TAKE AWAY MY TAKEAWAY
OMNIBUS
ACTIVITIES
Guidance
This Omnibus focuses on some of the main themes covered in the full programmes, and could help students to revise some of their previous learning, to extend it, or to go into more depth about a particular aspect of the topics covered.
All the clip-related activities of the series are listed below, grouped into the main themes of the series.
Clips marked with asterisks (**) were shown in the Omnibus, but the clips are shorter than the ones used for the activities from the actual programmes.
Themes featured in the Omnibus
The mentors
Mentors were picked for the knowledge, skill and enthusiasm, but more than that, they had to form a good working relationship with their students. It wasn't always easy, and these activities look at how successful the relationships were, and examine the range of qualities a person needs to be an excellent mentor.
- Delhi Clip 4: How to make a samosa
- New Orleans Clip 5: Getting a second chance
- Kerala Clip 3: What makes a good mentor?
- Hong Kong Clip 2: It pays off, to pay attention
The toughest challenges
How did our young people cope when they were faced with a shocking, upsetting or even terrifying challenge? These activities look at the personal qualities it takes to handle fear, and come out on top of a test that seems impossible.
- Naples Clip 3: Milking a buffalo**
- China Clip 2: Would you eat a snake?**
- Texas Clip 3: Daring to take a hands-on approach**
The origins of the food – meet your meat
It's a fact few of us want to face, but the fish and meat on our plates started out as living, breathing creatures, and there's only one way to turn them into the foods we love… These activities look at how our participants had to confront the harsh realities of slaughtering animals for food, an experience none of them is likely to forget.
- Delhi Clip 1: Slaughtering the chickens
- New Orleans Clip 2: 'Y'all wanna get started killin' 'em?'**
- New Orleans Clip 3: It takes guts
- Istanbul Clip 2: The realities of killing animals for food**
- Hong Kong Clip 3: What do fish feel?**
- Texas Clip 1: Can you eat an animal with a name?
How the kids reacted to a different culture
What happens if someone who's never been abroad before is thrust into a very foreign culture? Or a teenager a person from the super-sanitised West comes face to face with the squalid side of an Indian market, or is put to work in the paddy fields? These activities take a closer look at some very different cultures, and examine ways of overcoming our fears and prejudices.
- Delhi Clip 2: A good ambassador for the UK?**
- Delhi Clip 3: Shrieking in the spice market**
- Naples Clip 1: The boys rethink their ideas about Italian people
- New Orleans Clip 1: Against a background of slavery
- Iceland Clip 1: What's life really like in Iceland?
- Kerala Clip 1: What's life really like in Kerala?**
How well did the fast-food fans cook for the judges?
Some of our entrants had scarcely set foot in a kitchen before they were asked to prepare a traditional dish for some very demanding judges. These activities look at the different ways they responded to pressure, and invite students to imagine themselves in a similar situation.
- China Clip 3: How to resolve an argument**
- Texas Clip 4: Making a great burger
- Hong Kong Clip 4: A question of attitude
Other themes
How were people affected by their experiences?
For some, being whisked away to an exotic destination and put to the test for three days was a once-in-a-lifetime, attitude-changing experience, while others were less profoundly affected by everything that happened to them. These activities tap into different views, and ask students to think about ways to broaden their horizons, and get the very most out of life.
- Istanbul Clip 4: Jamie reflects on his experiences**
- Naples Clip 5: Daniel and AJ reflect on their experiences**
- Delhi Clip 5: Rouni reflects on what she's learned
- Naples Clip 4: The ruined trainers
- Kerala Clip 4: Agreeing to be flexible
- Iceland Clip 4: Working as a team
The healthiness of the original dish, compared to the takeaway version
One of the most interesting aspects of the series was to compare an original dish, cooked traditionally from fresh, local ingredients, with the mutated version that we eat in the UK. These activities delve into those differences, and explore the way that food that is often very healthy when cooked in its country of origin, becomes greasy and additive-laden when it's transformed into a fast food in the UK.
- Naples Clip 2: The perfect Italian pizza
- New Orleans Clip 4: Do we care where our food comes from?
- China Clip 1: Which version of sweet and sour is healthier?
- China Clip 4: Is fresher, better?
- Iceland Clip 2: How healthy is fish and chips?
- Texas Clip 2: Making a healthy burger
- Istanbul Clip 1: The traditional Turkish kebab
- Istanbul Clip 3: The kebab is not a fast food
- Hong Kong Clip 1: A culture of eating food at its freshest
Other issues to do with food production
These activities look at other issues to do with food production, and involve students in research and debate.
- Iceland Clip 3: The problem of overfishing
- Kerala Clip 2: Finding out about shrimp farming