Cooking for Dietary requirements credential covers the skills and knowledge required when learning, understanding and catering to meet special dietary requirements.

Cooking for Dietary requirements comprises of 1 micro-credential stacked course of learning, followed by a completion of assessment tasks at the end of each skill level, to test the learner’s knowledge and understanding.

Course Series: 1 of 1

Course Award: Micro-Credential 

Course Duration: 7 Hours Course 

Complexity: Foundation

It comprises 14 lessons of learning,  followed by a completion quiz to test your knowledge and understanding.  By the end of this course, you will demonstrate understanding in:

•    Dietary requirements that need to be considered when producing food

•    Health consequences of dietary requirements

•    Modifying recipes to meet dietary requirements




Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Cooking for Dietary requirements

  • 2

    Lesson 1

    • Diet for cultural or religious needs
  • 3

    Lesson 2

    • Health consequences
  • 4

    Lesson 3

    • Food allergies and intolerances
  • 5

    Lesson 4

    • Menus, recipes and specialist ingredients
  • 6

    Lesson 5

    • Modify recipes for personal diets
  • 7

    Lesson 6

    • Equipment
  • 8

    Lesson 7

    • Cookery methods
  • 9

    Lesson 8

    • Balance and visual appeal
  • 10

    Lesson 9

    • Quality control of dishes
  • 11

    Lesson 10

    • Storing prepared dishes
  • 12

    Lesson 11

    • Minimise wastage

  • 13

    Lesson 12

    • Basic kitchen hygiene and safety
  • 14

    Lesson 13

    • Emergency first aid for anaphylaxis
  • 15

    Lesson 14

    • Diet for allergies and intolerance
  • 16

    Test your knowledge

    • Instructions before taking the test

    • Test your knowledge

    • Next steps
  • 17

    The boring stuff

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