Food Matters (Cooking Techniques and Healthy Eating) Introductory Level A

Entry Rquirements

No specific entry requirements are needed for this level.

Duration

14-week course with 3 contact hours per week.

Learning Outcomes

Expected learning outcomes for this course include:

Knowledge
• Follow a simple recipe in Maltese or English.
• Understand the difference between convenience and homemade.
• Prepare food to make a meal and serve it attractively in an informal way in a day to day context.
• Minimise food waste and safely make use of left overs.
• Know about safe use and proper care of kitchen utensils and white goods.
• Store the finished product in an environmental friendly package.
• Work within a given budget.

Skills
• Plan, prepare and serve a healthy dish to illustrate the role of some nutrients in the diet.
• Demonstrate different type of skills such as slicing, dicing and chopping in food preparation.
• Understand the importance of personal hygiene and how to achieve and maintain it.
• Use the right tool for the right job, understaning better the different methods of cookery, chosing the right food commodity to match the actual recipe being prepared.
• Cook healthy traditional meals, debate and discuss on the latest local and foreign nutritional information.
• Obtain a basic level of culinary knowledge with special emphasis on production and preparation of nutritious food.

Competences
• Make correct food choices, to produce a plate from the different food groups as to eat well.
• Put into practice the Maltese Dietary Guidelines by carefully choosing the right food from the different food groups.
• Demonstrate safe and hygenic food storage practices.
• Read, follow a receipe to prepare the actual dish.
• Work well within a timeframe.

Delivery Method

Face-to-face lessons and hands-on practice

Certification/Award

An award certificate accredited by the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority will be awarded if learners attend at least 80% of the course and achieve an overall mark of at least 45% in their tasks.

Progression to Further Education

Food Matters: Enhancing your kitchen cookbook Introductory B

Additional Note

This course is intended for those adult learners willing to learn and improve their cooking skills while preparing healthy dishes. Learners need to use their own ingrediants and utensils for hygiene purposes.

Exam

Language of Instruction

Bilingual