Gcse Course - Tuesday

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SEPTEMBER 2026 – MAY 2027 TUESDAY MORNINGS FROM 9AM – 10AM (Term-Time only). Course Payment in Full The content is designed to meet the subject specifications common to all GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition courses & the Key Stage 3 National Curriculum requirements. It also meets the framework required to allow students the option to progress their studies on a path to careers in the food & hospitality industries. The course covers a wide range of theory which can be broadly condensed into the following modules: NUTRITION: Understanding the relationship between diet, nutrition & health and the need to modify recipes to meet the dietary requirements of different groups of people. FOOD (Food Science, Provenance & Food Choice): Understand & explore a broad range of ingredients, their functional properties, provenance, as well as impacts of chemical processing & production. COOKING & FOOD PREPARATION: Understanding both the Safety & the scientific principles underlying the preparation & cooking of food. SKILLS (Preparation & Cooking Techniques): Demonstrating effective & safe cookery skills, methods and use of appropriate equipment. The course will be delivered through Google Classroom with up to 30 online distance-learning sessions. These are backed up by a bank of video tutorials and briefs and three in-house practical cookery sessions at The Farm Cookery School in Wiltshire, which students will need to attend.