Food Late KS3 Y9 Mainly Making - Chilled Ready Meals

Chilled ready meals – 4 hours

This unit looks at national quality assurance standards for assuring quality food in the UK and asks students to consider factors that ensure food is of the necessary quality through the use of ingredients that are sustainable and meet ethical and moral standards. It includes a practical session cooking their chosen dish.

Key Learning:

• Nutritional analysis and profiling of dishes
• Costing of recipes
• Trialling appropriate dishes
• Labelling requirements for ready meals

Skills:

• Adaptation of existing recipes
• Independent application of a variety of cookery skills to produce a meal
• Application of food safety good practice

Allergy safety: Before using this activity, check your school’s allergy safety policy and the needs of the pupils taking part. Food ingredients and previously used food packaging may contain allergens or food residue. Check and clean materials as appropriate and use new or non-food packaging where a suitable alternative is needed. Adapt the activity for any pupil with an allergy and follow their individual healthcare plan.