A La Carte (At Rookwood Hospital)
Based at Rookwood Hospital ‘A La Carte’ accommodates two to three students per day providing a valuable service to both in patients, out patients, relatives and staff of the hospital in a realistic work setting.
The café serves:
- Salads and light meals & snacks
- Baguettes & sandwiches
- Hot and cold drinks
- Buffets
Student Training
The students at A La Carte learn to prepare a range of salads and light lunches as well as serving customers and providing a buffet service when required.
Students have the opportunity to gain confidence in working with the general public. The café is a supportive environment to learn in. Great emphasis is placed on building self esteem and social skills as well as learning catering skills.
An Individual Training Plan (ITP) is developed for each student, this includes skills such as:
- Food preparation
- Making up sandwiches & baguettes
- Undertake, maintain and practice basic food hygiene
- Set tables
- Present and serve food
- Use kitchen equipment proficiently/ oven, microwave, toaster, and others
- Clean the kitchen and kitchen equipment
- Defrost and clean refrigerator/ freezer
- Wash up
- Maintain, clean and wear kitchen uniform
- Use a till and handle money
- Serve customers and customer care.
Accreditation
Students at A La Carte are able to undertake NPTC accredited training in catering and related skills. They also undertake their basic food hygiene certificate.
Soft Skills Development
The training at A La Carte also delivers the Vision 21 Soft Skills Personal Development programme. In addition to developing catering skills the training focuses on developing confidence, interpersonal skills, communication skills, working as part of a team, motivation, timekeeping, behaviour and reliability, amongst others.
Health & Safety
Students at A La Carte receive a Health and Safety induction including, manual handling and fire safety awareness. Students can also be referred to our TAM project for additional life skills, employment and independent living guidance as appropriate.
To refer a student to Vision 21
Following satisfactory completion of the referral process the student will undergo an induction to Vision 21 after which a ‘taster’ day will be offered to see whether the opportunity suits them. If this goes well students can attend A La Carte for one or two days per week, occasionally more if appropriate, for an agreed time scale which will be reviewed regularly.
For more information on our referral process please see our
referral page.Nibblets Buffet Service
A La Carte is also one of the providers of the Vision 21 Buffet service and caters for training events primarily within Rookwood Hospital. For further information please contact A La Carte direct for information on menu’s and prices.
Vision 21 Buffet Menu - Tel: 029 2031 3912
MENU A £8.00 per head
Quiche – including meat and vegetarian,
Green salad
Tomato, onion and black olive salad
Curried couscous
Coleslaw
Buttered new potatoes | MENU C £7.50
Sandwiches – Egg, Tuna, Cheese, and ham
Mixed salad
Chicken drumsticks
Crudités with a selection of dips
Coleslaw |
MENU B £8.00 per head
Selection of cold meats to include ham, beef and chicken
Greek salad
Carrot, sultana and nut salad
Bean salad with salami and mushrooms
Green salad
Buttered new potatoes
Coleslaw | MENU D £6.00
Sandwiches – Egg, Tuna, Ham and Cheese
Sausage rolls
Vegetarian rolls
Crudités with a selection of dips
Crisps |
Prices include disposable plates, serviettes, cups and cutlery.
Location and contact
A La Carte
ALAC Unit
Rookwood
Fairwater Road,
Cardiff
CF5 2XN
Tel: 029 2031 3912
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