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ALFIE – The Mindful Chef

  • BERKSHIRE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
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Course Overview

Learn practical cooking skills in combination with the principles of environmental sustainability and mindful cooking. The goal is to promote independence, healthy living, and an appreciation for food’s journey from farm to fork. In addition students will be covering the basics of food safety and hygiene, recycling and the impact on the environment of the food industry.

This course is taught at the BCA campus in Maidenhead, Berkshire, with access to specialist facilities and lecturers with industry experience.

Course Code

FPEMAA16B0

Course Fee
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Start Time

13:00

End Time

15:00

End Date

Fri, 25 Jun 2027

Entry Requirements

Only a basic skill level of cooking is required for this course with the ability to follow a recipe from start to finish with support.

Course information

As well as completing a practical lesson each week,following a recipe to make a new dish, there is also some theory work on the course. Each week you will learn about an aspect of food safety or health. Topics include Kitchen Safety, Food Safety, and Storage, Eating Healthily, Food Groups, Being Price aware when shopping, and Food Allergies. You might carry out group exercises, complete worksheets, try different foods or make posters to achieve this.

35 weeks from September 2026 to June 2027

These topics will be taught using practical work together with classroom based learning.

Students will all follow a Learning Criteria delivered over the year, assessments will be through tutor lead practical classroom based activities and observations in class.

This is a non regulated funded provision and there is no formal qualification at the end of the course.

All of our courses are aimed to support students develop their employability skills and life skills. Where courses are set a different levels you may which to progress onto the higher level the following year.

Entry Level

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