Food careers
Great website, if you are interested in a career in the food industry
https://tastycareers.org.uk/?fbclid=IwAR0h5zxBoW7U7wDWAP64LTBYFiY6LVHaoEZSgc8p6Cp0lgT7JQro4pLeEVY
Year 10 IGCSE class takes a trip to Pop Vegan, the newest restaurant in town
On Tuesday, the Year 10 IGCSE class took a trip to Pop Vegan, a new restaurant that recently opened on Elgin street in central. The class has been learning about meat and meat alternatives. On the trip, students enjoyed a three-course vegan lunch made completely without meat. On the menu was Vegan Tuna Tartare for a starter, Spaghetti Bolognaise for main course and a delicious Strawberry Cheese Cake for dessert.
After lunch, Miss Joanne Chow (General manager) and Miss Kaylie Mak (Marketing Executive) gave a talk about the vegan way of eating and why their restaurant advocates for this. Miss Mak explained to the students how the restaurant takes usual dishes to makes vegan alternatives, which are more environmentally friendly. She gave an example of the tuna tartare, which they make from konjac but still tastes and looks like real fish.
This was a great experience for the students.
Pop vegan are happy to welcome any members of the Island school community and gave us the QR codes below which provides more information.
Y10 GCSE Food Students cater for the 1st ever Sports awards
Mrs Chisulo’s Y10 GCSE Food class today excelled themselves in the large scale production challenge that they had been set. They were asked to work in pairs to make 2 different finger food buffet items and eighty of each. The food they produced was of the highest standard, both in terms of appearance and flavours and they collaborated amazingly in their pairs and then as a larger group at the end when they helped each other to finish off and clean up. Yasmine in 10F said “I am very proud of my partner and I, as we have never produced so much food in such a short space of time. We really enjoyed the experience.”. Mr martin (Sports director) was really happy with everything that was produced for guests of the 1st ever sports awards.
There are certainly some chefs in the making in this group of students!
Y11 GCSE Food – Presentation Challange
Today the GCSE Food class, was challenged to make a and present, a panna cotta, to a restaurant stand. They were give a range a sauces, fruits and garnishes and at the end of the lesson Mr Lord, Doris the Food Technician and Jess White form the Y13 Hospitality class, all chose their favourites. Well done to Momoka, Krishna and Natasha, who were nicked for their professional presentation.
Visit to Nood Food’s Pure Kitchen
HE Fare Catering
Big thank-you and well done to the Y10 GCSE Food Tech students and Y12 IB Food students who prepared all the food for the presenters after the Higher education Fare.
The Y10 students were in charge of sandwiches and they initially all designed their own, using different types of bread filling and we decided on the best 5. We then turned this into a production line activity to show how to mass produce. There were 5 groups and each group had to make 80 sandwiches. One group even made their own dough and flat breads.
Sandwich menu
Mexican Chicken and Guacamole Wrap
Phili Cheese Steak cocktail bun
Bacon Club sandwich
Tuna Mayo sandwich
Roast Vegetable flatbread
The Y12 students came up with lots of ideas for sweet and savoury snacks/canapes and then we discussed the feasibility of each on before deciding the 9 which made up a nice balanced menu which was challenging, but manageable.
Savoury Snacks
Deviled Eggs Puffs
Vegetable Samosa’s
Smoked Salmon Mini Quiche
Cheese Straws and dips
Chicken and Mushroom pies
Hoi Sin Duck Spoons
Sweet Snacks
Scones with jam and cream
Mini Cupcakes
Macarons
Everything turned out fantastic and the pupils who stayed to help serve received lots of compliments
