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

Entry Requirements

Applicants should have finished Introductory Level A (Award in Food Matters: Cooking Techniques and Healthy Eating)

Duration

14-week course with 3 contact hours per week.

Learning Outcomes

Expected learning outcomes for this course include:

Knowledge and Understanding
At the end of the programme, the learner will be able to:
• Understand more the different world cultures, customs, and flavours.
• Learn life skills like eating healthy, budgeting money, and cleanliness.
• Gain more knowledge in maths, science, and languages in a day-to-day context.
• Understand the importance of personal hygiene and how to achieve and maintain it.
• Plan, prepare, and serve a healthy dish to illustrate the role of some nutrients in the diet.
Skills
At the end of the programme, the learner will be able to:
• Expand their palate.
• Gain a sense of accomplishment when cooking a meal.
• Make healthy choices.
• Work within a time-frame.
• Demonstrate different types of intermediate skills such as slicing, dicing, chopping, and working well within a time-frame.
• Prepare food to make a meal and serve it attractively in an informal way.
• Demonstrate different types of skills in relation to safe, hygienic storage, preparation, and cooking of food.
• Minimise food waste and safely make use of leftovers.
Module-Specific Skills and Competences
These additional outcomes are identified within the specific module description:
• Competences (Responsibility and Autonomy):
o Make the right decisions on proper food choices from different food groups to eat well.
o Put into practice the Maltese Dietary Guidelines.
o Debate and discuss novelty foods in the diet.
o Promote culinary traditions.
o Prepare the table for different functions.
o Identify the use of the different cutlery and glasses.
o Identify the different types of environmental friendly and low cost packages.
• Digital Skills:
o Search online for recipes, nutritional information, and food labels.
o Understand how a barcode works.
• Specific Knowledge:
o Understand and prepare the table for different functions, including knowledge of different glasses and cutlery.
o Choose different types of environmentally friendly, low-cost packaging

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

After completing this course, learners might be interested in following the Cake Masters-Introductory A course.

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

Bilngual