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Hospitality Skills Academy

Hospitality is one of the most important industries that provides jobs for 568,000 people, contributing £17 billion to the London economy whilst offering excellent career prospects. However, staff and skill shortages are present across all key sub-sectors including food and beverage, accommodation, entertainment, and tourism.

Hospitality Skills Academy

About the Hospitality Skills Academy

The Hospitality Skills Academy is part of the Mayor of London’s Programmes that support Londoners hardest hit by the pandemic in sectors key to London’s recovery and long-term economic growth. We proudly work with the Mayor of London and a fantastic range of businesses to produce our Skills Academies.

We are the UK’s leading school of Hospitality and Culinary Arts courses with our extensive gastronomic practice and proven excellence, the college is committed to innovation and high performance in Hospitality and Culinary Arts.

Our Hospitality Skills Academy offers a range of new initiatives to provide flexible training and professional development. We provide free training opportunities and support packages to help Londoners get a job in the Hospitality and Culinary Arts sectors. We do this by providing bespoke flexible learning programmes to fit individual circumstances and availability. We aim to give them the confidence and skills they need to be employable within three to five weeks, and a guaranteed job interview with an employer who is accredited with the Good Work Standard.

Entry-level course with CCC digital badge

Pathway courses, OCN accredited E-certificates

Other upskill short courses available:

Hospitality Skills Academy Courses

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The Quality Mark

Our Mayors Skills Academies are all credited by The Quality Mark which identifies our academies to be excellent, industry-relevant training in the capital. The Quality Mark Statement also represents our commitment to including a combination of sector-specific questions and wider cross-cutting issues like diversity and inclusion, sustainability, Good Work and the engagement of underrepresented groups.

Hospitality Skills Academy

Flexible training

Our award-winning Hospitality and Culinary Arts department has supported more than 2,000 students in hospitality careers in the last two years. The Hospitality Academy combines this experience with a range of new initiatives to provide flexible wrap-around training and professional development, including: 

  • Workshops in specific personal and employability skills, for example, resilience, customer service and communication
  • Insight sessions into roles within the hospitality industry
  • Introductory bite-sized units where you can get a first insight
  • Access to specialist training (for example, our Chefs and Bakers Academies)
  • Multiple step-on and step-off points for greater flexibility
  • Free additional courses up to Level 3 in a wide range of areas
  • Individual support to address barriers to employment
  • Personal tutors and mentoring 
  • Apprenticeships and work experience including pre-apprenticeships and pre-employment courses
  • Industry engagement and career support sessions with employers
  • Hospitality and job fair attendance across London
  • Use of industry-standard equipment
  • Help with job applications, writing CVs and cover letters
  • Personalised information, advice and guidance, career advice and help with job searches
  • Tailored Sector employability workshops
  • Award in employability Level 1 and Level 2
  • Advice and guidance for self-employment

Our facilities

The Hospitality Skills Academy has access to 15 operational kitchens and two training restaurants at our Victoria centre. We offer a wide range of facilities and equipment including:

  • Professional kitchens
  • Patisserie
  • Chocolate making kitchen
  • The Vincent Rooms Restaurant and Brasserie
  • Computer suites
  • Event, conference, and meeting rooms

Find out more about our Westminster centre.

Student testimonials

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Hospitality Skills Academy

Alfie
Westminster centre student

Hospitality sector employer partnerships

The Hospitality Skills Academy programmes are co-designed with some of the biggest names in the catering sector to give you an accessible and direct career pathway. Your learning includes work experience with our partner employers, so you get real-life experience and skills that you can put into practice immediately.

How to apply

We have a wide range of short courses as part of our Hospitality Skills Academy. See our full list of Culinary Arts and Hospitality courses here. If you are unsure of which study path to take, check out our level equivalence table.

If you are interested in training with us, please fill in your details on the form below and one of our team members will contact you to discuss your options and help you apply.

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