Food for Thought School & College Tours to Opal Coast
A trip to the Opal Coast will fulfil every student’s curiosity about French culture and food. Groups will be able to visit the region’s many traditional food producers and taste their delicious products and visits the region’s many market towns where pupils will explore various traditional French foods.
Food for Thought Excursions
- Chocolate makers - Guided tour of a French chocolatier
- Bakery - Baking demonstration
- Traditional cheese making, Fruges - Learn how the cheese was traditionally made
- Le Succes Berckois sweet makers, Berck - Learn about and enjoy a tasting at a sweet factory
Curriculum Focus
- Learn about and practise a range of practical food skills/methods/processes to produce quality outcomes
- Learn about the impact and effect of using a range of different equipment to produce food items of quality and consistency
- Explore how quality control checks are used to produce consistent food products on a commercial scale
Student Outcomes
- Develop an awareness of current commercial/industrial processes of food production Learn about methods of food processing and preservation Witness and consider health, safety and quality control in all its aspects Discover the importance of packaging within the food industry
- Produce high-quality dishes that are accurately assembled and well finished to produce a high-quality product overall
- Learn about technological development, cultural and economic issues within the food industry Experience the impact of ICT within the food industry
