DO YOU ENJOY FOOD AND CATERING FOR PEOPLE?

                                      

If you enjoy cooking food and catering for friends and family, you may wish to become a professional in this field. This course develops an excellent and sound foundation for working in a restaurant, catering or other food service enterprise. Topics covered vary from kitchen and food management to planning a menu, restaurant staffing and waiter/waitress skills.

AIMS OF THIS COURSE:

On successful completion of the course you should be able to do the following:

·         Explain the role of different food types in human health

·         Understand the alternative cooking processes in order to make appropriate decisions about the cooking of different foods

·         Manage the provision of kitchen facilities and the handling of foodstuffs (including food storage and preparation), in order to maximise efficiency, hygiene and service with the restrictions of facilities available

·         Plan menus or list of food products for sale, appropriate to different situations

·         Appropriately manage the provision of alcoholic beverages in different situations

·         Appropriately manage the provision of non-alcoholic beverages in different situations

·         Describe differences in appropriate management for catering in a range of varying situations

·         Discuss how to manage staff in the food and restaurant industries

·         Consolidate skills developed throughout this entire course into an overall understanding of management of catering services.

COURSE SYNOPSIS

There are nine (9 lessons in this course, as follows:

LESSON 1: HUMAN NUTRITION

This lesson covers all the major food groups and their importance in a nutritional diet. It also includes factors in nutrition, from compatibility and range of ingredients through to healthy cooking and eating methods.       

LESSON 2: COOKING

This lesson includes various cooking methods for a variety of different foods, covering both palatability and digestibility through to the nutritional value in processing foods.

LESSON 3: KITCHEN AND FOOD MANAGEMENT

Learn to maximise efficiency and service through proper management of kitchen facilities, including food storage and preparation, hygiene and ethics.

LESSON 4: PLANNING A MENU

Covering menu planning for the needs of special groups in different situations, including children, adolescents, elderly people, expectant and nursing mothers, immigrants, vegetarians and other health-related diets.

LESSON 5: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Learn how to provide adequate variety and product knowledge in order to manage the provision of alcoholic beverages appropriately for different situations.      

LESSON 6: TEA, COFFEE AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

This lesson provides an understanding of non-alcoholic beverages available in the catering industry and how they should be made and served.

LESSON 7: SCOPE AND NATURE OF CATERING SERVICES

Learn to understand the differences in appropriate management and catering for a variety of situations from pubs to a-la-carte. 

LESSON 8: PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

This lesson covers the management of people in the food and restaurant industry, including training programs, job specifications, recruitment, waiting skills, staffing a restaurant, kitchen practices, etc.

LESSON 9: MANAGEMENT OF CATERING SERVICES

By consolidating the skills developed throughout this course you are given a comprehensive understanding of marketing through to food purchasing in order to effectively manage in the food and beverage industry. 

COURSE DURATION: Approx 100 hours

 
This course is also available in CD-ROM format – click here for more details.

EXPERT TUITION

Even though you are studying at a time and place convenient for you, you still benefit from expert guidance and tuition. Your tutor for this course is experienced in food and beverage management and will provide valuable feedback on each assignment you submit.

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EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND LESSONS

Don’t worry if you have never studied before; all your lessons are set out in easy-to-understand language that takes you step by step through your course. If you need additional assistance, simply contact Student Services and help will never be far away.

STUDYING ONLINE IS SIMPLE

With online training you have the advantage of being able to study any place where you have access to a computer and the Internet. All your lessons are available on our website for you to view as you need them, or you can save them to your computer and print them so you can take them with you wherever you go.

At the end of each lesson is an online quiz so you can test your knowledge straight away. Once you are comfortable that you understand everything contained in the lesson, simply complete your assignment and upload it to the website for your tutor to mark. Once your tutor has marked your assignment, you will receive an email notifying you that it is ready for collection.

Part Payments Available
Initial deposit : $342 inc GST
2nd payment : $342 inc GST
Total Cost : $684 inc GST

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