Food Technology

Brief:-Year 8
You are to make a range of Food products and complete a
Presentation that creates an awareness of :-
Health and Safety in Food Preparation
Food Preparation Techniques
Foods from Different Cultures

You will also produce or add to your Recipe Collection for future use.
The recipes you will make are as follows:-
1. Pizza
2. Pasta sauce
3. Thai Green Curry
4. Fruit Muffins
5. Fajitas
6. ...........

Your Name Here

 Reflection

Look at your target sheet from your last rotation. Can you fill in the
following :

My Effort grade is...................................

My Independent Enquirer grade is...................................
My Creative Thinker grade is..............................
My Team Worker grade is..............................
My Self Manager grade is..........................
My Effective Participator grade is...........................
My Reflective Learner grade is............................

How do you feel about the grades that you have received so far ?

The 2 targets that I have chosen to improve on are

1)
2)
 Research Page 1 –You must make a presentation of food images
INDEPENDENT
ENQUIRERS
from around the world. You should annotate them to say what
they are. You could explain the influences on British cuisine.
On this page you will be
assessed on how well you
research and how you use
it later on in the project.
LEVEL 4
You have a few images and have
explained what they are.
LEVEL 5
You have lots of images, you
clearly understand what they
are and have explained a little
about each one.
LEVEL 6
All of your research is carefully
selected and you have a wide
range that really identifies
what International food is all
about. You conclude your
research with your own views on
the impact of foods from
around the world on British
Cuisine
LEVEL 7
Your research is selected
carefully so that you cover a
wider range of the topic. You
comment on culture adding your
own opinions to back up why you
have used it in your research.
You draw up a final conclusion
that clearly proves your
understanding of International
cuisine and its effects on
British food.
LEVEL 8
To get to this level you must
produce an original piece of
research that shows that you
have covered all aspects of
International cuisine and the
influences on British Cuisine
 Research Page 2
INDEPENDENT
ENQUIRERS
 Reflective Page 1
This is where you will write a simple specification.
Reflective You will need to use it later to demonstrate your ‘Reflective Learner’ ability.
Learners
Specification Point Achieved How well or not ? Aesthetics
How do the products
Aesthetics – the products must Some of my food could have been look?
In this section you will show NO Target Market
how creative you are and how look appetising presented more attractively.
you use your research to come Who it will the products
up with a range of Target Market - be aimed at?
specification points Cost
TASK 1 What would it cost to
Use the key words on this make and sell
sheet to help you write a approximately?
specification for your products.
Environment
An example has been given.
Use each heading to create a How could you make sure
detailed specification that it has minimal impact
LEVEL 3 on the environment?
You say whether your product Constraints
did or did not meet the Spec What restrictions are
LEVEL 4 there, skill, time,
You have commented on the equipment,e.t.c?
success of the product using
Safety
the Specification
LEVEL 5 What do you need to do
You go into detail about how to make sure that it is
well or not your product meets safe to eat?
the specification Function
LEVEL 6 Are the products
You have tested your product in appropriate for the
some way as well as using the brief?
Specification – You may need
another sheet for this or video
Taste
people evaluating your product. Does the product taste
LEVEL 7 good?
You have done all of the above
and created a questionnaire
about your product to find out
how well it meets the original
brief.
LEVEL 8
You have done all of the above
and evaluated your product
against social, moral and
cultural aspects.
 Now that you have your research, what ideas could be used to help you
Creative come up with some simple and original designs – do a spray diagram for
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Thinking each recipe to show your ideas.

Stuffed crust
Add herbs
In this section you will show
how creative you are and how
you use your research to come
up with a range of ideas. Base
For each Recipe you must show
how you could adapt the basic
recipe to develop your own dish pizza
1. Pizza
2. Pasta sauce Topping
3. Thai Green Curry
4. Fruit Muffins
5. .....................
6. .................. Tomato
cheese
You can:-
Change or add to the
ingredients pesto
Change the shape e.t.c ... mozzarella

LEVEL 4 cheddar
You show a few simple ideas
that do not really stem from
your research
LEVEL 5
You ideas are interesting and
original and relate to your
research
LEVEL 6
You have a wide range of
creative ideas that you modify
as you go to be more original
LEVEL 7
Your have many creative ideas
that all rise from you research.
You also modify the ideas to
make them easier to
manufacture.
LEVEL 8
Your creative and original ideas
are realistic and show how they
could be mass produced and
what modifications to the
designs need to be made to be
more practical and cost
effective in production.
I THINK THIS WORK IS A LEVEL ? MY PEER THINKS THAT IS A LEVEL ? MY TEACHER’S ASSESSMENT ?
 Creativity Page 2
CREATIVE THINKERS
 Self-Managers Planning Page 1 – one planning page for each recipe
(use this to make your recipe book)
Fruit Muffins Key Words
Mixing bowl,
Tools/Equip Flour dredger,
Stage Image/Video Description Safety Time
ment Rolling pin,
Knife,
Collect ingredients, weigh and measure as Weighing Be careful of sharp Chopping board,
1 appropriate scales, spoons knives if used
6 mins Tablespoon,
Dessertspoon,
Teaspoon,
Weighing 3 Fork,
2 Collect appropriate equipment scales, spoons
......
mins Saucepan,
Panstand,
Cooling wire,
Oven,
Hob,
 Self-Managers Planning Page 1
Key Words
Tools/Equi Mixing bowl,
Stage Image/Video Description Safety Time Flour dredger,
pment
Rolling pin,
Knife,
Chopping board,
Tablespoon,
Dessertspoon,
Teaspoon,
Fork,
Saucepan,
Panstand,
Cooling wire,
Oven,
Hob
 Self-Managers Planning Page 1
Key Words
Tools/Equi
Stage Image/Video Description Safety Time
pment
 Self-Managers Planning Page 1
Key Words
Tools/Equi
Stage Image/Video Description Safety Time
pment
 Self-Managers Planning Page 1
Key Words
Tools/Equi
Stage Image/Video Description Safety Time
pment
 Self-Managers Planning Page 1
Key Words
Tools/Equi
Stage Image/Video Description Safety Time
pment
 Creativity Page 1
TEAM Decide where you fit into these boxes and write a very quick description of why you decided on that particular statement.
WORKERS

