Jobs that use Food Preparation and Nutrition (Year 9)

Food Preparation and Nutrition leads into careers in kitchens and hospitality, food production and quality work, nutrition and dietetics, sport and fitness, and food-related roles in childcare and education. This lesson plan will help you to show Year 9 students where Food Preparation and Nutrition can take them.

This lesson is designed to be delivered in 30 minutes as a teacher-led classroom activity.

This activity supports the following frameworks:

  • Gatsby Benchmark 4

This activity is suitable for Year 9 and features careers linked to the following subjects:

  • Food Preparation and Nutrition

This is one of three lesson plans for teachers introducing Food Preparation and Nutrition to Year 9 students:

These lesson plans will help you show students how Food Preparation and Nutrition connects to their future careers.

We recommend using this lesson plan at the very beginning of Year 9. When students start considering their GCSE choices, the earlier they have a concrete sense of where Food Preparation and Nutrition can take them, the better the decisions they'll make later in the year.

Learning objectives

  • Students will understand that Food Preparation and Nutrition is used in a wide range of jobs.
  • Students will be able to explain how Food Preparation and Nutrition is used in 2-3 specific jobs.

Before the lesson

  • You will need a computer connected to the internet and a classroom screen.
  • Open the Jobs that use Food Preparation and Nutrition page and have it ready on the screen.
  • Review the list of jobs that use Food Preparation and Nutrition. Pick 2-3 jobs you think will surprise your students.
  • View the detailed career page for those jobs so that you know what's there before the class starts.

During the lesson

1. What jobs use Food Preparation and Nutrition? (5 minutes)

  • Ask the class to suggest jobs that use Food Preparation and Nutrition and why.
  • Write the suggestions on the board and highlight any patterns.

2. Exploring jobs that use Food Preparation and Nutrition (15 minutes)

  • Bring up the Jobs that use Food Preparation and Nutrition page on the classroom screen.
  • Scroll through the list of jobs to find ones that students didn't suggest.
    • Discuss the short description for each job.
    • Discuss how Food Preparation and Nutrition is used in each job.
  • Click on a few of the jobs to show the full description.
    • Discuss what that job involves day-to-day.
    • Discuss how other subjects are used in that job.

3. Making it personal (10 minutes)

  • Ask students to pick one job from today's lesson that interested them most.
  • Go round the class, asking each student to name their job and explain why it caught their attention.
  • Close by reminding students that Food Preparation and Nutrition opens doors to many careers, not just the obvious ones.

After the lesson