Students have made a variety of sweet and savoury dishes to develop their practical skills and allow them to demonstrate their understanding of safe and hygienic practices working with different pieces of equipment. Students are now able to confidently prepare, use and clean a range of equipment to produce quality practical dishes.
Year 10
Year 10 students have developed their skills using a pasta machine to make their own fresh pasta and homemade puff pastry. They have been completing AQA awards to achieve certificates to celebrate and reward their skills and progress in food. They have planned a Christmas fayre to a set brief, creating suitable dishes to meet the client’s needs, investigating the benefits of freezing food and costing the food for the event.
Year 11
Year 11 students have been completing their controlled assessment Unit 1 Preparing to cook. They have been completing work to demonstrate their knowledge of how to safely and hygienically prepare themselves, the equipment and the environment for cooking. Students have created a range of dishes to develop their skills including Winter vegetable soup, Spaghetti Bolognese, Mini Apple Pie’s, Vegetable Curry with rice, Fish Pie and Cauliflower cheese.