Nutrition & Healthy Options Level 3

Nutrition & Healthy Options Level 3

Learn how to make healthy eating simple, what foods to avoid and how to prepare healthy meals quickly.

1. Explain the basic principles of food safety and associated legislation Collection of Work
2. Explain the organisation of a professional kitchen Collection of Work
3. Use kitchen terminology, weights and measures appropriately Skills Demonstration
4. Explain how different degrees of cooking affect foods Collection of Work
5. Demonstrate basic techniques of tasting, recognition of food freshness and garnishing finished dishes Skills Demonstration
6. Demonstrate basic cookery processes including grilling, poaching, shallow frying, boiling and simmering Skills Demonstration
7. Demonstrate basic techniques for preparation of hot and cold cereals and breads Skills Demonstration
8. Assist in preparing and presenting a full Irish cooked and a continental breakfast, plated and buffet style, using a range of fresh and convenience produce Skills Demonstration
9. Comply with current food safety and hygiene legislation and regulation in personal and supervised work practices Skills Demonstration
10. Demonstrate basic understanding of the food cost and quality control cycle