Food Business Workshop

Existing Business Owners

2 Day Duration

Aspiring Business Owners

£295

About The Course

A 2-day workshop designed to help lock, stock and barrel. The programme frames a variety of innovative business concepts and tools to help crystallise plans and/or audit an existing business, regardless of size. This programme provides the added benefit of a soundboard and an ongoing support network.

  • Case study examples
  • Concepts applied to individual businesses
  • Multiple individual and group activities
  • Classroom discussions to help crystalise plans
  • Visualisation letter to measure progress
  • Ongoing individual support
  • A Business Rationale
  • What is Business Success?
  • How can you Engineer Success?
  • What are the Challenges?
  • Research and Results?
  • Market Research
  • Prove it with Personas?
  • Competitor Analysis
  • The Improve Model
  • What’s Unique?
  • Your Brand
  • Marketing Vs Selling
  • Principles of Selling
  • Innovation Muscle
  • What’s it Worth?
  • How to Mitigate Risks
  • Business by Numbers
  • Exceeding Breakeven
  • Margins – how to stay profitable
  • Choosing a name
  • Legal
  • Funding
  • Business Plan
  • Tracking
  • Further Development / Support.

Course Fees

The full price for this course equates to £295. Student fees include course notes, a 2-day entrepreneurship training course, refreshments and lunch on both days.

2-Day Food Business Workshop Fees£295
Full payment due on enrolment£147.50 per day

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Cook with Kandoo. Begin training now but pay overtime with a course finance option from 1 to 7 years. Start an application for an instant decision and with no impact to your credit score.

Luxury accommodation
Bedroom
Living space with dining chairs

Student Accommodation

Study and stay with your fellow students in a spacious and contemporary cabin. Unwind after a day’s cookery by enjoying gorgeous woodland views in the heart of the Dorset countryside.

Best Academy
SME Awards

UK Cookery School
Food & Travel Awards

Gold Centre
CTH Academic Council

The Education Award
BAPTA Awards

Britain’s Favourite
By public vote

Community Focused
UK Cookery Awards

Gain New Perspectives

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Tutor Presentation Slides
Students Listening to Tutor
Students Asking Questions
Student In Session
Student Listening to Tutor
Paperwork on Desk in Class
Cheese and Grapes
Food Business Workshop Students Holding Signs

Food Business Workshop Dates

Nov 18

10:00 am – 4:30 pm            FULLY BOOKED
Food Business Workshop: 18 – 19 Nov 2024

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Try a Taster Day

Take any 1-day cookery course held on Saturdays throughout the year to experience WhitePepper’s facilities and teaching team. Receive a subsequent refund against a professional course booking.

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Academy Open Day

Register to attend our free open day to see a-course-in-action and meet the team. Bring your burning questions to be discussed over complimentary drinks and refreshments.

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Reviews

This is a first class chef academy.  The content was detailed and comprehensive and well put together and a must for anyone contemplating opening a food business…

Janie

This is a must for any food related start up and a wake up call for many existing businesses who need to implement proper practice.  Certainly not to be missed…

Nick

The course was really well put together with excellent breakdowns of the intricacies of running a business. The team were all friendly and made us a delicious lunch…

Mark

FAQs

The Diploma is a level 4 qualification (gold, 16 weeks). The Certificate is a Level 3 qualification (silver, 8 weeks). The Award is a level 2 qualification (bronze, 3 weeks).

No prior experience is needed to begin this course, as the syllabus is progressive to include induction, foundation elements and 1-2-1 coaching.

Modules such as Foundation Skills, Intermediate Skills and Advanced Skills can be taken at anytime by anyone e.g. it may be that you have some experience already and therefore enrol on Intermediate Skills to improve techniques – you’re not seeking a qualification simply to gain inspirational skills.

Alternatively, your sights may be set on a culinary qualification such as level 4 Diploma, but can’t afford the time away from work or family. In this instance it may be possible to approach the in-person training in smaller blocks of training by spreading the training out. Please contact the office to discuss your requirements.

Yes absolutely! Our cohorts normally include a roughly equal distribution of enthusiasts, aspiring and also existing chefs who are all looking to develop their professional skills for very different reasons including; personal development/satisfaction, skills towards a long lasting professional career.

We have a wide range of ages and backgrounds on our courses. We generally have students in each decade (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s). This dynamic community makes for a creative and energetic learning environment.

Yes, it is. You can start an application with Kandoo to apply for course finance from 1 to 7 years. Decisions are instant and have no impact to your credit score. We are an Introducer Appointed Representative (‘IAR’) of Switcha Limited. Our FCA Firm Registration Number is 1003488.

Yes, we offer a handful of bursaries each year to UK nationals who can prove the inability to afford of tuition fees. Scholarships are forged with hospitality employers who can subsidise tuition fees in order to retain employment of students once graduated.

Our graduates are confident and ambitious whatever their chosen pathways. Regarding course outcomes and destinations, this is best described here. 

Job prospects are excellent having graduated. You’ll have an opportunity to engage with a carefully selected employer during Level 4 Diploma training via a work placement. Career and alumni support is available throughout our courses.

Uniform including chef whites and aprons are included in your course fees.  You’ll be allocated a kitchen station where you’ll find all the equipment needed. Enrolees are required to purchase a set of professionally recommended WhitePepper chef knives ahead of their first day.

Our training programmes have been a popular choice for international students for over a decade, resulting in a global intake of students and a diverse classroom of learners.  Please see our page, International Students, for more information.

Yes, we have student accommodation available at Wareham Forest Lodge Retreat.  Please see our page, Accommodation, for more information.

If you are able to keep this to a minimum we would recommend that, as the training is busy and intensive and you maybe tired. However, many of our students do take on part-time work whilst at WhitePepper.

WhitePepper is a first-class training centre with an international reputation. It has an excellent success rate for graduating talented food professionals. More info, here. 

We always recommend appropriate footwear (good grips, light, padded). A good selection of tupperware too. 

You can secure your place with a non-refundable deposit.  Balances of fees are due 8 weeks before your course starts.  Student finance is available independently through Kandoo. For full details of our cancellation policy, please read our Terms and Conditions.

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