Primary school students were challenged to prepare a stack of three pancakes with a mixed berry sauce in the first round of the Sacred Heart College Junior Chef Competition held recently.
The Junior Chef competition aims to provide grade four students from six local Catholic primary schools with an opportunity to experience the secondary environment while building on their culinary and teamwork skills.
This competition, held in the college’s Frayne Hospitality Centre, also provided an opportunity for the VET Hospitality students at Sacred Heart to act as mentors to these primary students.
The primary schools used their own methods for selecting the students for their teams, some asking them to provide a written application outlining why they would like to be involved, with others challenging students to a pancake cook-off to secure their place.
“It was fantastic to see the young people so excited and engaged in cooking. They all worked extremely well in their teams and had obviously practised their recipes several times in advance,” said head of junior school, Haley Galloway.
The teams will take part in the final to select the winning team today (October 24) where they will be challenged to make homemade fettucine pasta.
The winning school will receive a $250 gift voucher to allow them to purchase plants for the school’s kitchen garden.
The team at Sacred Heart College hope this experience will be the start of an interest in cooking for the students involved for years to come.
