The Educator Magazine U.K. Jan-April 2023. - Magazine - Page 31
The pupils were given a list of ingredients
to make their dishes. Jane Hindmarch,
Development Chef for Education GHI
at ISS, said: “We are extremely
passionate about helping children
discover their desire for cooking whilst
enabling them to develop social and life
skills in a fun environment. This is the
second year we have hosted the Young
Chef of the Year competition with pupils
from Waterton Academy Trust, with this
year’s semi-finals incorporating a Football
World Cup theme to further spark the
pupils’ interest. This challenged them to
explore different food groups to create their
menus, helping them to understand the
nutritional value of their ingredients and
what flavours work well together – which
will support them in further developing
their cooking skills.
“I hope the students thoroughly enjoyed
the day and I would like to extend our
thanks to Wakefield College for allowing
the pupils to use their training kitchens
for the competition,” added Jane.
The winner of the finale, Seb, was
presented with a plethora of
cooking-themed prizes including a
cookery experience with an ISS Chef
at its Chef school. Seb’s winning dish
will also be served across all 13 Waterton
Schools on a set date.
David Dickinson OBE, CEO at Waterton
Academy Trust, said: “The competition
not only champions our pupils developing
their cooking skills but also promotes the
benefits of healthy eating to young people,
which is incredibly important. Our pupils
thoroughly enjoyed having the freedom
to create their own menu as part of the
challenge and to be creative with their
cooking. We would like to thank ISS for
working with Waterton to arrange such a
fun and successful competition and we are
extremely grateful to Wakefield College for
hosting our pupils this year.”
The Key stage two part of the
competition was open to all of Waterton
Academy Trust’s key stage two schools,
with pupils being asked to bake a
Halloween sweet or savoury treat which
they brought into their schools for
judging.
The winner from each of the schools was
then put forward to the semi-final, which
took place on Thursday, 10th November
2022, followed by the final cook off in
Wakefield College’s fully licensed training
restaurant, Gaskells.
The restaurant is operated by the
College’s Hospitality and Catering
students, which provides members of
the public the opportunity to sample
high-quality dishes at moderate prices.
Find out more about Gaskells, at:
www.wakefield.ac.uk/gaskells/about-us