{"id":336,"date":"2019-08-29T21:12:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T21:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/?page_id=336"},"modified":"2019-10-27T17:59:22","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T17:59:22","slug":"hospitality","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/hospitality\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical Cookery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The relationship between diet and health cannot be disputed. \u00a0Food is an integral part of all cultures and\u00a0 a focus in celebrations across the world. \u00a0It is one of the joys in life. \u00a0The ability to create healthy, nutritious meals is a lifelong skill which everyone needs. \u00a0Being creative is good for our mental health. \u00a0Some people take their passion for food to the next level and make it their career. \u00a0Many exciting career opportunities exist in this growth sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What skills are developed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Communication<\/li>\n<li>Teamwork<\/li>\n<li>Problem solving<\/li>\n<li>Practical skill development<\/li>\n<li>Planning and organisation<\/li>\n<li>Time management<\/li>\n<li>Creativity<\/li>\n<li>Resource management<\/li>\n<li>Evaluation of product and process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What kind of person does it take?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creative thinker<\/li>\n<li>Good at problem solving<\/li>\n<li>Good communicator<\/li>\n<li>Self motivated<\/li>\n<li>Good at planning and organisation &#8211; ability to meet deadlines<\/li>\n<li>Team player<\/li>\n<li>Enthusiasm and commitment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Horizons &#8211; where can this subject take you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Food and Drink\u00a0 Industry employs 50,000 people and offers many career pathways including Professional Cookery, Food Manufacturing, New Product Development, Nutrition, Health and Dietetics, Events\u00a0 Management, Retail, Teaching, Health Promotion, Food and \u00a0Consumer Marketing, Tourism and Hospitality, Hospitality Management. T here are many routes into these careers including\u00a0 modern apprenticeships, HNC, HND and Degree level courses. \u00a0A career in the Food, Drink and Hospitality Industry is fast paced, exciting\u00a0 and rewarding . \u00a0This sector continues to grow meaning employment prospects are good.<\/p>\n<p>Further job categories can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tastycareers.org.uk\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pathways &#8211; how can I make progression?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/45681.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-692 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/public\/subjectchoicetest\/uploads\/sites\/5593\/2019\/10\/sqa-e1571921569942.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>School<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>N4 Practical Cookery, N5 Practical Cookery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>College<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Food Manufacture, Professional Cookery, Hospitality Management, Events Management<\/li>\n<li>More courses can be found at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moray.uhi.ac.uk\/food-drink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moray College &#8211; food and drink<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Employment<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opportunities in local employers that offer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.apprenticeships.scot\"><strong>Foundation, Modern and Graduate apprenticeships<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>University\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatuni.com\/degree-courses\/search?subject=hospitality-management&amp;location=scotland\"><strong>Which Uni?<\/strong><\/a> courses in Hospitality Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related subject Practical Cookery works well with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chemistry, Biology, Business Management, Travel and Tourism<\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The relationship between diet and health cannot be disputed. \u00a0Food is an integral part of all cultures and\u00a0 a focus in celebrations across the world. \u00a0It is one of the joys in life. \u00a0The ability to create healthy, nutritious meals &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/hospitality\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6036,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-336","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6036"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":851,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/336\/revisions\/851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/my\/subjectchoicetest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}