Red Seal Preparation Course Outline

 

Sanitation, Safety and Equipment

  • Interpretation of Terms
  • Personal Hygiene
  • Food Contamination
  • Safe Food Handling
  • Construction Standards
  • Maintenance Standards
  • Sanitation Codes
  • The Health Protection and Promotion Act
  • Food Poison Prevention
  • Dishwashing
Nutrition – Basic
  • Major nutrient identification
  • Energy sources
  • Lipids
  • Proteins and Vegetarian Diets
  • Carbohydrate and Dietary Fibre
  • Vitamins, Processing & Additives
  • Mineral Elements
  • Water – Sources, value & quality
  • Developing Food Patterns
Calculations - Basic
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division
  • Common Fractions
  • Decimal Fractions
  • Percentages
  • Standards of Measurement
  • Fahrenheit to Celsius conversions

Kitchen Management – Basic

  • Hospitality /Tourism Perspectives and Organizations
  • Orientation, Training and Career Planning
  • Menu Planning and Basic Marketing
  • Table Service
  • Basic Kitchen Calculations
  • Basic Purchasing
  • Kitchen Organization, Maintenance and Security

Bake Theory – Basic

  • Flour Production & Applications
  • Types of Shortening
  • Sugar Commodities
  • Eggs in Baking
  • Dairy Products
  • Use of Salts
  • Leavening Agents
  • Chocolate and Flavourings

Culinary Techniques – Basic

  • Kitchen Tools – Identification, Storage & Handling
  • Uniform Standards
  • Proper Food Storage and Packaging
  • Fire Procedures
  • Stock Cookery
  • Thickening Agents
  • Soup Cookery
  • Sauce Cookery
  • Egg & Breakfast Cookery
  • Short Order Cookery
  • Vegetable, Pasta & Rice Cookery
  • Fish & Shellfish Cookery
  • Meat Entrees
  • Salads

Food Theory – Basic

  • Major cooking methods
  • Vegetable cuts and Flavouring Agents
  • Stock and Soup Cookery
  • Sauce Cookery
  • Breakfast and Short Order Cookery
  • Vegetable and Pasta & Rice Cookery