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This is an excellent introduction to the knowledge and skills needed for a level 1 diploma. The catering and hospitality industry is introduced, along with food safety, health and safety, healthier foods and special diets, kitchen equipment and personal workplace skills. The practical skills of preparing and cooking food are then introduced: boiling, poaching, steaming, stewing, braising, baking, roasting, grilling, deep frying and shallow frying, regenerating pre-prepared food and finally cold food.