Homemade pasta week – Chefs of the week (Aika, Vanessa and Agastya)
Homemade Pasta week is always a favourite with the students and this week was no exception. Student made their own dough and had a work outr whilst rolling out the pasta dough and deciding on whether to make spaghetti or tagliatelle or a shape of their own making. They then learnt sauce tomate and veloute, two more of the mother sauces and decided which to make for their dish. Well done to Aika and Vanessa , who made a perfect dish with great working practices and teamwork and to Agastya who made his own filling for ravioli , going the extra mile
Week 6 (Mother Sauces) – Eggs Benedict Challenge. Chefs of the Week Piya and rachel
Thius week in Lord’s Kitchen we started to learn how to make the 5 mother sauces and we began by making a roux and adding milk to make it into a bechimel sauce to make macaroni cheese, which the students ate some for their lunch and the rest was kept to bake for the staff helping at Stra in Their Eyes tomorrow.
The second part of the lesson the students were challenged to copy Mr Lord’s demonstration of Eggs Benedict with Hollandaise sauce. Mr Pawlyn, who is a self proclaimed Eggs Benedict connoisseur, came to judge and Piya and Rachel were awarded Chef of the Week, for having the perfect consistency of the their Hollandaise and professional and trendy presentation
Week 4 Seafood (Paella)- Chefs of the Week (Kabir and Hamish)
Week 4 of Lord’s Kitchen saw the students tackle seafood. They had to scale and fillet fish, de-vein prawns, open scallop shells and clean squid. The students then learn how to use all their different types of seafood and make it into Spanish Paella, which they all took some home and then served some for the staff. Kabir and Hamish were awarded chef of the week, for there precise working practices and care and attention when preparing the fish and cooking the Paella.
Lord’s Kitchen (week 3 – Meat). Chefs of the week – Agastya, Aika and Onni
In week 3 of Lord’s Kitchen we see how squeamish the students are, by tasking them with jointing a chicken and to be fair, they all took to the job like pros. The all made platters of creamy chicken casserole from the breast, breaded baked thighs and drumsticks and deep fried sweet chili chicken wings. It was hard to decide on the Chefs of the week, but Aika was very quick to joint her chicken and then helped others and Agastya and Onni, showed excellent teamwork to prepare their platter
Lord’s Kitchen Week2 (Vegetable Cuts) – Chefs of the Week Rachel and Katarina
This week the new Commis chefs in Lord’s Kitchen were honing their knife skills, by practicing the julienne cut and making stir fry and then practicing their dicing and making a soup. Rachel and Katarina were awarded chef of the week for having the best working practices and the most uniform vegetable preparation
Lord’s Kitchen – Week 1 Chefs of the week (Mike, Vanessa and Justin)
Well done to Mike, Vanessa and Justin who were awarded the first Chef of the week, of the year in Lord’s Kitchen. They showed the best working practices in the omelette challenge, doing their mise-en-place perfectly and had good heat control when cooking the omelette.
ESF Chef Competition winners burger creation
The winners of the ESF Chef competition this year, got to spend a day at Butcher Club, as part of their prize. They got to design their own Burger for the September Burger takeover promotion, coming up with the Molten Chick Burger. Please enjoy the video of the day and be aware that all ESF students will receive $20 discount on each Molton Chicken Burger they buy during September, if they show their student card
Principles cocktail party reception refreshments – Chefs of the week (Natalie and Chloe)
Big thanks and well done to Natalie and Chloe, who came in last Friday, on their day off to make a selection of sweet and savoury finger food for the Mr Binge and all the other returning principle and their guests, ahead of the 50th anniversary block party. They made a large selection of different canapes and tarts nd they looked fantastic and tasted even better.
ESF Chef final
On Friday 26th May at West Island School the annual ESF Final was held and the brief was set for all contestants to produce a two course meal (main and dessert) that would be suitable to be served at ESF’s 50th Anniversary gala meal.
In the Junior section from Island school were Jordyn and Anya who made Salmon en Croute with mango Salsa and Medley of Mango for dessert. The competition was very close in the Juniors. with only a few points perpetrating first and last place, and Jordyn and Anya were just shy of being in the the top three. Well done to Discovery College who won the Junior round this year
Ethan represented Island school in the seniors and decided to make an Asian style Beef wellington with wasabi Mash and then a Croque en Bouche (profiterole tower) for dessert. He received special mention for how good his choux pastry work was and was 3rd place. Well done to South Island whoi won the Seniors this year and will be hosting next year.
Island School ESF Chef Final
This years Island School ESF Chef competition, culminated yesterday in a very close final, with students cooking dishes that represents their cultural background. there was a a large panel of judges for the final including Mr Binge, 5 members of staff from the technology department and ex-student Nitin Hiranandani who is current doing an apprenticeship at a 3 star Michelin restaurant. The judges were very impressed with the high standard for food being served and unanimously agreed on the senior results, but the juniors split the decision and we had to go to the accumulative points score. Below are the results and photos of the food
Senior
1st Place – Charlotte Wong (10W) – Fried rice cake with seafood and Tropical Mille Feuille
2nd place – Ethan Li (12R) – Sweet and Sour Pork and Mango with Sweet Coconut noodles
3rd Place – Heather Lothian – Salmon Scotch egg and Philippine Mango Float
Junior
1st Place – Anya Broad and Jordyn Dubinsky (D) – Lebanese Lamb and CousCous and Moroccan Orange Cake
2nd – Bridgette Kim and Krisha Sheth (R) – Kofta several ways with accompaniments and Mango Delight
3rd – Rachael Adams and Nicole (W) – Traditional Broth and rice dumplings and Mango pancakes and Egg Tarts
Once again, congratulations to all competitors and a big thanks to all the judges and the PTA for giving the prizes of hampers of kitchen kitchen utensils .
The winners will now compete against all the other ESF school winners at West island on 29th May
