Professional Chef - Level 3 - S/NVQ

Professional Chef: Level 3 is for chefs who want to reach the top. Written to provide complete coverage of the NVQ level 3 and the Advanced Diploma in Food Preparation and cookery, there is detailed advice on how to develop the superior skills you need to excel in the kitchen. With a focus on developing professional culinary knowledge, there is step-by-step guidance on how to carry out specialist butchery, larder and fishmonger techniques. Care has been taken to ensure that the most up-to-date practices from industry have been incorporated; where different techniques exist within the trade, the benefits and relevant situations for using each have been fully explained, to ensure you develop a full and comprehensive repertoire of skills. With clear explanations of all the underpinning theory and packed-full with recipes, Professional Chef: Level 3 will inspire you go on and create mouthwatering dishes, influenced by modern, traditional and international cuisine.

Gary Hunter is Head of Culinary Arts at Westminster Kingsway College (CoVE). A qualified lecturer with 12 years' experience in teaching levels 1-4, he is also a leading Chef Patissier and Chocolatier, winning numerous gold medals.

Terry Tinton is Course Coordinator for the Professional Chef Diploma at Westminster Kingsway College (CoVE). He has won many awards spanning a hugely successful career, which has so far included holding a senior position at the House of Commons and working extensively across Switzerland and Germany.

Patrick Carey is Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator for the FdSc in Culinary Arts at Westminster Kingsway College (CoVE). He was winner of the Senior Toque d¿Or Competition and was the only chef to ever gain distinction marks across the board for 706/3.