COOKERY and GASTRONOMY TECHNICIAN

DIPLOMA COURSE

OFFICIAL QUALIFICATION

The following information refers to the Cookery Technician intermediate vocational
diploma course, officially recognised by the Basque Government Ministry of Education
and arranged by this Department.

Learn to develop the profession of cook in optimal conditions: carrying out the activities of pre-preparation, preparation, conservation, finishing/presentation and service of all types of culinary preparations.

 

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS:

Access to Intermediate Level cycles or modules requires compliance with at least one of the following conditions:

 

• Possession of a Compulsory Secondary Education Graduate certificate or a higher academic level.

• Possession of a Basic Professional Title.

• Possession of a Technician or Auxiliary Technician certificate or equivalent for academic purposes.

• Having passed the second year of the Unified and Polyvalent Bachelor.

• Having passed the entrance exam for Intermediate Level training cycles (it will be required to be at least seventeen years old, having turned seventeen in the year of the exam).

• Having passed the entrance exam to the University for those over 25 years old.

FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS:

Approval of secondary studies carried out
in the country of origin by our Department
of Education.

AIMS

This Diploma Course provides the necessary knowledge and skills for students to develop
the profession of chef in the best possible conditions, carrying out preprocessing, preparation, conservation, finishing/presentation and service tasks for all types of dishes
in the field of cookery production.

THIS PROFESSIONAL
WILL BE CAPABLE OF:

1. Producing culinary dishes.

2. Preprocessing and/or reheating processes applied to the different raw materials.

3. Decorating / finishing dishes.

4. Packaging and/or preservation processes for each type or culinary production.

5. Determining production needs in a kitchen.

6. Receiving, storing and distributing raw materials.

7. Adapting the workplace, preparing spaces, machinery, utensils and tools.

8. Applying work lity protocols throughout the entire production process.

 

 

THIS TEACHING INCLUDES THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE FOR:

· Carrying out basic level activities to prevent risks in the workplace.

· Students obtain the food handling licence as we are approved to issue it.

AT THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS CAN CHOOSE TO:

 

1. WORK:

In companies from the hospitality sector and in the catering sub-sector establishments that run preprocessing, production and when appropriate, food service processes; in establishments dedicated to preprocessing and selling raw food; ready meal stores; companies dedicated to storage, packaging and distribution of food products and others.

 

2. CONTINUE STUDYING:

· Professional specialisation courses.

· Preparation for the exam to move up to degree level (advanced) cycles.

· Another cycle of Vocational Training at diploma level with the chance of ratifying modules according to the rules in force.

· Any line of Baccalaureate.

 

3. CONTINUE STUDYING AT AIALA:

· Master in Gastronomy.

High-level postgraduate degree.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES:

· Cocinero/a.

· Jefe/a de partida.

· Storekeeper for food and beverage production and service units.

COURSE DURATION

DATES

2 years

(2.000 hours)

from
September 2025
to June 2027

TIMETABLE FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY

from 8.30 am to 2.00 pm

& 9.00 am to 4.00 pm (practice in the Restaurant)

The professional modules
of this training cycle are:

1. FIRST YEAR

• Personal itinerary for employability I.

• Pre-preparation and preservation of food.

• Culinary techniques.

• Basic processes of pastry and confectionery.

• Safety and hygiene in food handling.

• General dual: internships in companies.

 

2. SECOND YEAR

• Desserts in restaurants.

• Culinary products.

• Personal itinerary for employability II.

• Digitalization applied to productive sectors.

• Sustainability applied to the productive system.

• Intermodular Project.

• Professional English.

• General dual: internships in companies.

INTERNSHIPS:

Internships at the Aiala Restaurant and mandatory internships in restaurants in the area during the two years of the training cycle.

DINING ROOM

ARGUIÑANO ANAIAK

EUSK · CAST · ENG

CONTACT

AIALA

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