Cooking scheme of work
BTEC Jamie Oliver Home Cooking Skills Level 1
Home cooking skills have been developed in partnership with Chef, Jamie Oliver, inspired by his healthy eating campaigns and featuring over 80 of his recipes. This Edexcel award is part of the BTEC family and is delivered as a level 1 or 2.
Cooking is an essential life skill, empowering us to make changes that benefit our health and well being. Our Home Cooking Skills course aims to give every young person the basic skills and knowledge to be able to cook for themselves in a healthy, cost-effective way, as well as gain the confidence to share these skills with friends and family.
Students will learn essential knowledge and skills such as:
- Kitchen basics: what equipment you need and the best way to stock your store cupboard, fridge and freezer.
- Food safety and hygiene: handling equipment safely, fridge management and rotation.
- How to shop wisely: planning using a budget, planning recipes ahead of time, creating shopping lists.
- Preparing ingredients and understanding food labels.
The images on this page are from some of our students’ controlled assessments, which is the final element of this award. To pass this assessment, each student must;
- Research their choice of recipe.
- Select and bring their own ingredients to school.
- Prepare,cook and evaluate their dish.
- Assure they have worked to a safe and hygienic standard.
Each student has shown great enthusiasm and determination to make their dish a great success and all of the photos and testimonials are proof to that!
