Specialising in Technological and Applied Studies, with a focus on Food Technology, Hospitality and Textiles, all resources have been tried and tested in my classroom over the past 10 years. I have also tutored numerous students in a wide range of subjects and have developed a range of resources to assist in their learning. Any resource that I have created that has helped me help my students will be added to my shop so that I can help you, help your students.
Specialising in Technological and Applied Studies, with a focus on Food Technology, Hospitality and Textiles, all resources have been tried and tested in my classroom over the past 10 years. I have also tutored numerous students in a wide range of subjects and have developed a range of resources to assist in their learning. Any resource that I have created that has helped me help my students will be added to my shop so that I can help you, help your students.
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) can be a complicated procedure for students to understand. This poster outlines the seven HACCP steps in an easy to understand manner with examples. Print the poster in A4 or A3 size and display around the kitchen or theory room for students to utilise when necessary. Once hazard identification has been completed the next step is to decide the Critical Control Points (CCP). This can be tricky, so included with the poster is a colourful CCP Decision Tree to help students work out if the hazards they’ve identified need a control measure to be applied in order to prevent, eliminate or reduce food safety hazards to an acceptable level.
Customer complaints are very much a part of working in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry. There is no way of preventing the odd complaint, but what can be avoided for both parties is the anguish in dealing with it.
These worksheets provide essential information to students on WHY it is important to resolve customer complaints quickly and efficiently. It describes the HOW through the Seven Step Complaint Handling method in poster and flow chart format and provides a wide range of scenarios for students to role-play and determine the best course of action to resolve the problems presented in each situation.
Sometimes you need a short video and research task to finish off a lesson, at the end of the day or as part of a lesson left for a casual/relief. This folder contains 4 mini video and research tasks. Watch the short video as a class, answer the multiple choice questions, complete the short response/research questions and finish off with a find-a-word. Tasks included:
The Lifecycle of a Cup of Coffee
The Science of Milk
The History of Chocolate
Why do we eat Popcorn at the Movies
Tasks should take approximately 30-40minutes each to complete.
Based on the Crime Scene Kitchen reality TV series where bakers must decide what type of dessert was made using just the crumbs and a few elusive clues, this worksheet engages student understanding of ingredients in the episodes.
Students are given a link to the Season 1 Episode 1 video on YouTube and a range of questions that are answered throughout the episode. This is a great task to leave for a casual/relief/teacher absentee lesson or end of term/end of year activity as it can be used for any episode and any season of the TV series.
Students are required to identify the clues left for the competitors, how the competitors determine the dessert they should make based on the clues, the criteria the judges are judging the dessert on and which clues were red herrings designed to test and distract the competitors. There is an extended response question on the challenges faced by competitors that can be used for more advanced students or as an extension task. The final activity gives students a list of clues to help them detect the mystery desserts. Answers are provided for this final activity.
The functional properties of food describes how ingredients behave during preparation and cooking; and how the finished product is affected in terms of how it looks, tastes and feels.
This Functional Properties of Food task consists of a match-up activity where students are required to match the term to its definition (cut and laminate for re-use or provide copies to students to take home), and an extension worksheet where students are required to include the definition but add examples of the functional property as well as the factors that affect it. This extension worksheet is a great optional activity for those more advanced students or can be used as a homework task.
This task is a great revision activity to determine how well students are understanding the content covered in class or used for revision in the lead up to exams and assessments. Answers are included.
Foodborne Illness or food poisoning is caused by bacteria and viruses getting into the food we eat. It can also be caused by toxins. This task provides students with a unique way to present their information - in a report card format. Students are asked to use the websites provided as well as their own research to locate the required information. For bacterial food poisoning, students need to identify the symptoms, typical food vehicles for transmission, treatment and prevention methods. For viral food poisoning, students are asked to use their research skills to find the missing information and for toxin related food poisoning, students are given all the identifying information except for the name and incubation periods. Depending on the level of your students, this task works well individually or for small groups and can be a wonderful revision activity for older students studying for their exams.
