Home Cooking Skills

The aim of the qualification is to give every young person the basic skills and knowledge to be able to cook for themselves in a healthy and cost-effective way for the rest of their lives and the confidence to share these skills with family and friends.

Students will learn:

• Hygiene and safety for cooking
• Cooking skills
• How to choose fresh ingredients
• How home cooking is value for money
• How to read food labels
• Nutritional value of foods
• How to present food attractively.

BTEC Home Cooking Skills is internally assessed. To achieve a 'pass' students must have successfully achieved all the assessment criteria. Students will be required to keep a cooking skills record. Students must demonstrate that they can prepare and cook food safely and work in an organised manner.

Students can progress onto employment or food related vocational qualifications.

Useful website: www.edexcel.com/homecookingskills