Hospitality apprenticeships

Seven new apprenticeship standards have been developed for hospitality. They form progressive career pathways, incorporating the knowledge, skills and behaviours employers have defined for today’s industry.

The standards have been designed so that they apply across the sector, allowing organisations to incorporate their own ways of working, products and services into the learning and development, whilst ensuring it meets one national standard.

Standards and assessment plans

The following standards and assessment plans have been approved for delivery and can be accessed here:

• Hospitality team member
• Hospitality supervisor
• Hospitality manager
• Chef de partie
• Commis chef
• Production chef
• Senior production chef
• Senior culinary chef

Guidance documents to support delivery of the standards

The following guidance documents have been designed to help employers and training providers plan training programmes and to ensure the outcome of the apprenticeship standards is met by apprentices:

Employers occupational brief

Occupational briefs have been designed to help employers and training providers plan training programmes and curriculum to ensure the outcome of the apprenticeship standards is met by apprentices. The content has been written by People 1st with the input of employers and providers and are valuable tools to ensure the consistency of apprenticeship training. 

• Chef de partie
• Commis chef
• Production chef
• Senior production chef
• Hospitality manager
• Hospitality supervisor
• Hospitality team member

On-programme progression template

On-programme progesssion templates are available for the following standards

• Chef de partie
• Commis chef
• Hospitality manager
• Hospitality supervisor
• Hospitality team member
• Senior chef - production cooking

Readiness for end assesment template

These documents have been prepared for use in the apprenticeships as referenced in each assessment plan.

• Chef de partie
• Commis chef
• Hospitality team member
• Hospitality supervisor
• Senior chef production cooking

Apprentice authenticity statement

The template has been made available to assessment organisations to support the delivery of the end-point assessment.

• Authenticity statement template

Requirements for English and maths – applicable for ALL apprenticeship standards:

For apprenticeships at level 2:

If an apprentice has not already achieved level 2 English and maths they must:

• Study for and take the tests for level 2 English and maths
• Achieve level 1 English and maths

For apprenticeships at level 3 and above:

If an apprentice has not already achieved level 2 English and maths they must:

• Achieve level 2 English and maths

Must be completed prior to independent end assessment