills you need for your future career.

As well as getting hands-on experience in the kitchen, you will also gain commercial work experience and customer service skills by selling the products you make to customers of Bostin’ Bakes, the on-site bakery shop. 

The Catering and Hospitality facilities at our CLQ campus includes a brand-new, industry-standard kitchen which will enable you to gain hands-on experience in a professional setting.
 
From mastering culinary techniques to learning the art of presentation, every part if the course is designed to prepare you for your future career.
 
You’ll also gain practical experience by preparing a range of dishes that will be sold to paying customers in the on-site Food Hub.

Employer Links

The college works in partnership with ESS & Levy; 2 sectors of Compass Group UK & Ireland. ESS operates in the Defense, Energy, Government, Infrastructure and Marine & Aerospace sectors and employs thousands of people in the UK across foodservice, retail, leisure, cleaning and facilities management.

Click here to find out more about Levy

Click here to find out more about ESS

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