What a proud moment as my students Excel in WAEC Food and Nutrition practical 2026

‎Practical examination in food and nutrition requires proper planning, timely preparation, more creativity and above all time management. Before my students sat for their WAEC food and nutrition practical examination, I carefully guided them on how to properly organize a beautiful and successful cocktail party according to WAEC standards of 2026 practical examination

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‎A cocktail party simply involves serving finger foods and refreshing drinks in an attractive and organized manner to a group of people like WAEC students after their final examination.
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‎To ensure effective participation I had to divide all my students into two groups and assigned different dishes to each group while also teaching them a proper planning techniques, dry and wet store identification, and modern WAEC time -plan arrangements
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‎For group one , I asked them to prepare the following dishes:
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‎Dish 1 : puff puff

‎reasons for choice : it is suitable for a cocktail party , it is an energy source of food.

‎major ingredients are :
‎Flour - 500g
‎Sugar - 120g
‎Yeast - 10g
‎Nutmeg - 5g
‎Water -450ml
‎Vegetable oil (for frying) - 1 litre
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‎Dish 2: chicken suya

‎Reasons for choice ; it is suitable for the cocktail party, it contains proteins

‎major ingredients are;
‎Chicken - 1000g
‎Suya spice -50g
‎Vegetable oil - 30ml
‎Onion -150g
‎Seasoning - 10g
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‎Dish 3: small chops(samosa, )

‎Reasons for choice: it is suitable for the cocktail party, it is an energy source of food

‎major ingredients are;
‎Filling
‎Minced meat - 300g
‎Irish potato - 250g
‎Carrot - 100g
‎Onion - 80g
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‎Wrapper
‎Flour - 300g
‎Margarine - 50g
‎Water - 150ml
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‎Dish 4: meat pie

‎Reasons for choice ; it is suitable for the cocktail party, it contains proteins
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‎major ingredients are;

‎Dough are:
‎Flour - 500g
‎Margarine - 250g
‎Baking powder -10g
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‎Filling are :
‎Minced meat - 350g
‎Irish potato - 300g
‎Carrot - 120g
‎Onion - 100g
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‎A 6 inch cake

‎Reasons for choice: it is nutritious, it is suitable for the cocktail party
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‎major ingredients are;
‎Flour - 250g
‎Margarine - 250g
‎Sugar - 200g
‎Eggs - 4 medium
‎Baking powder - 10g
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‎A Pine apple and water melon fruit drink.

‎Reasons for choice: it is nutritious, it suitable for a cocktail party
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‎major ingredients are:
‎Pineapple - 700g
‎Watermelon - 800g
‎Sugar - 80g
‎Water - 500ml
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‎For group two, I told them to prepare the following dish;
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‎Dish 1: sandwich

‎reasons for choice : it is suitable for a cocktail party , it is an energy source of food.
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‎major Ingredients are:
‎Bread — 1 loaf (about 600g)
‎Eggs — 4 medium
‎Sardine — 125g
‎Margarine — 80g
‎cucumber— 100g
‎tomato — 100g
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‎Dish 2: puff puff

‎Reasons for choice: it is suitable for the cocktail party, it is an energy source of food
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‎Dish 3: small chops(samosa)

‎Reasons for choice: it is suitable for the cocktail party, it is an energy source of food
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‎Dish 4: meatballs

‎Reasons for choice ; it is suitable for the cocktail party, it contains proteins
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‎major ingredients :
‎Minced -meat 500g
‎Breadcrumbs-120g
‎Egg- 1medium
‎Onion- 80g
‎Seasoning-10g
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‎ 6 inch cake

‎Reasons for choice: it is nutritious, it is suitable for the cocktail party
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‎A pineapple drink only

‎Reasons for choice: it is nutritious, it suitable for a cocktail party
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‎Before they started the practical examination, I taught them how to differentiate between dry store and wet store. Let me throw more light on this part.
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This has to do with all the non-perishable items we bought in the market that concerns the respective dish.
‎e.g flour, sugar, margarine, vegetable oils, sugar, baking powder etc.

‎ This involves all the perishable items we bought in the market that concerns the 4 dish, cake , and refreshing drink. e.g meat, onion, tomato, cucumber etc. ‎ ‎Furthermore, I taught them on how to make a time plan for the event. Currently WAEC does not accept Mini time plan anymore. ‎

‎A mini time plan is a scattered time plan during the period of the practical let's say cleaning and preparation requires 20 minutes, preparation of dish 1 requires 30 minutes if you check out the time you will understand that there is no consistency in the time.
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I explain to them what WAEC required now is consistency in time lets say 30 minutes interval for each of the activities followed by a clean up process or 1hour- interval planning.
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My students performed excellently during the practical examination. They demonstrated good cooking skills, proper hygiene, teamwork, and effective time management. Both groups successfully prepared their dishes, cake, and refreshing drinks according to WAEC standards and served the examiner. I personally I had to share remaining food to all of them.

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‎My students practical examination was done successfully and impressively from the onset to the last. I appreciate the school management, parents, and everyone who contributed to the success of my students examination. I also commend the students for their hard work and dedication for believing in what I taught them and putting those lessons into a practical Examination.
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