Virtual Kitchen

Virtual Kitchen is the interactive online environment that brings cooking and catering concepts to life for lecturers and students of Professional Cookery at levels 1, 2 and 3. 

Virtual Kitchen incorporates a wealth of unit-specific content for each level, including hundreds of video demonstrations, as well as dedicated theory sections.

A high tech and enjoyable learning enviroment!

This high tech, enjoyable learning environment helps to involve and motivate students with a range of learning styles, as well as maximizing their potential.  The theory sections are ideal for leading classroom presentations, with key points sumarised into bullet poiints and illustrated with photos and diagrams.

The theory and video content can be accessed by students after class and used as a helpful revision tool.

Key Features:

• Over 350 Video demonstrations of key catering techniques, taking the learner through each of the chef's actions
• Enhancement Videos which show industry suppliers and professional kitchens at work, taking the students 'out of the classroom' and providing a complete picture of the catering trade
• Dedicated Theory Content which covers all the core theory and underpinning knowledge that students need
• Interactive Quizzes allowing learners to test their knowledge for each unitand lecturers to track and analyse students' progress
• Interactive Food Map of the UK, helping students to learn about regional food specialities

Virtual Kitchen has been developed in association with Bournemouth and Poole College, with video and theory content provided by lecturers at Westminster Kingsway College and West Anglia College.

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New! Virtual Kitchen for the 14-19 Diploma in Hospitality

                                           

Developed to support and enhance students' learning, The Virtual Kitchen Diploma website is a fun and dynamic interactive learning environment catering for students' of the 14-19 Diploma in Hospitality at  Foundation, Higher and Advanced levels. The resource has been authored by the expert team at Westminster Kingsway College who provide the benefit of their expertise, gained from years of working in the industry.

Students' will be inspired and encouraged to learn in this fresh and exciting online environment packed full of many features such as interactive quizzes, bite-sized theory , video and picture galleries and industry profiles. Also featured are RSS feeds to provide the latest, up-to-date hospitality and catering news and a forum so students and lecturers can discuss set topics, ask questions about the course and find the help they need both in and out of the classroom.

Each level is composed of units which reflect the modules within the course and includes these remarkable features:

·       A brief introduction to the unit

·       Bite-sized theory content with colourful and informative accompanying images and diagrams.

·       Check your knowledge quizzes - each unit has between 10 and 20 questions to help test the student’s knowledge and reinforce learning

·       Image galleries so students can browse helpful visuals and diagrams from the theory text

The Virtual Kitchen Diploma is user-friendly and easy to navigate and students' just require a username and password to log on! The site can be accessed online from anywhere so learning can continue outside of the classroom, at home and beyond! Finally, for ease of use, the content is embedded in Moodle so it can be integrated in to your virtual learning environment.

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