Evaluation

Throughout this semester in Hospitality we have had two different sides to our assignment. In term 3 we conducted an Essay writing task on a topic of our choice, the topic I chose included researching the use of technology in the kitchen. I learnt a great deal of information that made me realise just how effective technology is in today’s kitchens. We were given 3 weeks to gather the information for our essay and then 1 lesson to type up the finished and edited version. I believe that the time was adequate as it gave us enough time to gather all our information ready for the final essay. The second part of the assessment was during term 4 and for this task in pairs you needed to create and design pasta of your choice in an effective take-away box that would be easy to create in a short amount of time. During this task I learnt more about what type of food different aged people needed or needed to cut down on. The day of our prac Sophie and I had 1 hour to make Creamy Avocado, Chicken, Pesto Pasta. The main thing I learnt from this recipe was how to make pesto. By finding a small blender you can mix up some great pesto. The ability’s that I brought to the kitchen was my use of the different utensils.

I believe the task was very successful as Sophie and I put a lot of effort into getting ready for this task and being prepared on what ingredients we needed and some dietary information involved for our product. The finished product looked great as their was a contrast of colours and textures in our pasta. I would not make this particular item again as I didn’t really enjoy the pesto or tomatoes that were a big part of our dish. I did research adequately when I was in the process of choosing our pasta dish as I needed to find out what the key ingredients had in them and weather it would be suitable for our age group being young adults to adults. I found the prac side of this task hard as we could have been a bit more prepared on what we had to do in order to complete this dish as I felt quite panicked and rushed towards the end of the lesson to make sure we could complete and design our final product. The essay and the pasta making was interesting as there were many new things I learnt while researching the different aspect of this assignment and I was glad of the topic I made for my essay as it gave me a better understanding of the amount of technology that is used in our everyday kitchens weather it be at home or at a restaurant.