My definition of the role of a home economic or food and nutrition teacher is not just to plainly teach what's on the textbook. We are around to INSPIRE students and ASSIST them relate what they have learnt in school to work.
As quoted from one website -A personal chef serves several clients, usually one per day, and provides multiple meals that are custom-designed for the clients’ particular requests and requirements. These meals are packaged and stored, so that the client may enjoy them at his or her leisure in the future.
With MOE initatives in mind
1) IT masterplan/ICT
Using of this website offers any curious mind to know more about working as a chef and the career prospect and get them mentally and socially prepared for work by teaching of skills. The teacher can help them think of what is required of them to know from school before becoming a chef. For example, they need to understand balance diet or meal alternatives during their lesson. Another scaffold that the teacher can create is to ask students questions on other alternative careers besides dreaming about being a chef.
2) Thinking Skills
We will get the students thinking ahead when they read about the personal experience of other chefs life and whether it will apply to them in the future.
This website also it has MANY receipes available for students to create their favourite dishes! It provides precise stepwise instructions and even
videos (click to view sample video). Of course to elaborate more on this aspect, this website alone might not sufficient to implement National education through understanding cultural differences in preparation and choice of dishes. Teachers can also consider exploring
http://www.allreceipes.com/Research on their coursework or project tasks can be based on a theme like BARBEQUE HOST. Students will spend time on google or wikipedia (ICT) the background of how barbeque began in wartimes or their dishes*, what to expect of a barbeque event and to explore the possiblities of exercising the student's innovative ideas and creativity to modify dishes.
*To add on to Ms Johanna Soo idea of sustainability, like for example besides students doing research on barbeque in wartimes, we also create awareness in our students. Hopefully they will be able to meet the needs of their future through getting to know the economic and social development and to teach them how to integrate their knowledge into use for environmental protection.