Chef’s of the week – Nicole So and Natalie Choy
Well done Natalie and Nicole who were awarded Chefs of the week this week in Lords Kitchen sauce making lesson. They collaborated really well to make the perfect Eggs Benedict and then made a great Bechamel sauce for the creative broccoli and macaroni bake.
Chefs of the Week – jack Dale and Danny Cho
Well done to jack and Danny who showed excellent skill and collaborated well, to be the first joint their chicken in Lord’s Kitchen. they were also creative with their marinades and presented their finished dishes really professionally.
Lord’s Kitchen – jointing Chicken
This week is my favourite lesson, where i see the students really start to develop skill and confidence, whilst learning bout meat and then each jointing a whole chicken. Hygiene and safety is of utmost importance, but also a creative flare is needed to make marinades for the different parts of the bird. We had some excellent dishes made and for the first time, not one student was squeamish about dissecting the chicken.
Chefs of the week – Shyla Henderson and Lior Shabat
Well done to Shyla Henderson and Lior Shabat who were this weeks chefs of the week from Lord’s Kitchen, as they showed excellent knife skills in preparing different vegetable cuts and they collaborated really well when making their stir fry.
Lord’s Kitchen Week 1 – Chefs of the Week Ethan Li and Gabriel Lie
Week 1 of Lord’s kitchen if about getting to know the kitchen and building confidence and Ethan and Gabriel shone in both the Omelette Challenge and the vegetable carving. The were creative with their carrots and apples and collaborated really well when making their omelette.
Lord’s Kitchen trip to ICON Hotel
Yesterday the Lord’s Kitchen class was treated to a trip to ICON hotel as a reward for producing such good canapes last week and to learn more about the inner workings of a large hotel. When we arrived we all had to don lovely hairnets so as to be as hygienic as possible whilst on the tour and the seeing the chef demonstrations – this caused much delight to most of the girls, who had done their hair special. After a whistle stop tour of the delivery area and the kitchen we got to see how they made their daily batches of fresh muffins, before we headed to the award winning buffet lunch at teh Market Garden restaurant. This was very enjoyable with the massive range of salads, meats, fish, curry, pizza, sushi and desserts. The highlight of this I think we would all agree was the Durian Cheesecake (Not!)
We had a lovely visit, learnt a lot and walked away very full, thanks to everyone at ICON who helped and I am looking forward to visiting their training restaurant Bistro 1979.
Lords Kitchen – Y13 Graduation Canapes
On 29th may the Y13 graduation ceremony took place and the PTA asked the Lord’s Kitchen class to prepare the nibbles to be served alongside the drinks after the ceremony. The Y10 pupils designed the canapes themselves, whilst the Y11’s were on exam. We carefully considered them so there was a range of ingredients, flavours, textures and suitability of all different dietary requirements We ended up the following menu.
Hoi Sin Duck Spoons
Chicken Pesto Brushetta
Ciabatta with pumpkin puree and Mediterranean Roasted Vegetables
Chilli Sesame Prawn Puffs
Crispy Potato Slices with Sour Cream and Caramelized Onion
Hummus and Mushroom bites
Smoked Salmon Bilini’
Mini Fruit Tart
Mini Oreo Cheesecake
The event was a roaring success and the feedback was fantastic. Well done to all involved.
Chef of the Week – Kylie Tsang
This weeks Chef of the week is Kylie Tsang for her excellent components in her Deconstructed Apple Pie in Lord’s Kitchen
Lord’s Kitchen – Deconstructed dessert
In this weeks Lord’s Kitchen lesson, pupils were given the creative challenge to design plan and make their own deconstructed version of their favorite dessert.
Below you can vote for the one you think looked best/most artistic/creative below
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- Apple pie
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- Tiramisu
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- Banana Coconut cream pie
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- Tarte’ aux Fruit
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- Lemon Meringue Pie 1
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- Lemon Meringue Pie 2
Brickhouse meets Lord’s Kitchen Taco sale
Today was the final lesson for Lord’s kitchen, before the Y11’s left for exam leave and we finished in style, teaming up with BrickHouse restaurant to do a charity taco sale. The pupils cooked all the tacos and assembled them all in a production line with a team of runners and servers making it well oiled machine. We sold over 120 sets of chicken pork taco’s for $50 each and raised $2500 for the Masarang charity. It was a great experience for the pupils and gave them a real insight into the pace in a kitchen during service and need to produce consistent quality products. All the pupils thoroughly enjoyed the experience and to top it off they each given $1000 meal voucher for their hard work. Many thanks to everyone at BrickHouse and Maximal Concepts for providing this experience that really aided their learning.
