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Choosing your Food Hygiene Certificate?
We offer online Level 1, 2 and 3 Food Hygiene training with an instant digital certificate on completion of each course. Learn anytime, anywhere with Virtual College.
Level 1
Just £12 | ✔ Best practices
Designed for beginners looking for an introduction to food safety this online training course will explain the basic principles of food safety and how to keep clean and hygienic whilst preparing and cooking food.
Often referred to as the introductory food hygiene certificate this training takes 1-2 hours to complete.
Level 2
Just £16 | ✔ Most Popular
Our most popular food hygiene course has been made for anyone working with or handling food in any setting. This course meets legal requirements and UK/EU training requirements for food handlers.
Sometimes known as the basic food hygiene certificate this training takes 2-3 hours to complete.
Level 3
Just £79 | ✔ Great for Supervisors
Aimed at anyone supervising others working with or handling food this course is perfect for supervisors, team leaders, managers and those looking to take the next step in their career in a food environment.
Often referred to as the intermediate food hygiene certificate this training takes 8-9 hours to complete.
Why train with Virtual College?
As one of the UK’s largest providers of food hygiene certificates, we’ve trained over 750,000 food and drink professionals over the past 20 years, across sectors such as hospitality, catering and manufacturing.
Our online food safety training courses meet UK/EU food hygiene training requirements and are accepted by Environmental Health Officers (EHO). EHOs look for well-trained staff with a good understanding of food hygiene and safety. Our food hygiene courses shows that staff are taking appropriate training to ensure they can handle food safely, and demonstrates your commitment to good hygiene.
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What is included with my food hygiene certificate?
Each food hygiene course comes with an accredited instant digital food safety certificate which can be downloaded and kept for your records. There's also the option to upgrade to a high quality printed certificate with our Level 2 and 3 Food Hygiene courses. The certificates will be posted to your door and include:
- Accreditation logo
- The Virtual College logo
- Your name
- The title of the course you completed
- The modules covered in the course
- Date of completion
- Unique certificate number
- A foil seal verifying the certificate
Our posted food and hygiene certificates are perfect to display in your premises to inspire customer confidence by showing you have completed the latest training accredited by a recognised organisation.
Virtual College food hygiene certificates are widely accepted by local authorities and each course is CPD approved with Level 2 and 3 Food Hygiene RoSPA Assured too. Should you need any help our friendly Support Team are on hand to assist with all your queries regarding food hygiene certificate online training.
Implement a HACCP system to ensure compliance
It is essential that food businesses comply with the internationally recognised HACCP (hazard analysis and critical control point) system which is required by EU Food Law (Regulation 852/2004, Article 5). Picking a HACCP course that best meets your needs and requirements is necessary, take a look at our guide where we explain which course is right for you.
Our latest customer reviews
22nd January 2026
good to go
The learning was very easy to follow and make sense of. very good resources and materials
22nd January 2026
Virtual college experience
Thé information is very well presented. I liked the shirt videoed in particular ànd thé short practice questions.
21st January 2026
Excellent Value for Money
Excellent Value for Money - Certificate optional Easy to follow - learned a lot My third time on this course - has to be taken every few years
20th January 2026
This was very easy to follow
This was very easy to follow
20th January 2026
Level 2 Food Safety and Hygiene…
This course gave the information and knowledge I needed. It was varied in content and gave little quizzes at the end of some modules which was helpful for my learning.
19th January 2026
Very wide range of courses
Everything was well explained, it was easy to create an account, and to find the correct course.
19th January 2026
excellent online training packadges
All the training packadges we have used with our staff team have been great! Easy to use and the information very relevent. We are a small charity so finding well priced/free training is really important to us . We have also been able to take advantage of the sales too !
19th January 2026
easy to follow instuctions to access…
easy to follow instuctions to access the next stage of the course, as well as the extra information given on certain pages. being able to take your time to absorb the information before the quiz to finish the course.
19th January 2026
Really clear and informative course
Really clear and informative course
19th January 2026
Informative, clear course
Straight forward to use, clear, well presented online course. Very informative and well structured.
Excellent
4.8 out of 5
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