Turn your passion for food and hospitality into a rewarding career with our Professional Catering for Institutions & Events course at PAS Vocational and Teacher Training Institute. This intensive 2-month training program is designed to equip learners with the practical skills and industry knowledge needed to plan, prepare, and deliver high-quality catering services for schools, hospitals, organizations, conferences, weddings, and other special events.

Throughout the course, students gain hands-on experience in food preparation, menu planning, food safety and hygiene, kitchen management, customer service, event catering, and professional presentation techniques. The program combines classroom instruction with practical training to ensure graduates are ready to meet the demands of the modern catering and hospitality industry.

Whether you are starting a career, enhancing your existing skills, or planning to establish your own catering business, this course provides the foundation for success. Join PAS Vocational and Teacher Training Institute and learn from experienced instructors in a supportive, career-focused environment.

Duration: 6-8 Weeks | Certificate: Pas VTTI Professional Certificate
Target: School cooks, church cooks, hotel cooks, event caterers, boda-food business owners

Why this course for them:
School cooks and event caterers lose jobs/money for 3 reasons:

  1. Food safety issues → children get sick → school fires them
  2. Food runs out / tastes poor at events → bad reviews → no more bookings
  3. They cook by “guess” → no profit because costs not calculated

This course fixes all 3. It’s 80% practical, 20% business.

COURSE MODULES:

  1. Large Quantity Cooking for Schools/Events
  • Scaling recipes: Cook for 50, 200, 500 people without waste
  • Timing: How to have food hot at 1pm for 300 children
  • Equipment: Using big saucepans, serving bowls, chafing dishes

Food Safety & Hygiene – UVQF Standard

  • HACCP basics: Keep food safe from farm to plate
  • Personal hygiene, clean kitchen, safe water, storage
  • How to pass NEMA + school inspection. Avoid closures
  • Common causes of food poisoning in schools + prevention

Menu Planning & Nutrition

  • School feeding menus: Balanced, cheap, children will eat
  • Event menus: 3-course meals, buffet setup, wedding food
  • Seasonal ingredients to cut costs without cutting quality

Costing, Pricing & Profit

  • How to cost per plate for 200 students
  • Quote for events: Food and labor and transport and profit
    Stop losing money. Make 20-30% profit on every contract

Event Catering Skills

  • Setup + serving for weddings, funerals, conferences
  • Table setting, buffet arrangement, customer service
  • Handling last-minute changes: “Client added 50 guests”

Business & Contracts

  • How to get school feeding contracts / event bookings
  • Simple agreement + receipt writing
  • Branding: Name, uniform, photos to get more clients

PRACTICAL TRAINING:

  1. Cook for 200: Each student must plan + cook full meal for 200 people at our school
  2. Event Simulation: Setup and serve mock wedding for 100 guests
  3. Kitchen Audit: Visit school kitchen, identify 10 safety problems and fix plan

RESULT AFTER 6 WEEKS:

  1. School cooks: Keep job, pass inspection, get salary increase
  2. Event caterers: Quote professionally, serve 200+ people without stress, get more bookings
  3. All students: Food Safety Certificate + can show schools/clients “I’m trained”

Entry: Must have 1+ year cooking experience. P.7 not required.