Level 3 Senior Production Chef Apprenticeship


Our Level 3 Chef apprenticeship is perfect for individuals wanting to make a step up in a kitchen. A Senior Production Chef plays a crucial role in the day-to-day functioning of a kitchen, using their culinary expertise and leadership skills to ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality food service. Senior production Chefs supervise production chef teams in a variety of kitchen environments, for example; schools, hospitals, the Armed Forces, care homes and high street casual dining or pub kitchens. Senior production Chefs have accountability for the day-to-day running of the kitchen service, producing, monitoring and maintaining consistent food standards, legislative requirements and quality across all areas and during all stages of production and supply.

Course duration – 14 months + End Point Assessment


Course overview


This apprenticeship will cover a broad range of knowledge, skills and behaviour topics including: ensuring the quality of the food items produced meet brand, understanding organisational and legislative requirements including the completion of food safety management documentation. Checking and correctly storing deliveries, checking and reporting on food items and stock levels, contributing to improving the culinary offer of the organisation. Interacting with a team (brigade) of chefs, the wider team including front of house staff, suppliers and customers. Maintaining high standards of personal, food and kitchen hygiene, and more.

Learners must be aged 16+, not currently undertaking another funded programme of learning, employed a minimum of 16 hours per week, currently a resident in England, a resident in the UK for the last 3 years (unless exempt) and must have the right to live and work in the UK.

Apprentices will be required to have Level 2 English and Maths, either Functional Skills or equivalent before completing their End Point Assessment (EPA).

Apprentices who successfully complete this apprenticeship may be eligible to progress onto an Operations Manager Level 5 apprenticeship.

An Operations or departmental manager is someone who manages teams and/or projects, and achieving operational or departmental goals and objectives, as part of the delivery of the organisations strategy.