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This award aims to provide candidates with an awareness of what constitutes appropriate wellbalanced nutrition, and includes approaches to developing and planning healthier meals in a professional catering environment. Relevant settings include pubs, restaurants, takeaways, cafes, delis, service stations, mobile and street food vendors, festivals, markets, workplace caterers, hospitals, schools, care homes, prisons and other institutions, fitness and nutrition specialists, gyms
and all other catering settings serving food to the general public. This unit is also appropriate for those working in health and social care and education sectors and those tasked with the promotion of food products and services to all age groups.

QUALIFI Level 2 Award in Nutritional Awareness & Menu Planning (Catering)
Accredited Endorsed Level 2 award accredited by QUALIFI
QUALIFI is a UK Awarding Organisation regulated by OFQUAL

Award ReferenceANA2SFG2017
Award TypeEndorsed Award with equivalence at QCF Level 2 
QANn/a
Guided Learning Hours6-8 hours
Level 2
Credit value1
AssessmentMultiple choice examination (online)
DeliveryVideo and text online with tutor support 
Launched (review)2017 (2020) 

All persons involved in catering for the public with food cooked and provided packaged or ready-toeat have a legal and professional responsibility to consider the nutritional and dietary implications of their products. This includes all those with responsibility for the planning of menus and selection of ingredients at settings including pubs, restaurants, cafes, delis, works canteens, schools, prisons, hospitals and residential centres.
This award is designed to address basic awareness and understanding of the important role that well balanced nutrition plays in health and wellbeing, and the associated need for well-planned and wellmanaged nutritionally appropriate catering. Based on the nationally recognised syllabus and legal and professional standards, this award covers the basic principles of nutrition which underpin the production of healthy food, the effect that nutrition has on the health and wellbeing, and how to plan and prepare nutritionally balanced and appropriate food including special diets. It is coauthored and co-presented by Dr Mabel Blades (PhD. A. Dip. PRPH Nutr, BSc Hons, SRD, DMS, MPhil, MIFST, MBA, RSH), an acclaimed nutritional Author, Advisor and Academic.

There are no prerequisites for this award. It is advised that learners have a minimum of Level 1 in English and Maths or equivalent.

This award is made up of one mandatory unit. Candidates must successfully complete the assessment for the unit via online multi-choice examination to achieve the award. The award can be gain as a free standing unit qualification or as part of a wider programme of learning.

This award is assessed via a 30 question multiple-choice examination, tested online and with a guide completion time of 1 hour. Successful candidates must answer a minimum of 25 questions out of 30 correctly (83%). Following assessment, the assessment result will be provided to the candidate, and certificates for those who are successful are generated and provided electronically.

This award is provided for delivery to learners aged 16+ yrs.

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