8/9 FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD (89FFG1)

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The Course:

Do you have an interest in fresh foods and a sustainable future? Read on!

This Foods unit has a focus on developing high quality food preparation skills and knowledge, combined with current food styling and presentation techniques. It focuses on current food trends, nutrition and issues in food selection, such as food waste, local produce and food miles. You will develop a variety of cooking techniques, as well as food hygiene and safety. You will be challenged with a variety of Design Briefs, where you will investigate a topic or scenario, produce a dish or meal and then evaluate your finished work. You will use a range of tools and equipment and a variety of ingredients to produce high quality foods. 

This unit will focus on...

• Safety and hygiene in the kitchen
• Nutrition
• Local produce and food miles
• Food trends 
• Cooking! 

Learning and Assessment Activities

• Nutrition tasks
• Food miles design brief
• Food trends design brief 

These units lead to

• VCE Food Studies Units 1 to 4
• VET Hospitality
• University studies in Food Science and Technology, Nutrition, and teaching secondary Food Studies.   

Special considerations

Although not essential, it is expected you will have completed Food Studies in Year 7 and are able to practise your food preparation skills at home.    

Costs involved

$95 per semester - students may be asked to provide own ingredients on some occasions.

Cost for prac sessions for the Semester are set at the start of each year.

Possible excursion: Approximately $20

Materials required

• 48 page exercise book or 50 page loose leaf refills
• Display folder with additional plastic pockets
• Netbook
• Food safe container for practical sessions 

For further information see...

For further information, see Mrs Allen, Mrs Gorton, Mrs McHutchison, Mrs Stevens or Mr Thorpe.

 

Study design link

Victorian Curriculum Design and Technologies study:

http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/technologies/design-and-technologies/introduction/rationale-and-aims