Food and Cooking

Students will explore food-related issues through a range of practical experiences, allowing them to make informed and appropriate choices with regards to food. The course will provide students with a broad knowledge and understanding of food properties, processing, preparation and their interrelationships and nutritional considerations.

The course will address the importance of hygiene and safe working practices in the production of food and provide students with a context through which to explore the richness, pleasure and variety food adds to life.

Students develop practical skills in preparing and presenting food that will enable them to select and use appropriate ingredients, methods and equipment. The course is a combination of practical work and building an understanding of the practices associated with food preparation. During the semester, they will prepare and cook a range of meals based on using a variety of ingredients. Half of the lessons will be in the College’s teaching kitchen.

At the end of each cooking unit the students will be able to design, prepare and cook meals for themselves and their peers.