Cooking equipment and utensils
Assessment
In your Assessment at the end of this Unit, you will be asked to:
- Describe the uses of cooking equipment and utensils
- Demonstrate safe use of equipment and utensils.
This will help you to satisfy learning outcomes 2.1 and 4.4 for this Unit. You’ll find lots of useful information on the next couple of pages to help you complete this part of your Assessment.
When you are cooking, it is important to select the correct equipment to ensure that you achieve a good quality outcome. In order to do this, you need to know the name of the equipment and what it can be used for.
It is also important to understand the safety issues associated with the different types of equipment and how they can be used, set up and cleaned safely.
As you cook, you will be introduced to lots of equipment and utensils. You must make sure that you know which pieces of equipment you need to select when following a recipe – this will help you to be a successful chef when cooking.
Handy hint!
Generally, the term utensils is used to describe hand held tools and small items (for example, a wooden spoon) while equipment refers to fixed hardware or electrical items, such as a hand held blender or an oven.