Level 2 · City & Guilds · Full-Time · 1 Year
Not everyone wants to be behind the stove, some people want to run the room. This course trains you for the front of house: restaurant service, bar operations, beverage knowledge, customer experience, and everything that makes a great hospitality professional. You'll serve real customers in our Waterfront Restaurant, learn from tutors with genuine industry backgrounds, and build the skills that restaurants, hotels, and events companies are looking for. If you're confident with people and want a career with variety, this is where it starts.
Train for front-of-house hospitality, serving real customers from day one.
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Great hospitality is about more than taking orders. You’ll learn how to create an experience — from the moment a customer walks in to the moment they leave. You’ll develop professional service skills in our Waterfront Restaurant, working with real customers in a real setting. Our tutors have worked across hotels, restaurants, and events, and they’ll teach you the standards the industry actually expects — not just the theory.
You’ll build knowledge across beverages, menu design, food safety, legislation, and customer service — plus practical skills in hot beverage preparation, bar service, and payment handling. This is a course with genuine breadth: it opens doors to restaurant management, events, hotel front-of-house, bar supervision, and more. The hospitality industry is huge, varied, and growing — and the people who understand professional service are always in demand.
Written assignments, research projects, and case studies that let you explore topics in depth.
Hands-on tasks and practical demonstrations in realistic working environments.
Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors plan, direct and co-ordinate the catering services of restaurants, hotels and large-scale catering services within other organisations.
Catering and bar managers plan, direct and co-ordinate the catering and bar facilities and services of licensed premises, factories, shops, theatres, educational premises and other establishments. They also manage outside […]
Bar and catering supervisors oversee operations and directly supervise and coordinate the activities of those working in the catering industry, in bars, restaurants and other establishments.
Waiters and waitresses serve food and beverages in hotels, clubs, restaurants public houses and other establishments.
You'll train in our Waterfront Restaurant, an AA Rosette-awarded restaurant open to the public. This isn't a simulated environment. The customers are real, the service standards are real, and the experience you build here is exactly what employers are looking for.
Waterfront Restaurant
AA Rosette-awarded, open to the public. You'll serve real customers as part of your training
Professional Bar Area
Learn beverage service, barista skills, and bar operations in a fully equipped training bar
Events Spaces
Experience planning and running hospitality events — from themed dinners to dessert clubs
Student Voice
I gained skills, confidence, and insight into professional kitchens. I enjoyed teamwork in the dessert club, and now I plan to start my own bakery after studying at Doncaster College.
These qualifications lead to real jobs. Our courses are built around the skills that employers are actually hiring for — locally and nationally.
See career optionsIf your child needs to resit GCSE English or Maths, it's built into the timetable — not bolted on as an extra. They'll get structured support alongside their main course.
About student supportBursaries are available, and free meals are provided for those who qualify. If cost is a concern, there's help — and it's straightforward to apply.
Financial support infoThese are nationally recognised qualifications with real academic weight. Your child will develop practical skills and knowledge that employers and universities genuinely value.
See the full unit listLevel
Level 2
Duration
1 Year
Study Mode
Full-Time
Awarding Body
City & Guilds
Entry
4–5 GCSEs at grade 4+, including Maths & English
Assessment
Coursework + Practical Assessment
Progression Routes
Route A: Level 2 Food & Beverage Service → Level 3 Restaurant Management & Events → Employment or HE
Applications for September 2026 are open. Apply online in 10 minutes.
Questions? Call free 0800 358 7575 or email dcinfocentre@don.ac.uk