Carshalton College will be at The Sutton Life Centre every Saturday Morning from 11.00am to 1.30pm selling delicious home made cakes and coffee.
Carshalton College is thrilled to be hitting the road and taking out the food prepared by their catering and hospitality students into the local community. A freshly made coffee and a slice of cake will be on sale for £2, coffee for a £1 and a slice of cake for £1.50.
Ian Elson, Catering Tutor, is excited about the opportunity for students to experience a real life retail setting to sell their products
“The Sutton Life Centre does so much for the community, this is an ideal opportunity for the College to work with the Centre and give students work experience. The weekly Coffee and Cake stand will give students chance to develop their enterprise skills by running a stall outside of the College, their customer service skills and working in a local community setting.”
Tina Stevens, The Sutton Life Centre Manager, is very pleased to be working with Carshalton College and said “I hope this will lead to further opportunities for joint projects and is delighted to be able to support the students in a unique working environment to help them gain new skills.”
Catering and Hospitality students are taught at Nightingales Restaurant, Carshalton College's on-site training restaurant. The restaurant offers real hands on experience and is open to the public during term time for coffee mornings, lunch, dinner, functions and business events plus our special themed evenings. Lunches and Fine Dining Dinners are prepared and served by our enthusiastic students under the supervision of experienced chefs.
Students are on a variety of courses including Certificates, Diplomas and City and Guilds qualifications in an Introduction to Hospitality, Food and Drink Service and Professional Cookery, and cover
- Food preparation
- Food hygiene
- Health & Safety
- Menu design & costings
- Event planning and management
- Restaurant floor service planning
The Sutton Life Centre is based at 24 Alcorn Close, Sutton, Surrey SM3 9PX. It has a range of facilities all under one roof, including a modern public library, outdoor climbing wall, multipurpose sports pitch, meeting room facilities, media lab, eco-garden and our award winning Life Skills Zone for school visits.
For more information, please contact:
e: marketing@carshalton.ac.uk
t: 020 8544 4501