Food (GCSE only)
The Food Preparation and Nutrition GCSE combines the principles of food science, nutrition and healthy eating.
It helps you develop cooking techniques, as well as knowledge of food traditions and kitchen safety.
The course gives you a range of skills, like planning and organising, working independently, understanding and applying science and even creative skills.
It can lead to a wide range of careers. For example you could be designing new ice cream flavours, or working in a hotel, restaurant or tourist attraction.
You could also be working in distribution or retail for a supermarket or advising people about healthy eating as a nutritionist. Food tech combines well with biology, chemistry and business studies.
Selection of jobs using the subject Food (GCSE only)
- Agricultural engineer
- Baker
- Barista
- Butcher
- Catering manager
- Chef
- Farmer
- Food factory worker
- Food manufacturing inspector
- Food packaging operative
- Food scientist
- Head chef
- Hotel manager
- Meat process worker
- Nutritional therapist
- Nutritionist
- Packaging technologist
- Restaurant manager
- Street food trader
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Check out more than 800 other job profiles, the above list is just a selection of jobs where an interest in food could take you, there will be loads more!
Examples of apprenticeships that relate to food:
- Food technologist - Level:3 (equivalent to A levels at grades A to E). Typical length:36 months
- Food and Drink Advanced Engineer - Level:6 (equivalent to bachelor's degree). Typical length:60 months
- Food and drink maintenance engineer - Level:3 (equivalent to A levels at grades A to E). Typical length:36 months
- Advanced butcher - Level:3 (equivalent to A levels at grades A to E). Typical length:22 months
- Commis chef - Level:2 (equivalent to GCSEs at grades A* to C). Typical length:12 months
- Senior chef production cooking - Level:3 (equivalent to A levels at grades A to E). Typical length:12 months
- Hospitality team member - Level:2 (equivalent to GCSEs at grades A* to C). Typical length:12 months
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Examples of vocational courses at college
- Hospitality and Catering - Level 1 at Bath College
- Professional Cookery - Level 2 at Exeter College
- T-Level Catering
Examples of degree courses that relate to food:
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More general
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