Food technology allows students to learn how to cook with a range of food commodities, apply the principles of nutrition and healthy eating. Understand how food is grown, produced, and manufactured to make informed choices. Have an awareness of different food cuisines and customs. Be able to explain the science of cooking food and how ingredients are used within recipes. Instilling a love of cooking and learning a crucial life skill that enables students to feed themselves and others affordably and well, now and in later life.