Why study Food Preparation & Nutrition?

Are you interested in healthy eating? Do you love cooking? This is the course for you. It is a creative and stimulating course for students of all abilities.

The course focuses on developing practical cookery skills and new techniques. You will also learn about nutrition and healthy eating which are essential for life. This qualification will lead to a wide array of jobs including Food Technologist, Chef, Food Buyer, Environmental Health Officer and Nutritionist.

What will I study?

• What food is made up of, why we need it and how it affects our long term health.
• How food can be prepared and cooked skilfully and safely to produce delicious, nutritious meals for different people and situations.
• What happens to ingredients in food when you prepare and cook them.
• Where food comes from and how it is produced and sold.
• How the food choices people make affect the health and well-being of the global environment and its natural resources.
• Which foods different cultures eat throughout the world.

How will I study?

The emphasis in Year 10 is on developing your practical skills and understanding of nutrition and healthy eating. We make lots of dishes including Chicken Kiev, Mediterranean Quiche and Fish Pie. We learn how to fillet fish and portion a whole chicken, make pasta, enrobing (e.g. Chicken Kiev), how to improve the presentation with garnishes and layered desserts.

How will my work be assessed?

Your GCSE grade will be awarded as a result of completing two units of work:

• A written examination worth 50% of the total marks.
• Two Non-Examination Assessment (NEA) tasks; NEA1 is a Food Science Investigation (15%) and NEA2 is a Food Preparation task which includes a 3-hour practical exam (35%).

Please see Ms Ward for more information.