This activity is suitable for Hospitality, Family & Consumer Science, Food Technology and any other food related courses where students need to know the specifics of each method of cookery. Included in the pdf file is the name, definition, suitable foods, characteristics of foods cooked, associated culinary terms, utensils & equipment, common problems & solutions, procedure, effects on nutritive value, cooking times & temperatures and images for each of the 13 methods of cookery. Some methods have a bonus card of extra information for example: poaching liquids for the poaching method. There are 12 cards per method of cookery (total of 156 cards in the pdf). Cards can be printed in colour directly onto card stock, or printed on regular paper and laminated.
There are a couple of ways to play - jumble up the cards of two methods of cookery and have small groups of students sort out which information belongs to which method of cookery, gradually working up to more than two methods; hand out the jumbled cards to the two (or more) methods of cookery to the students and have them find their correct method of cookery name/term person; or blue-tack the name of each method to the board and have students sort through each of the jumbled cards to categorise the info cards into it’s correct method (this one can be made into group competition!). For more advanced revision, provide a complete set of cards to each small group (or individual) and have them match each card to its correct cookery method.
The methods of cookery included:
Boiling
Baking
Poaching
Braising
Deep frying
Shallow frying
Stir frying
Pan frying
Grilling
Roasting
Steaming
Stewing
Microwaving
Also available are a Methods of Cookery Definition Match-Up where students need to match the term to its definition and a Methods of Cookery Picture Match-Up where students need to match the term to its image.
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The design process is a tool that helps students (and designers) break down large projects into smaller, easier-to-manage stages. Students are given a design brief which identifies a problem or area of need and they work through the design process to research, create, prototype and evaluate a solution.
This Cadbury Chocolate Bar task requires students to create a new flavour of chocolate bar to market to teenagers. Students are given the design brief, are required to pull it apart to fully understand what they need to do and then work through the design process steps to produce a chocolate bar that meets the design brief. This task can be used as a stand alone task or embedded into a food design unit.
Wanting to challenge your students creativity in the kitchen or needing an end of term practical task to use up the remnants in the pantry, freezer or cool room?
This 5 to 1 Cooking Challenge gives students access to:
5 x pantry staples
4 x fruit/veg
3 x fridge items
2 x magic flavour items
1 x tinned item
Students need to incorporate as many (or all!) of the listed ingredients as they can into a recipe, write the recipe to show appropriate quantities and then produce it. Students are given one theory lesson to brainstorm, research and write their recipe, and one practical lesson to prepare, cook and plate it up. Marking criteria is included with space for feedback and a star rating.
There are four sets of 5 to 1 Cooking Challenges included in the PDF. One for each term. Three have ingredients identified in them and one has been left blank, ready for you to set the ingredients they are required to use - making it a perfect end of term task to help use up and clear out your storage areas.
Needing a great festive end of the term/end of the year Christmas cooking practical? This is a tried and true Gingerbread recipe that incorporates the lemon myrtle bush spice and works perfectly for this decorated Gingerbread AUSTRALIAN BUSH SHACK to take pride of place on the Christmas share table.
Included in this file is the bush spice gingerbread recipe and the templates for the bush shack.
Keep the cooked gingerbread pieces in an airtight container for several days if needing to separate the practical into two or more sessions.
The best way for students to use these templates is to trace them onto baking paper before cutting them out in the gingerbread, or, print a class set and laminate them for use year after year.
This Bush Shack is also a great addition to a cultural food unit and can be decorated in a more Aussie traditional, less festive way to fit in if needed.
Time management can be a tricky thing for Hospitality students to understand and develop. Practising and writing workflows is one way.
This task provides another way that gets students really thinking about each step in the recipe. Students are provided with three recipes, each portioned to one person, and the methods for each divided up on a separate page. Students need to read through each recipe and work out the order they would need to do each step for the three methods in order to be able to prepare, cook and present the entree, main and dessert at the same time.
