Food Technology

Year 10 Food Technology classes have completed a unit about the Food Service and Catering Industry.

Students have learnt about different employment opportunities available within the industry, as well as the many different types of Food Service on offer. Each practical lesson has seen students producing dishes suitable for different styles of service such as finger food, buffets, cafe style food, and short order service.

Their assessment task this term required them to design and produce a dish suitable for serving in a Food Truck at a Music Festival. Students needed to consider the cost of raw ingredients, time needed for bulk preparation, facilities available in a Food Truck, how to alter a standard recipe to cater for a crowd, legislation relating to the Food Industry and safety and hygiene factors. They also had to think about the effect their dish had on the environment, and in particular the type of servicewear they would use.

The variety of dishes produced by the classes were excellent and students thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of creating something trendy, but also quick and economical to produce.