Catering
Students can pick Catering as one of their options in KS4. Students will study BTEC Level 1 or Level 2 Home Cooking Skills.
What are Home Cooking Skills Qualifications?
Cooking is an essential life skill, empowering us to make changes that benefit our health and wellbeing. The Home Cooking Skills courses aim to give every young person the basic skills and knowledge to be able to cook for themselves in a healthy, cost-effective way, as well as gain the confidence to share these skills with friends and family.
Why choose Home Cooking Skills?
Learning to cook used to be passed down through the generations, but these days many of us lack the knowledge or skills to cook from scratch. Instead, we rely on pre-prepared or ready-cooked food.
This practical course aims to change that. For some students, it may be the start of a career in cooking; for others, it will help them learn the basic skills and recipes that will help make healthy choices throughout their lives.
What Will Our Young People Learn?
They will learn essential knowledge and skills such as:
- Cooking skills: how to cook a wide range of delicious meals and snacks
- Kitchen basics: what equipment is needed and the best way to stock the store cupboard, fridge and freezer
- Food safety and hygiene: knife safety, fridge management and rotation
- How to shop cleverly: shopping lists, seasonal food and planning ahead
- Preparing ingredients and understanding confusing food labels.
How are Home Cooking Skills qualifications structured?
Home Cooking Skills includes two single-unit BTEC qualifications, one at Level 1 and one at Level 2.
Level 1-4 credits
Focuses on giving all students the skills to prepare delicious and nutritious home-cooked food using fresh ingredients, as well as an understanding of the value of passing on cooking knowledge.
Level 2- 6 credits
Develops the student’s ability to plan and prepare a series of nutritious home-cooked meals for breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner, and helps them understand how to cook economically.
For more information contact: derrian.hawkes@northstar-academy.co.uk