The recipes and individual steps can be laminated for re-use by the class/student later in the course or used with another cohort. Students can also be provided print outs of the recipes and each divided method to cut and paste onto a blank piece of paper in the order they think it should be. The recipes are simple enough that they can be used in a practical lesson or two to really allow students to know if they’ve got all their steps in the correct order or if they’ve made a mistake somewhere!
Food-borne illness affects many hundreds of people throughout the world each year and is often caused by pathogenic bacteria, viruses or toxins in food. This research task gets students to select and research a food-borne pathogen. A graphic organiser and task list is supplied to help them organise their information and they can let their creativity surface by producing their newfound knowledge in the form of a ‘wanted poster’ and presentation.
This is a great end of term filler task or a casual/relief lesson as the task can be divided up so students only produce the wanted poster or the presentation depending on the length of class time available. It can also be used as a summative assessment tool due to the inclusion of a marking/grading rubric and an example of the wanted poster.
A skill requirement for Vocational Studies - Hospitality Cookery students is being able to detect deficiencies in foods based on issues such as temperature danger zones, storage principles and safe food handling in order to ensure the best, highest quality menu items are served to customers.
This activity has 32 flashcards each with a different photo showing a poor handling/food issue. Students are to use their knowledge of how to maintain the quality of food items to identify the issue in each flashcard. As an extension task for students to further demonstrate their understanding, students are to explain what could happen if each issue was allowed to happen in a commercial kitchen as well as describing the effects on the business, food handler and customer.
Download includes the Flashcards, Extension Worksheet and Answers for the flashcards.
A well-plated meal not only appeals to the diner’s senses but also showcases the chef’s skills and creativity. The way a dish is presented can impact the diner’s overall dining event and leave a lasting impression on their experience with the hospitality establishment.
This activity includes a PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) that covers tips and tricks for styling food for awesome food photography (also provided in a PDF version), 8 important elements to think about for a good food photo, as well as showcasing a range of plated meals for a Positive, Minus, Interesting (PMI) task. Notes from this PPT can be taken down in the Food Presentation, Styling and Garnishing work booklet.
The work booklet also goes into detail on the differences between a garnish and a decoration; classic fruit, herb and vegetable garnishes; step-by-step methods for producing a range of garnishes; and all important tips for food presentation such as plate types, the ‘clock’, use of colour, height and avoiding symmetry.
This task is perfect for Senior Food and Hospitality students who need to be thinking about and practicing plate presentation.
This Prepare & Serve Espresso Coffee Complete Unit includes everything needed to engage students in hands-on espresso coffee making activities. Covering all components of the Vocational Espresso Coffee unit of competency, there are a range of activities covering setting up a coffee workstation, selecting and grinding coffee beans, milk texturing, advising customers, taking orders and cleaning espresso equipment. Students will need access to an espresso coffee machine and coffee bean grinder for the practical tasks.
Included in this file:
Unit program
Learning intentions & success criteria posters for each component
Pre/post test that can also be used for the quiz assessment
Coffee machine & grinder anatomy worksheets
Coffee recipe posters
SNAP! and Memory game cards
Cloze passages
Job lists and issues flowcharts
Assessment observation checklist and portfolio example
Practical feedback form & end of unit evaluation
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The design process is a tool that helps students (and designers) break down large projects into smaller, easier-to-manage stages. Students are given a design brief which identifies a problem or area of need and they work through the design process to research, create, prototype and evaluate a solution.
This Strawberry Food Design task requires students to create a simple yet tasty recipe using strawberries to get consumers to buy more fresh strawberries to help farmers cope with the despair over excess waste, mass dumping and devastating price reductions due to unforeseen weather conditions, supermarket size requirements and the continued effects from the COVID lockdowns.
Students are given a design situation and design brief. They are required to pull it apart to fully understand what they need to do and then work through the design process steps to produce a strawberry recipe and prototype that meets the design brief. This task can be used as a stand alone task or embedded into a food design unit.
