The New Zealand Army is the latest organisation to encourage its catering staff to head online and complete The Chip Group™ Online Training.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Online Training has become a pre-requisite to the Healthy Eating Action and Training (H.E.A.T.) course completed by NZ Army catering staff, a<\/a> Unit Standard that aims to increase knowledge of basic nutrition in commercial catering.<\/p>\n

New Zealand Army Catering, Operations and Plans Warrant Officer, Phillip Russell, said the H.E.A.T. course is part of an internal training programme for Army chefs.<\/p>\n

\u201cArmy staff involved in catering undertake the H.E.A.T. course NZQA Unit Standard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phillip said The Chip Group™ Online Training was discussed by Army representatives at a H.E.A.T. course held in Wellington in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cA decision was made by Army Caterers attending the course to recommend that all catering staff at other Army camps do the Online Training as a pre-requisite to Unit Standard 13343.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chip Group™ Online Training was recommended to us by our H.E.A.T. trainer – Nutritionist Pip Duncan. We were keen to find out more so we all went online to complete the Training,\u201d Phillip said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt aims to increase knowledge of cooking practices such as understanding what happens to food when it is cooked and how to maintain frying mediums such as oil.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter discovering how useful it was we immediately notified the other camps.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phillip said the Online Training is unlike any other training initiative he has undertaken and believes it fits perfectly with the Army\u2019s chef training programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Online Training is fantastic as it gives a straightforward overview of everything that chefs and caterers ought to know about cooking chips and using a deep fryer.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only does it show you what best practice frying involves, it also develops a better understanding of why it is important and what happens to food during this cooking process.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also incredibly user-friendly and because it is online it\u2019s ideal for use within the Army because our staff are so widely spread geographically across a number of camps and bases.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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