Resources for Cooks
Allergy & intolerances hub contents
Introduction
Access practical tools and guidance to support your work in the kitchen, from getting started and understanding guidelines to planning and assessing menus. You’ll also find training and resources to help you promote positive feeding habits and manage food allergies with confidence.
Access practical tools and guidance to support your work in the kitchen, from getting started and understanding guidelines to planning and assessing menus. You’ll also find training and resources to help you promote positive feeding habits and manage food allergies with confidence.
Getting started
Getting started guide
Get started with the key elements of the Menu planning guidelines for long day care to help you plan and prepare nutritious menus.
Getting started guide
Get started with the key elements of the Menu planning guidelines for long day care to help you plan and prepare nutritious menus.
Making sure you offer enough food from each core food...
Guidelines (MPG, FD)
Learn about the relevant Victorian Government healthy eating guidelines and access practical resources to support your role.
Provide tasty meals and snacks that meet infants’ nutrition needs.
Creating a policy
Including a commitment to meeting the relevant healthy eating guidelines in your organisation’s policies, supplier contracts and tenders will help to ensure your food services provide nutritious options for all who access them.
Planning a menu
Learn how to plan menus that meet the relevant healthy eating guidelines for your organisation.
Assessing a menu
Assess your menus, recipes and products according to the relevant Victorian Government’s healthy eating guidelines.
Food and drink ideas
We have a variety of resources that have been developed in line with the relevant healthy eating guidelines to inspire tasty ideas for you to incorporate into your menu!
Sustainability tips
Discover practical tips to reduce food waste and make the most of your food budget while planning and preparing meals.
Cooks Network directory
Connect with other cooks through the Cooks Network directory. Find a network near you and get in touch to share ideas, build skills and gain practical support.
Training
Build your confidence in creating nutritious menus. These online trainings give you practical tools for menu planning, promoting healthy eating and keeping children supported and safe at mealtimes.
Allergies and intolerances
Food allergies are common in Australia. Early childhood services who provide food to young children will need to plan their menus to accommodate children with food allergies. Some allergic reactions can be life-threatening, so it is important to know how to prepare and serve food safely for children with food allergies.
The Healthy Eating Advisory Service acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we operate. We pay our respects to them, their culture and their Elders past and present.
The Healthy Eating Advisory Service is delivered by experienced nutritionists and dietitians at National Nutrition Foundation, with support from the Victorian Government.
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