Level 1 Food Hygiene & Safety for Catering is a beginner-friendly online course by iKooK Culinary Academy, designed to introduce learners to the basic principles of safe food handling.

This course is suitable for anyone who handles, prepares, stores, serves, or works around food. It is ideal for beginner culinary students, kitchen assistants, food vendors, caterers, home-based food business owners, and anyone planning to work in a food environment.

The course covers the key responsibilities of food handlers, basic food safety law, HACCP, food safety hazards, safe food storage, cleaning, and personal hygiene. Learners will understand why food safety is important, how food can become unsafe, and how to reduce the risk of contamination and food poisoning.

This course is benchmarked to UK food safety legislation and international food safety principles. Learners in Nigeria, the UK, South Africa, and other countries should also follow their local food safety laws and regulations where applicable.

By the end of the course, learners will have a clear foundation in food hygiene and safety and will be better prepared to handle food safely in a catering, kitchen, food service, or home food business environment.