Many might not realise it but numeracy and math skills are an integral part of cooking. Chefs rely on math daily to convert units, scale recipes, and manage kitchen inventory and costs. Even the every day person benefits from knowing how to do basic culinary maths such as addition, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals and even percentages to cook amazing recipes at home.
This workbook breaks down important kitchen math concepts, provides examples and has multiple exercises for students to complete. Activities range from:
calculating shopping lists
managing a food budget
using discount codes
adjusting and scaling recipes
calculating fresh produce quantities
comparing unit prices for the best deal
adding Goods & Services Tax
ratios; and
combining liquid & dry ingredients
Students don’t need to be good at math or have a mathematical brain to be able to understand and work through these exercises. It also provides a valuable real-life link from math in the classroom to using math in everyday life.
Needing a great festive end of the term/end of the year (depending on which hemisphere you are in!) Christmas cooking practical? This is a tried and true, family tested recipe that works perfectly for a decorated Gingerbread House to take pride of place on the Christmas table. Included in this file is the gingerbread recipe and the templates for a MINI Gingerbread House, COSY Gingerbread Cottage and a LARGE Gingerbread House.
Keep the cooked gingerbread pieces in an airtight container for several days if needing to separate the practical into two or more sessions.
The best way for students to use these templates is to trace them onto baking paper before cutting them out in the gingerbread, or, print a class set and laminate them for use year after year.
A working knowledge of laws governing the hospitality industry isn’t just a bonus piece of knowledge. Employees, managers and other staff members need to know about the various hospitality and over-arching business laws in order to avoid breaking them. Failing to follow local, state and federal laws can result in fines/penalties, lawsuits, negative publicity, even temporary or permanent business closure, all of which can be disastrous to a hospitality establishment.
These posters outline all the required pieces of legislation hospitality workers and students need to know, in an easy to read poster format that outlines what it is/does and its objectives. Knowing and understanding the laws associated with the industry can provide students with a deeper understanding of the examined content as well as enabling them to be more professional when working out in the industry.
Legislation covered includes:
Food Act
Food Regulations
Food Standards Code
Food Authority
Environmental Health Officers
Local Councils
WHS Act
WHS Regulations
Safe Work Australia & NSW
Codes of Practice
Safe Work Inspectors
Anti-Discrimination Act
Fair Trading Amendment of the Australian Consumer Law
Equal Employment Opportunity
Privacy Act
Fair Work Act
RSA/RCG
School and Faculty budgeting is usually pretty tight for our practical subjects and many Head of Departments and Subject Leaders want to know how much our recipes are costing per class.
This MS EXCEL spreadsheet does all the calculations for you! Simply download and unzip the folder to access the editable Recipe Costing Template, an example costed recipe and an editable price brochure on MS Word.
Visit your local supermarket or the online website for it and adjust the prices of the items in the Price Brochure to suit where you live (and add even more regularly used items to tailor it to you if needed). Now SAVE AS the recipe template and adjust with the name of recipe to be costed. Once in the open spreadsheet, adjust the prices of the packaged ingredients based on your location, insert the weight of the packaged ingredient and how much of the ingredient needed for your class and the formulas will do all the work for you. You will get:
the COST PER STUDENT
OVERALL COST of the ingredient for the recipe
TOTAL COST OF RECIPE batch for the class
TOTAL COST FOR EACH STUDENT
plus the COST PER SERVE
Once you’ve saved all your recipes onto separate recipe costing spreadsheets, it’s super quick an easy to adjust the whole class quantities or prices year after year after year; taking hours of work down to less than 10 minutes!
This Costing Template works fantastic with the Food Ordering System using MS EXCEL Spreadsheets product because you’ve already been given the calculations for the QUANTITY REQUIRED COLUMN from the Food Order Spreadsheet for the Recipe Costing spreadsheet!