Criteria Evaluation How can it be

improved?
Were the dish’s I believe all the ingredients were The carrots used is unclear
sourced locally, despite being a although a good local alternative
ingredients sourced Japanese dish, it was still easy to would be the sandy creek
locally? make and took no outside organic farm.
sourcing from Japan, although it
is unclear whether the brown The milk used is unclear, a good
rice used was sourced locally, local alternative could be Maleny
although the rice used, sun rice is dairies.
grown in Victoria which is not
outsourced from another
country unlike 74% of rice sold in
the country according to
agriculture.gov.au. The Edgell
corn used in my dish is mostly
made at Bathurst, although
Edgell work with many farmers
over the country. The carrots
used is unclear although a good
local alternative would be the
sandy creek organic farm. The
onion used is also unclear
although there doesn’t seem to
be any local ingredients.
Was the I deliberately picked the
ingredients to be sustainable, I
environmental impact chose to remove chicken from
and efficiency the dish to increase the efficiency
and environmental impact of the
considered when dish.
picking ingredients for
the dish?
Was the packaging of To my knowledge most if not all More research needs to be done
ingredients were packaged in in packaging in future renditions
ingredients considered recyclable packaging, the milk in of recipe.
when picking recyclable milk cartons, the eggs
in cardboard, the nets holding
ingredients for the the carrots and onions (possibly
dish? packages in plastic bags) the corn
was packaged in a metal tin, but
the brown rice was packaged in
plastic, and finally the tomato
sauce bottle was recyclable.

Was the food I believe my food was prepared A possible mistake on my part
in a safe manner, I had an apron was not focusing on the rice
prepared in a safe on, a short-sleeved shirt and a while it was cooking as I was
hair covering hat on, I washed whisking the eggs and milk,
manner? my hands multiple times, before despite the heat being at 600 the
my cooking began and after I liquid bubbled up and nearly
handled raw eggs, I also took leaked out although I turned the
careful precaution when heat down to 400 in order to
handling a knife, I had a cloth establish a lighter simmer.
below the cutting board to
prevent the board sliding around.
Was the dish easy to I believe my recipe was easy to Adjust the recipe to add more
follow, the handling of knives water to brown rice.
prepare to the average may be challenging to someone
consumer? such as a child, cooking the Add precise instructions on how
brown-rice in the saucepan may to flip make omurice into recipe
require some interpretation on
whether it is cooked or not, the
trouble I had with cooking brown
rice was the little amount of
water I used, despite the water
evaporating the rice still didn’t
seem cooked so I decided to take
it off the hotplate and add ½ a
cup of water once it had cooled
down enough. Another thing that
may be difficult is shaping the
omelette to surround the rice, it
may take some practice to
perfect shaping it, but I believe it
can be done on first attempt if
proper care is given.
Is the equipment used I believe most households should
have the equipment needed as it
available to the is mostly basic silverware and
public? cutlery.

Is the food presented I believe the food is Aesthetically Some editing may be needed to
pleasing, I used a variation of make the colours work together
in an aesthetically colours through the tomato a little better.
pleasing manner? sauce, although I believe adding
a garnish would give more colour Further practice shaping the
to the dish. The dark earthly omelette in order to prevent
tones of the plate contrast the cracks in the omelette
yellow like omelette. The random
drizzle of tomato sauce makes
the dish look more realistic,
although an unwanted fault of
the dish would be the visible
break in the omelette which
happened in the process of
forming the shape of the
omurice.
Does the meal follow I do believe that the photograph An interesting decision would be
follows food trends, the earthly the inclusion of geometrical
food photography plate contrasts the bright traits in the tomato sauce via
trends. coloured omelette, the patterns of shapes and such, the
background makes the most dish could also use more garnish
notable aesthetic decision, the to give it extra colour.
tomato sauce pop out, the
tomato sauce’s rough pattern
makes the dish gives it an
unplanned scattered look which
plays into the meal’s breakfast
aesthetics.
Does the meal taste, I believe the meal tasted good Salt and pepper could have been
although it may be subjective to added to the rice to make it
smell and look each individual, I had multiple more flavourful.
appealing? friends taste test the dish for me
and they all praised it for its
taste, although the dish didn’t
have a strong smell there
certainly wasn’t an unpleasant
smell. Although site has been
previously mentioned there was
no faults with the sight but
rather the opposite, with its
interesting shape makes it more
appetising in my opinion.
Were the dish’s All the ingredients were form Find more local farms.
Australia although the tomatoes,
ingredients sourced chilli peppers and silver-beets
locally? were made in Victoria.

Was the The dish’s ingredients were

efficient as there was no meat
environmental impact apart from the eggs which
and efficiency compared to chicken meat,
which is used once, to give a
considered when small amount of sustenance, is
picking ingredients for used multiple times which can be
produced multiple times whereas
the dish? only one chicken carcass can be
provided with one chicken.
Was the packaging of All the ingredients were
packaged in recyclable materials
ingredients considered apart from the cherry tomatoes
when picking which was mostly packages in
hard plastic apart from the soft
ingredients for the plastic lid.
dish?
Was the food I believe the food was prepared
prepared in a safe in a safe manner, I washed my
hands multiple times including
manner? before making the dish, after
handling the eggs and after
finishing the dish. I wore the
standard school shirt to prevent
the risk of loose sleeves catching
fire. I also used the standard
hygiene and protection
equipment such as a hair holding
hat for hygiene purposes and an
apron to protect my clothes.
Although the cutting board was
barely used, I still put a cloth
under the cutting board to
prevent it slipping and carefully
followed knife safety rules.
Was the dish easy to I believe the dish is easy to -Provide a possible replacement
prepare to the average consumer for the Silver-beet that is a
prepare to the average as it uses simple ingredients as household item.
consumer? well as simple equipment,
although some parts of the
ingredients require an ability to
observe the tomatoes to
determine whether they are
cooked although with in depth
instructions it should be a simple
process. One may find the Swiss
chard (Silver-beet) difficult to
find although with adequate
searching it is available at
Woolworths as well as cheese.
Is the equipment used The equipment is available to the
public as it only uses household
available to the items. To prove this, I made it at
public? home with items that most
people had and it came out
successfully.

Is the food presented I believe the food is presented in

an aesthetically pleasing manner,
in an aesthetically I used elevation to make the dish
pleasing manner? look something reminiscent of a
lasagne, I chose to use warm
colours to give the cosy like tone
of a breakfast meal, this is
backed by the background which
is a 70’s looking green which is
homely and reminiscent of
Does the meal follow I used elevation to make it look
more stacked. I think more
food photography colour and contrast could be
trends? used although it may take away
from the home like look.

Does the meal taste, I asked my family for feedback, Add salt and pepper to sauce,
they all liked it but I believe the possible more spice.
smell and look tomatoes could’ve had more salt
appealing? and pepper when making the
sauce.