What can you do with a hospitality apprenticeship at Parkdean?

Are you looking for a career with endless opportunities for growth and development? A career where you’re in the driver's seat? Well, we have the opportunity for you! Parkdean apprenticeships of course. Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week 2025, we thought we’d tell you all about our programmes here.

We have a thriving apprenticeship community, with over 150 places a year open to our new recruits.

We’ll walk you through how our apprenticeships in the hospitality industry work and how you can make the most of them when you join us.

What hospitality apprenticeships can you do at Parkdean?

Apprenticeships at Parkdean are designed to take you further in your amazing career with us, providing you with skills and behaviour training both personally and professionally. We offer Level 2 right the way up to Level 8 qualifications!

Our Apprenticeship Academies

Kitchen Academy

If the idea of taking on a Chef apprenticeship where you can develop a kitchen career from the ground up sounds good, we’ve got you covered. Whether you’re new to the kitchen or have many years of experience, we’ve definitely got the right programme for you.

Maintenance Academy

Our Maintenance Academy hospitality apprenticeships will help you develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviours needed to thrive across a range of areas including:

• Electrical
• Plastering
• Plumbing
• Tiling

Central Academy

New in 2024, our Central Academy was designed to further develop knowledge and skills to improve, stretch, and challenge our Parkdeaners at all levels!

Leadership Academy

Our Leadership Academy has been designed to identify and develop people within the business who want to climb their career ladder at Parkdean. We offer a range of development programmes designed to achieve just that.

A look at our apprenticeships

We’ve got a lot of different apprenticeship schemes at Parkdean, and, did you know that we’re an OFSTED-approved employer? Before choosing your apprenticeship with us, make sure you understand what level is right for you!

Level 2

• Property Maintenance Operative
• Commis Chef - Production Chef
• Customer Service Practitioner

Level 3

• Chef/Sous Chef Senior Production Chef
• Customer Service Specialist 
• Hospitality Supervisor
• Business Administration
• Team Leader/Supervisor 

Level 4

• Hospitality Manager 
• Sous Chef/ Head Chef 

Level 5 

• Operations Departmental Manager 

Scottish Apprenticeships

• Hospitality Services Level 5
• Food Production SCQF Level 5
• Hospitality Supervision & Leadership
• SCQF Level 7
• Management SCQF Level 7
• Management SCQF Level 8

Welsh Apprenticeships

• NVQ Level 3 in Management
• NVQ Level 4 in Management
• VRQ Level 4 in Principles of Leadership and Management
• NVQ Level 5 in Management
• VRQ Level 5 in Principles of Leadership and Management