Kitchen and Restaurant Technician
| Duration | 3 years | |
| Schedule | Labor | |
| Beginning | 21 Sep 2021 |
Main activities:
- To define the organization and operation of the kitchen, coordinating the work teams.
- Proceed with the storage of raw materials used in the kitchen service, ensuring their proper state of preservation.
- Cleaning and measuring food items, making basic sauces and cooking stocks.
- To prepare liquid and solid hot and cold appetizers, pasta and egg dishes, recipes for fish, seafood, meat, poultry and game dishes, and their respective garnishes, from national and international cuisine, using traditional and innovative cooking techniques.
- To produce national and international confectionery products.
- Perform specialized services, crafting and decorating artistic pieces.
- Coordinate with the restaurant service to meet the establishment's needs.
- To define the organization and operation of the restaurant, coordinating the work teams.
- Apply techniques for welcoming customers, communication, sales, and handling complaints in the restaurant industry.
- Organize and provide casual and classic restaurant/bar service.
- Organize and provide wine and other simple beverage service.
- Perform room decoration and scribble art.
- Organize and provide bar/mixed drinks and cafeteria service.
- To plan and execute special services.
- Control food and beverage costs and manage supplies.
- Creating wine lists and menus for restaurants.
- Perform the sanitization and cleaning of utensils, equipment, and workspaces.
Young people who have completed the 9th grade and are no older than 25 years of age (at the start of the school year).
In terms of professional certification, the school awards a Level 4 Professional Qualification Diploma.
The course awards a Secondary Education Diploma (12th grade) and allows normal access to Higher Education.
Luís Machado is another of the former students of the Professional School of Salvaterra de Magos (EPSM) chosen by the National Agency for Qualification and Professional Education to be one of the 16 ambassadors of professional education.
Luís Machado took the professional Restoration course at EPSM. Today, he is an irrefutable successful chef. Known from Teleculinária, he prepares drinks and dishes for all tastes and occasions on a weekly basis. Luís Machado says that “the choice of the course was a mixture of aromas and flavors that never ended”. He also says that “know-how and know-how are ingredients that he sought in professional education”, and that he applies every day, “thanks to the Vocational School of Salvaterra de Magos”.
The former student of the school also guarantees that as an ambassador of vocational education, he has the recipe for all those looking for a course with guaranteed employability.