PIÑAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Technology and Livelihood Education

Name: ___________________________________________________ Grade/Section: __________________Date: ___________
Topic: INTRODUCTION TO COOKERY
At the end of this module, learners should be able to:
1. Explain the basic concepts in cookery.
2. Discuss the relevance of the course.
3. Explore opportunities for cookery as a career.

Cookery
It is an art and science of preparing food for consumption by using heat. The “how of cooking” can be
considered to be the art and the “why of cooking” could be the science. Cookery is also the skill or activity of
preparing and cooking food.
Importance of the Course Cookery
There are several reasons as to why cookery course is necessary to learn
1. Get Acquainted with your Kitchen – helps you to make familiar with your kitchen and all the tools and equipment in it
2. Improve Cooking Skills – trains you how to cook and definitely improve and develop your cooking abilities
3. Promote Self Esteem – helps you build self – esteem and confidence knowing that you can now start and then complete a task
like cooking
4. Encourage Cultural Awareness - teaches you how cultures from different places prepare their food
5. Start a Culinary Career – gives you an opportunity to develop a skill in cooking.
Job Opportunities
There are number of job opportunities in cookery that you can benefit from once you earn a degree in this field of
specialization. The kind of job that you can find depends on your specialization in cookery. This career can help you to work as a:
Job Opportunities Job Description
Chef  Oversees a restaurant‘s kitchen by managing other members of the food preparation team.

Caterer  Cooks and prepare foods that have the responsibility to make large amounts of food for events and parties.
 Their tasks include buying the food, preparing it, moving it to the location, and finishing off plating in a timely
manner.

Restaurant cook  Often prepares ingredients, ensure cleanliness of their working area and keep the restaurant stocked with
necessary cooking supplies.
 They may also help make decisions on menus and day to day offerings.

Executive chef  Known as Chef manager or Head chef. Oversees the daily operations of restaurant and hotel kitchens. This
includes hiring, training and overseeing kitchen staff and ensuring a high quality, cost effective product.

Food and Beverage  Design unique menus, handling customer complaints, creating company policies and complying with food
manager and safety regulations.

Restaurant Manager  Tasked to manage, lead and supervise the restaurant operations.

Sales Coordinator  Responsible for representi ng and advertising the restaurant.

Front Office Agent  Performs all front desks duties such as check – in and check – out, reservations, phone messages and
special request from the guest.

Food Stylist  Prepares the food for photography in books, magazines, and other publications

Food Writer  Writes articles and blogs for food industry journals and other publications.

Directions: Identify what is being asked in the following statements. Choose your answer from the box and
write it on the space provided.

Food stylist Improve cooking skills Executive Chef Caterer

Promote self esteem Sales coordinator Start a culinary career
Restaurant manager Cookery Restaurant Cook Food writer How of cooking
____________1. The skill or activity of preparing and cooking food.
___________2. Helps you build self – esteem and confidence knowing that you can now start and then complete a task like
cooking
___________3. This is considered to be the art in food preparation.
___________ 4. Gives you an opportunity to attend different culinary classes and short culinary training program.
___________ 5. Responsible for representing and advertising the restaurant.
____________6. Writes articles and blogs for food industry journals and other publications.
____________7. Help make decisions on menus and day to day offerings.
____________8. Tasked to manage and lead the restaurant operations.
____________9. Cooks and prepare foods that have the responsibility to make large amounts of food for events and parties.
____________10. Oversees the daily operations of restaurant and hotel kitchens

Direction: On the space provided, draw the kind of job that you wanted to be in Cookery Specialization. You can choose from any
of the Job opportunities. Draw creatively.

Rubric
Criteria Poor Fair Good Excellent
2 5 7 10
 Less than 70% signs can 70-79% 80-89% signs can be 90-100% signs can be read
Neatness be easily read signs can be easily read easily easily
read
Color Choice Lesser use of colors Uses colors rarely Uses colors severally Uses colors appropriately

Knowledge gained Less than 70% Eye 70-79% eye catching 80-89% eye catching e 90-100% eye catching
catching signage