Self Study | Level 3 – Presenting & Serving




Presenting & Serving
Gain detailed knowledge of how to present cheese for sale in a profitable, successful, and safe way. Understand the key levers to use to maximise profitability in a cheese business, whether face-to-face retail, online, or in hospitality. Learn about a scientific approach to cooking with cheese – selecting the most appropriate styles for cheese in hospitality.
How it works
Instant access to your learning road, created by world-class cheese industry professionals, including digestible chapters and progress checks, all taken at your own pace.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites to taking this course. While some prior cheese experience covered in our level one and level two courses would be helpful, it is also not required.
Get certified
Passing the 28 question, multiple choice and short written answer, assessment in this core module counts towards your Level Three and Master of Cheese certification.
Course benefits at a glance
Anytime, anywhere
Study from anywhere in the world at a time that suits you with the Academy’s eLearning platform.
Learning road access
12 Months access to our Level Three (Fellow Certification) Learning Road and Level Three exam.
Exclusive Delegate Resources
Downloadable digital delegate pack with informative visual guides to use alongside the Learning Road.
Cheese Library
12 Months Access To Our Academic Cheese Library (Over 450 Cheeses)
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Self Study | Level 3 – Presenting & Serving
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Who is this course for?
This course is aimed at professionals working in the cheese industry and cheese enthusiasts. In particular, senior staff in cheese retail, food service or wholesale.
Cheesemongers
Cheese Shop owners and Counter Managers/Supervisors
Senior Retail Professionals
Within a cheese retail environment
Product Development & Technical Managers
Within a cheese retail environment
Cheesemakers
Anyone who makes cheese or is just starting out, either commercially or as a hobby
Chefs & Front of House Managers
For those that cook with and serve cheese in a hospitality environment
Sommeliers
Anyone with an interest in wine and drinks pairings
What You'll Learn On This Self Study Course
This module focus on how a manager can understand the ways in which they can maximise the profitability of their cheese business, whilst also keeping their customers safe. The first two sections consider profitability and how to make a business’ offer the best it can be. The third section focusses on food safety considerations when presenting cheese for sale in various styles of business. The module ends with a detailed look at cheese and cooking, and how to make the most of cheeses in a kitchen.
Presenting a relevant offer
Learn what businesses should consider when deciding upon, or reviewing their offer. Use downloadable review forms to assess different cheese businesses (face-to-face and online retail, and hospitality) and consider what makes them successful.
Delivering a profitable offer
This section breaks down the key metrics for assessing profitability and the levers a manager can use to improve profitability at all points. Learn how everything from number of customers to wastage interacts and feeds into gross profit.
Food safety considerations
Learners will consider the key food safety concerns and challenges of cheese businesses and different approaches to management of this. Various exercises will challenge learners to come up with their own solutions to real world challenges in cheese retail. Commonly asked questions from customers are addressed and clear, confident ways of addressing these are covered.
Cooking with cheese
In order for a cheese business with a food offer to maximise their success, they need to understand the ways in which different styles of cheese behave in a culinary environment. Learn which cheeses melt smoothly, or bake in to crisps, and why, so that it is possible to make informed decisions on use cheese in a kitchen.
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