gcse aqa food tech 2025 exams

hey guys i’m just starting my nea2 and wasn’t sure what brief to do and didn’t know if anyone had any ideas x

What are they?
I'm just curious because I did food tech last year.

calorie controlled diet for someone with obesity
for someone lactose intolerant or gluten free
an international school menu for kids- i’m thinking of doing this one but don’t know if it’s too complicated

calorie controlled diet for someone with obesity
for someone lactose intolerant or gluten free
an international school menu for kids- i’m thinking of doing this one but don’t know if it’s too complicated

hey guys i’m just starting my nea2 and wasn’t sure what brief to do and didn’t know if anyone had any ideas x

omg yessss defo do the last one!!
u can make it rlly fun and the dishes will be higer skilled if its international so u will get higher marks
it will also make u have more to talk abt in ur coursework

where are u from btw cuz if ur from a different counrty u could just make ur cultures food and that should be super easy peasy for u haha (if u do the third one) x

calorie controlled diet for someone with obesity
for someone lactose intolerant or gluten free
an international school menu for kids- i’m thinking of doing this one but don’t know if it’s too complicated

Always go for something international, it opens up a LOT of doors for possible meals you can do + makes the research easy because you just research different culture's foods and possibly traditions + researching kids is easy, if they're growing they need a lot of protein but their meals shouldn't be too big as they're quite small and we don't want them to get fat lol. Last year I did Plan, prepare, cook and present a range of dishes that celebrate an event, occasion or festival from around the world (I know it's AQA but regardless, it's culture related, made research super easy. I did mine on Mexican food, specifically celebrating day of the dead)

thank you so much that was so helpful! for the international brief do you think i should do multiple cuisines( like 1 for each dish) or stick with one throughout?

That's totally up to you, I had the same question so I ended up emailing one of the AQA staff and they said it was completely up for interpretation. Obviously what I did can't 100% apply to what you did, but do whatever is easiest. I personally stuck to 1 culture since I was doing 1 specific event (although it was always an option for me to do multiple) because there was already a plethora of dishes I could've chosen. I'd say since yours is all about being international you can do multiple cuisines.

hey guys i’m just starting my nea2 and wasn’t sure what brief to do and didn’t know if anyone had any ideas x

calorie controlled diet for someone with obesity
for someone lactose intolerant or gluten free
an international school menu for kids- i’m thinking of doing this one but don’t know if it’s too complicated

where did you find this info ive tried searching for it and i cant find it on aqa?

How did you find the brief?

hey can someone please help me i HAVEEE to do the one for obesity so it’s there anything i could add in my NEA2 like for example like showing my prior knowledge etc or smth like that to boost my marks and impress the ppl marking it? also i need help on what foods i should make bc i want it to have high skills 😭

hey can someone please help me i HAVEEE to do the one for obesity so it’s there anything i could add in my NEA2 like for example like showing my prior knowledge etc or smth like that to boost my marks and impress the ppl marking it? also i need help on what foods i should make bc i want it to have high skills 😭

heyy i think mentioning things like the eatwell guide and NHS 8 guidelines to healthy eating show prior knowlegde. i would probably talk about that and break down each food group into why its beneficial/ bad for someone with obesity. also, i think talking about what obesity is and its causes obviously as well as a survey. i made mine up and pretended i asked kids(i'm doing the other brief) but it shows you really undertsand the target audience