Food Safety and Catering - Award

This course is recommended for anyone who is working in the catering and hospitality industries, food retail or manufacturing.

Food hygiene and safety training providers have identified a growing need to make food safety learning more relevant to specific business environments to increase effectiveness. Reflecting sector-specific needs these food safety qualifications are required to address new National Occupational Standards.

In line with this demand, the CIEH Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering has been designed to address the food safety and hygiene needs of the catering sector.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will have:

• Attained an accredited qualification that complies with current relevant qualifications
• The ability to apply the basic principles of HACCP
• An understanding of principles of food safety
• The ability to apply the knowledge gained from the course to their work

The qualifications cover the following topics: 

• Legislation
• Food safety and hygiene hazards, HACCP
• Principles of Contamination
• Temperature control
• Refrigeration, chilling and cold holding
• Cooking, hot holding and reheating
• Food handling
• Principles of safe food storage
• Cleaning
• Food premises and equipment

CIEH food safety training is accredited by Ofqual, so you know when choosing CIEH qualifications you are getting the best quality and most comprehensive training relevant to you.