Menu Planning and Applied Nutrition
QQI Award Level 5
Overview:
The aim of the programme is to provide learners with the knowledge and understanding to develop different types and styles of menus for varying uses.
Objectives:
On completion on this programme participants will:
- Understand the influences of tradition, culture and trends on menu planning.
- Be able to develop different types and styles of menus for varying uses.
- Understand the principal nutrients in food and the functions, features and food sources of each nutrient.
- Be able to compile a range of menus to suit different types of meals for different categories of customers.
- Understand the role of nutrients in relation to diseases including obesity, heart disease and cancer.
Who should attend:
This programme is suitable for those interested in how food affects healthy living, planning menus for people with special dietary requirements.
Duration:
4 Days
Content:
The following areas will be covered:
- Nutritional influences on Menu Planning
- Food Nutrition Principles
- Nutrition’s role in Healthy Eating
- Emerging food trends including Genetically Modified Foods etc.
Assessment:
40% Project
60% Examination – Theory