Question 1: (Heat and Food)
What are the 3 ways in which foods are heated in the kitchen, explain the processes.
9 Marks
Question 2: (Cooking methods)
10 Marks
What are the advantages of the cooking method steaming? Explain with some examples from the
kitchen.
Question 3 (Mis en place)
9 Marks
Give 3 examples of food that can be blanched or par-cooked and give a reason for it.
Question 4: (Stocks)
Describe in detail on how to make a brown beef stock in a step-to-step approach.
9 Marks
Question S: (Soups)
10 Marks
In what order would you add the following ingredients into a vegetable soup. Explain your answers.
Carrots, barley, shredded cabbage, diced cooked beef, tomatoes cubes
Question 6: (Understanding Vegetables)
Cooking affects vegetables in four ways. Name these four characteristics (4)
4 Marks
Question 7: (Understanding Vegetables/Potatoes)
How do we store potatoes properly? Explain
5 Marks
Question 8: (Cooking Vegetables/Potatoes)
7 Marks
Describe the procedure off how to prepare French Fries in a step-by-step approach.
Question 9: (Legumes/Grains/Pasta)
What is couscous and how is it prepared?
6 Marks
Question 10: (Cooking methods for meat/fish/poultry)
9 Marks
How would you shallow poach a fish fillet? Describe the steps including the preparation of making a
sauce with the fish in step-by-step approach.
Question 11: (Understanding Meat/Game)
What are the primal cuts of beef? Explain and give 5 examples.
8 Marks
Question 12: (Cooking Meat/Game)
What is the difference between Veal blanquette and Veal fricassee? Explain
6 Marks
Question 13: (Understanding Poultry and Game Birds)
8 Marks
How is doneness of poultry determined and to what degree of doneness is poultry cooked? Explain.
Question 14: (Cooking Poultry and Game Birds)
12 Marks
Describe in detail how to roast a whole chicken and make its accompanying sauce in easy-to-follow
steps.
Question 15: (Understanding fish and seafood)
8 Marks
What are the four main kinds of saltwater flatfish used in food service and what typical
characteristics do they have?
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