Title: (Optional) Design kitchen work space to facilitate efficient food preparation.
Course: Nutrition and Wellness (19253-36) > Section: Planning Menus and Preparing Food

Designing should include

- identifying space-management principles specifically for kitchens and food-storage areas
- developing floor plans for a well-organized kitchen
- describing the organization of equipment, supplies, and food products to facilitate food preparation.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What are the goals of kitchen work-space management?
- What are the benefits and disadvantages of some popular types of kitchen designs?
- Why should we study ways to design and organize the kitchen work space?

Communication

- What communication skills can help us develop kitchen floor plans?
- What does a well-designed and well-organized kitchen say about the person who prepares food there?
- What criteria should we use to evaluate the design and organization of a kitchen work space?

Leadership

- What leadership skills can we use to organize kitchen work spaces?
- How can we organize equipment, supplies, and food products for more than one user?
- How can technology help us make the best use of space for food preparation?

Management

- What management skills are needed to design and organize kitchen work space?
- What factors should we consider as we design kitchen space?
- What advances in technology do you predict will facilitate food preparation in the future?