Title of the Session:  Filed Visit and Live Cooking Demo-Healthy Cooking Practices
Organizer (Department / Club / Cell/ Committee / Association) Marine Catering and Hotel Management(HEN Association)
Date : 19.8.2022 Time12.30 P.M
Mode of the Session : Physical Venue: Alankanallur, Madurai
Theme(If Applicable) : Entrepreneur
Objective(s) of the activity: 

·         To build students’ kitchen skills and integrate reflective practices throughout the learning process.

·         Problem-solving and understanding consequences (Food that is not correctly threaded may fall off the skewers and into the embers, and foil meals that are not properly wrapped may leak or burn)

·        The ability to cook variety of foods in outdoor situations, such as for backyard barbeques and camping trips, as well as during power outages or other survival situations

Key Highlights:

·      Outdoor cooking is a very popular activity at camp. So, the HEN association, Department of Marine catering and Hotel Management organized a field trip camping activity for final year students. The students had  hands-on practices on smoke based cooking of various meat, paneer and vegetables on the visit.

·      In a safe atmosphere, outdoor cooking mixes risky components like fire, knives, sharp skewers, hot pots, etc. to keep students safe while learning them useful life lessons and allowing them to step outside their comfort zones while having fun with their friends.

Outcome(s) of the activity:

·         Students gained organization, planning, and flexibility skills

·         Students were able to understand basic cooking terms and the equipment to be used.

·        To enable students ability to solve problems and improvise them when things don’t work out

Participants Details:

v Total No. of students participated: 30

v Total No. of staff (Teaching / Non-Teaching) participated: 3