Choices at HELP International School - Food Preparation & Nutrition

Food Preparation and Nutrition 8585 | 1 GCSE

Overview

GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition course is an exciting and creative course which focuses on practical cooking skills to ensure that students develop through an understanding of nutrition, food provenance and the working characteristics of food materials. At its heart, the qualification focuses on nurturing students practical skills to give them the ability to create a wide range of healthy food products.

If you enjoy working with food and the topics of nutrition, health, food safety and food science interest you then this would be a suitable option. Students would take part in practical lessons weekly to practise a wide range of food preparation skills; they will need to prepare, cook and present food as well as apply nutrition-related information to tasks set.

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Course Content

Food Preparation and Nutrition will enable students to develop many desirable skills that both employers and universities seek - communication, team-working, problem solving and analytical skills. This course will help you gain an understanding of the future of food and the role it plays within society. You will become more confident in decision making and developing your own judgements in a supportive and creative classroom environment. Students will be actively involved in their learning. A range of strategies is used to deliver the course content. This includes discussion, presentations, experimental work, individual and group work as well as practical activities.

The course is broken down into five core topics:

Food, Nutrition and Health: diet, nutrition and health; energy needs; how to carry out nutritional analysis
Food Science - cooking of food and heat transfer; functional and chemical properties of food; raising agents
Food Safety - food spoilage and contamination and principles of food safety
Food Choice - factors affecting food choice; British and International cuisines; sensory evaluation
Food Provenance - environmental impact and sustainability of food; food processing and production

Assessment

Written Examination

1 hour 45 minutes 100 marks 50% of GCSE

NEA (Non Exam Assessment):

Task 1 Food Investigation (30 marks) The food investigation assesses a students’ understanding of the working characteristics, functional and chemical properties of ingredients.

Task 2 Food Preparation Assessment (70 marks) Students will plan, cook and present a final menu of 3 dishes in a single period of 3 hours.

Progression

The food and drink industry is made up of a broad range of careers, which all require different skills and interests. It looks set to grow quickly as global demand for our products increases. To meet future challenges of food security and climate change, we’ll be using more innovative and automated technologies, which will drive demand for engineers, scientists and mathematicians – we’ll need highly skilled individuals to help us overcome these challenges.

Food Preparation and Nutrition can lead to a number of careers not just those directly linked with the food industry. It can also help to support applications to a wide range of further education courses such as Food Science, Product Development, Food and Nutrition, Sports Science, Midwifery and Nursing, Medicine, Dietetics, Catering and Hospitality, Food Journalism and PR, Food Styling and Photography, Food Retail and Environmental Health.

Media

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