About
Your teacher will make Very Little A little Quite a bit Lots
judgement on these particular Average
aspects of the project. It is
important however that you can How well did I contribute to
self evaluate and set goals for the group task
your self.
How much did I do
. compared to everyone else ?
TASK 1
Did I show any leadership
Work together to clean and
check your units after each skills ?
practical. Did I help anyone ?

TASK 2 How much of the groups

In your allocated groups,
work cooperatively to share
equipment and ingredients
success is down to me ?
Did I help the team reach
agreements and decisions

What was your greatest

skill in these tasks and
how did it help the
team ?
What would you say was
your weakness in these
tasks and how did it
prevent the team form
working to its potential ?

My Targets – What are you going to do to improve next time ?

Target 1
Target 2
Target 3
 Reflection Page 1
Reflective
Learners

Insert a picture of your Insert a picture of your

Effective
product here . product here.
Participators

This is where you can

reflect on your product and
demonstrate that you know
how to improve.
Product Evaluation Product Evaluation
How well does your How well does your
LEVEL 4 product match your
product match your
You final products are of original
original
poor quality. expectations?
LEVEL 5 expectations?
What could you have What could you have
Your products meet the
done to improve the done to improve the
brief and are of reasonable
look of the product ? look of the product ?
quality.
LEVEL 6 What could you have What could you have
You products are well made, done to improve done better to
meet the brief and you have the taste of the improve the taste of
used the tools and product ? the product ?
equipment well. What skill do you What skill do you
LEVEL 7 really want to work really want to work
You products are of a very on for next time ? on for next time ?
high standard and Peer Evaluation 1
Peer Evaluation 1
throughout the project, you (Get a friend to type
have worked on your own. (Get a friend to type
their evaluation of their evaluation of
LEVEL 8
your product here) your product here)
You products are of an
Peer Evaluation 2 Peer Evaluation 2
extremely high professional
(Get another friend (Get another friend
quality with outstanding
originality and could be used to type their to type their
to show other pupils. evaluation of your evaluation of your
(Exemplar) product here) product here)
 Reflection Page 1
Reflective
Learners

Insert a picture of your Insert a picture of your

Effective
product here . product here.
Participators

This is where you can

reflect on your product and
demonstrate that you know
how to improve.
Product Evaluation Product Evaluation
How well does your How well does your
LEVEL 4 product match your
product match your
You final products are of original
original
poor quality. expectations?
LEVEL 5 expectations?
What could you have What could you have
Your products meet the
done to improve the done to improve the
brief and are of reasonable
look of the product ? look of the product ?
quality.
LEVEL 6 What could you have What could you have
You products are well made, done to improve done better to
meet the brief and you have the taste of the improve the taste of
used the tools and product ? the product ?
equipment well. What skill do you What skill do you
LEVEL 7 really want to work really want to work
You products are of a very on for next time ? on for next time ?
high standard and Peer Evaluation 1
Peer Evaluation 1
throughout the project, you (Get a friend to type
have worked on your own. (Get a friend to type
their evaluation of their evaluation of
LEVEL 8
your product here) your product here)
You products are of an
Peer Evaluation 2 Peer Evaluation 2
extremely high professional
(Get another friend (Get another friend
quality with outstanding
originality and could be used to type their to type their
to show other pupils. evaluation of your evaluation of your
(Exemplar) product here) product here)
 Reflection Page 1
Reflective
Learners

Insert a picture of your Insert a picture of your

Effective
product here . product here.
Participators

This is where you can

reflect on your product and
demonstrate that you know
how to improve.
Product Evaluation Product Evaluation
How well does your How well does your
LEVEL 4 product match your
product match your
You final products are of original
original
poor quality. expectations?
LEVEL 5 expectations?
What could you have What could you have
Your products meet the
done to improve the done to improve the
brief and are of reasonable
look of the product ? look of the product ?
quality.
LEVEL 6 What could you have What could you have
You products are well made, done to improve done better to
meet the brief and you have the taste of the improve the taste of
used the tools and product ? the product ?
equipment well. What skill do you What skill do you
LEVEL 7 really want to work really want to work
You products are of a very on for next time ? on for next time ?
high standard and Peer Evaluation 1
Peer Evaluation 1
throughout the project, you (Get a friend to type
have worked on your own. (Get a friend to type
their evaluation of their evaluation of
LEVEL 8
your product here) your product here)
You products are of an
Peer Evaluation 2 Peer Evaluation 2
extremely high professional
(Get another friend (Get another friend
quality with outstanding
originality and could be used to type their to type their
to show other pupils. evaluation of your evaluation of your
(Exemplar) product here) product here)