Meal in a Minute
Examples of "Meal in a Minute" dishes
Delivery
1. From the Food Industry's perspective:
Food Products must meet the consumer needs by being:
- A quality product
- Appealing to the consumer
- Competitive price
- Good shelf life
- Safe to eat
Food Products must meet the needs of the manufacturer by being:
- A quality product
- Economical to produce
- Competitive
- Make a profit
- Good shelf life
- Meets safe codes of practice
2. To have a successful product the students had to be aware of the knowledge and skills required to develop a Food Product:
a) People:
- who is it for
- what do they want
- where etc
b) Accessing information – existing solutions
c) Knowledge and Skills in Food Preparation
- Measuring
- Reading a recipe
- A range of technical skills
- Safe and hygienic practice
Examples of "Meal in a Minute" dishes:
The students then worked to a given recipe to practice measuring, following a recipe and, safe and hygienic food handling practices. They were then given an evaluation sheet which then led to their changing recipes by adding or substituting ingredients.
Student Example of product development
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Before developing their own recipe the students had to evaluate an existing Food in a Minute recipe and check against the class brief.
