preparation session

1. Food and Nutrition
Preparation for the Practical Examination
Name:…………………………………………………………………………………………
Date:…………………………………………………………………………………….…….
1. a. Prepare, cook and serve three savoury dishes using three different types of
vegetables as main ingredients.
b. Include one of the dishes from point a in a main meal for a teenager.
2. a. Prepare, cook and serve a balanced main meal which is rich in Iron.
b. Make a spongy cake and some rubbed in biscuits.
3. a. Make a batch of short crust pastry and use it to prepare three different dishes.
b. Prepare a packed main meal for a manual worker. It must include one of the short
crust pastry dishes..
4. a. Prepare, cook and serve a selection of four sweet and savoury skillful dishes
suitable for a family celebration.
b. Make and serve a decorated cake.
5. Prepare, cook and serve five skillful dishes which make use of the following
ingredients: potato, cheese, oat, eggs and wheat flour.
6. a. Prepare cook and serve three skillful dishes, each showing the use of one of the
following: a rolling pin, a liquidizer, a cake tin.
b. Include one of these dishes in a main meal for your family.
7. a. Prepare, cook and serve a main balanced evening meal suitable for a visitor. Offer
a choice of two desserts.
b. Make two dishes each of which contains a different type of flour, one should be a
pasta.
8. Show the use of the following pieces of equipment in the preparation of five different
sweet or savoury skillful dishes: flan tin, frying pan, wooden spoon, whisk, grater.
9. a. Prepare, cook and serve a main packed meal for two of your friends.
b. Make two skillful dishes which show the use of air as a raising agent.
10. a. Prepare a selection of four sweet and savoury skillful dishes suitable for a
birthday party.
b. Make and decorate the birthday cake.
11. a. Prepare, cook and serve three skillful dishes which are rich in dietary fibre (NSP).
b. Include one of the dishes from point a in a main meal for a family.

2. 12. a. Prepare cook and serve three skillful dishes to illustrate three different methods of
cooking.
b. Make a snack consisting of two dishes that could be eaten cold.
13. a. Prepare a main packed meal suitable to take for a long walk. One dish should
show the use of yeast.
b. Make a savoury dish and a cold dessert which could be served on your return.
14. a. Prepare, cook and serve three skillful dishes, each to illustrate the use of the
following ingredients:
i. potato.
ii. dried fruit.
iii. cheese.
b. Include one of these dishes in a balanced main meal suitable for your visiting
relatives.
15. a. Prepare, cook and serve three savoury skillful dishes which use three different
types of flour.
b. Include one of the dishes from point a in a main meal for two teenagers.
16. a. Prepare, cook and serve three dishes each of which shows the use of one of the
following methods of cooking:
. steaming
. grilling.
. boiling.
b. Include one of the dishes from point a in a main meal for your parents.
17. a. Prepare, cook and serve a main meal for a family of two people. Make a sauce to
accompany one of the dishes.
b. Make a batch of scones and some decorated biscuits by the melting method
18. a. Prepare, cook and serve a selection of four sweet and savoury skillful dishes
suitable for a family celebration.
b. Make and serve a decorated cake.
19. a. Prepare, cook and serve a balanced main meal which is rich in calcium and is
suitable for children.
b. Make a selection of small cakes by the cwhising methods.
20. a. Prepare, cook and serve three skillful dishes each of which shows the use of one
of the following methods:
. whisking
. melting.
. rubbing in.
b. Include one of the dishes from point a in a balanced main meal for your friends.