Cooking and nutrition: Come dine with me
Developing food preparation and evaluation skills by researching and preparing a three-course meal.
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Cooking and nutrition: Come dine with me
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Find a suitable recipe for their course.
- Record the relevant ingredients and equipment needed.
- Follow a recipe, including using the correct quantities of each ingredient.
- Write a recipe, explaining the process taken.
- Explain where certain key foods come from before they appear on the supermarket shelf.
Additional adult support is required for lessons 3-6.
Suggested prior learning
Cooking and nutrition: Developing a recipe
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Complementary flavours (optional)
Lesson 2: Three ingredients; three courses
Lesson 3: Ingredients and skills (optional)
Lesson 4: To start…
Lesson 5: The main course
Lesson 6: Dessert
Key skills
Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
Full equipment list for the subject
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Digital device (internet-enabled) ×15
- Printer ×1
- Variety of cookbooks ×1
- Ingredients
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Equipment required to cook recipes each week (dependent on recipes chosen)
×8
Equipment list
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Digital device (internet-enabled) ×15
- Printer ×1
- Variety of cookbooks ×1
- Ingredients
-
Equipment required to cook recipes each week (dependent on recipes chosen)
×8
Related content
Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – D&T Y6: Cooking and nutrition: Come dine with me
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit 'Cooking and nutrition: Come dine…
Vocabulary display – D&T Y6: Cooking and nutrition: Come dine with me
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Come dine with me'.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Science – recognising the impact of diet.
RSE & PSHE – the principles of planning and preparing a range of healthy meals.
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