How to Give a Food Demonstration Barbara Brown, Ph. D. , R. D. /L. D. Food Specialist Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 1
Keys to a good demonstration • Know what you want to accomplish • Research • Demonstrate to reinforce the objective • Organize • Practice 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 2
Keys to a good demonstration • Be sure all can see • Introduce the topic • Involve the audience • Review objective(s) • Make it your own 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 3
Know your goal Ea tb ett 2003 er • Educate – Awareness – Knowledge – Action Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 4
Know your goal • Promote – Programs – Products • Combination 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 5
Research • Topic – Information accurate & current – Usable by audience – Not already known – Builds on past meetings – Narrowed to fit audience & time 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 6
Number of points to cover • Time available • Audience – Age – Background • Your own knowledge level – Research – Experience 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 7
Research: the audience • The more you know the better • Age, gender, skill & knowledge level, economic status 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 8
Research: location • Type of setting – Intimate, formal, relaxed, etc. Food Demo Today 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 9
Location • How far away – May impact food safety • Get directions – mapquest. com 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 10
Location • Help to unload? 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 11
Location • Can audience see, hear? 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 12
Location • Where are the lights? • How do they work? 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 13
Research: equipment • What is available &/or usable on site – Water, refrigeration, electricity, gas, table, oven, etc. – Mirror, microphone • Limits movement 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 14
Equipment • Audio-visual – Operate & demonstrate? – Place to hang poster 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 15
Research: help available • Before, during, after – What will they do? – Do they need training? 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 16
The demonstration • Reinforce key point – Choose techniques, recipes to get across point • Example: don’t premeasure when teaching measuring is the goal • Keep it simple – Especially when beginning 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 17
The food • Should smell great & taste wonderful – Try to let at least one person sample • Colorful & garnished • Show finished product 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 18
You are now a model • At least a role model • Consider all actions 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 19
What what you don’t says • • Safe food handling behavior Good nutrition choices Good posture Speak clearly & slowly Use good grammar Avoid nervous twitches, habits How you eat 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 20
How to dress • Look professional • Comfortable, neat, clean • Finger nails clean & natural • Quiet makeup • No jewelry 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 21
How to dress • Hair nets • Gloves • Aprons – Yes, but not this one – Keep it clean, pressed 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 22
Organize equipment & food • What recipe/technique to demo? • Done ahead, in stages, all at once? 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 23
Organize the food • When do you need to buy it? – Time to ripen – Avoid spoilage • Food safety factors 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 24
Organize equipment & supplies • What will you need & how many • Make lists – Food – Equipment – Supplies – Notes, handouts 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 25
Often forgotten • Potholders, timer, spoons/knives, cutting board, serving equipment, extension cord, appliance cords, sampling utensils/plates/cups, tablecloth, trays, paper towels 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 26
Equipment • Know how to use it • Will audience have access to same equipment at home? – Suggest substitutions 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 27
Demonstration tips • Use correct equipment for each task • Use transparent bowls & pans when possible • Cover table 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 28
Tips • Use trays & bring forward when needed – Notes on tray include: • Recipe • Chatter points 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 29
Tips • Scrape bowls & pans clean with rubber scrapper • Take extra pieces of equipment & food if possible • Put dirty equipment on a tray • Keep table clean, clear 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 30
Tips • A damp cloth under bowls holds them steady & cuts noise • Wooden spoons are quieter than metal • Tip bowls & pans for viewing – Care not to spill 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 31
Tips • Hold bowls from bottom, not lip • Don’t talk while using very noisy equipment • Spill it? Don’t use it. 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 32
Tips • Tilt pan lids away from face • Place lids upside down on table or range • Have waste basket beneath demonstration table 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 33
Tip • End with finished product on cleared table 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 34
Double check, triple check • During practice • Before you leave • Before the demonstration 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 35
Practice • Frees mind to do 2 things at once • Consider posture, grammar, vocabulary, facial expressions 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 36
How much practice? • As often as you can – With food & equipment – As pantomime – Before a mirror – Get critiqued 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 37
Everyone needs to see • • Mirrors Tilted bowls, pans Small groups up close Posters Video camera connected to monitor Pictures on Power. Point Other ideas? 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 38
Introduce the topic • Smile • Prepare an introduction – Story, joke • Put audience at ease • No more than 2 -3 minutes 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 39
The Demonstration: Involve the audience • • • Make eye contact Smile Talk while working Ask questions Answer questions 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 40
Involve the audience • Use humor • Ask for help – With timing, following recipes, distributing handouts, sampling 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 41
Review the objective(s) • Use Barney’s method – Tell what you’ll teach – Tell what you taught 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 42
Make it your own • Let your personality show through 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 43
Expect the unexpected • • Be prepared Be flexible Enjoy the experience Learn from each demonstration 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 44
Sample demonstration Canned Tomato Salsa 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 45
Canned Tomato Salsa • 15 -ounce can diced tomatoes – drain & reserve liquid • 1/2 onion, finely chopped • 1 pepper, finely chopped 2003 • 1 clove garlic, minced • 2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped • 1/2 teaspoon cumin • Juice of 1/2 lime juice Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 46
Review • Know what you want to accomplish • Research • Demonstrate to reinforce the objective • Organize • Practice 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 47
Review • • • Be sure all can see Introduce the topic Involve the audience Review the objective(s) Make it your own 2003 Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 48
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