Food

Love food?

Like creating great food for your friends and family? If you choose Food Technology will learn about designing and making a saleable, quality food product by applying your growing knowledge and understanding of the world of food.

Course Outline

You will explore and develop a range of food products in Year 10 like pastry products and continental breads. The aim is to encourage you to be creative and develop new, exciting products building on what you have learnt at KS3.

You will be expected to use ICT throughout your work and there is a greater emphasis on skill acquisition and making quality products at this level in Food Technology.

You will learn about:-

A) Food Materials and Components
B) Food Product Design and Market Influences
C) Food Processes and Manufacture

The scheme of assessment is made up of two parts:-

i) Written paper – 2 hours which is 40% of the total marks
ii) Controlled Assessment – 45 hours which is 60% of the total marks

The coursework project is undertaken in Y11 and is a very important piece of work. The themes for this are set by the exam board.

This subject is a good basis for pupils who are wishing to: stay on into the 6th Form to study AS/A2 Food Technology; work in the Food Industry; go into further education training as a Food Technologist; become Food Technology teachers.