Chilled dessert presentation challenge – Star bakers (Katya, Maria, Henry, Valerie, Charlotte and Emma)
Today in sweet indulgence was a test of the students artistic plating skills. they had to make either cheesecake or panna cotta and serve it with a sauce and garnish and then do three different plating styles. They then decided which was the best presented and put that through to the final judging. Ms Walsh and Ms Lucas Timpany came in to judge the desserts and decided that Katya, Maria, Henry, Valerie, Charlotte, Emma had produced the dishes to the most professional standard and were all awarded star bakers
Homemade pasta week. (Chefs of the week – Renee and karen
This week in Lord’s kitchen the skills built up to level 100, with homemade pasta week. Students had to make their own dough, roll it out and make a sauce to accompany it. All students did an excellent job, but Renee and Karen were Chefs of the week, as they went one step further ad made a mushroom and cheese filling and shaped ravioli and served it with a garlic and parsley butter.
Shortcrusyt week – Star bakers Charlotte, Valerie, Maria and Jacklyn
Well done to Charlotte, Valerie, Maria and Jacklyn, who were awarded Star baker today in Sweet indulgence for their excellent pastry work, making different pies and tarts. Maria showed creativity with her blueberry, apple and fig crumble tarts, Jacklyn precision with her rose apple arts and Charlotte and Valerie had Michelin star presentation.
Eggs Benedict Challenge – Chefs of the week Stephen, Claire, Yanisha and Jennifer
Well done to Stephen, Claire, Yanisha and Jennifer who were awarded chef of the week in Lords Kitchen this week for having the best working practices and the best presentation of their eggs Benedict
Choux Time Star Bakers – Jacklyn, Charlie, Elizabeth, Valerie, Lisa and Audrey
Sweet indulgence took on the Choux Time challenge this week. All students were given the same basic choux pastry recipe and the students had to+decide on size, shape, fillings or decorations. There were profiteroles and eclairs galore and deciding on Star baker was very difficult, but eventually Doris Chan and Mr Lord decided Jacklyn had the best rise to her pastries, Charlie, Elizabeth, Valerie had the most creative flavor with their pretzel, chocolate and salted caramel and salted and Lisa and Audrey and the most attractive decoration
Chocolate week – Star bakers (Henry, Mohit and Charlie)
Sweet indulgence got semester 2 off with air of excitement , as students designed their own chocolate bars. After learning about chocolate tempering the students decided on the combination of while, milk or dark chocolates and the additional ingredients they anted to add to their bar and then designed a wrapper to brand their bar. Well done to Henry, Mohit and Charlie who were awarded star baker this week, for their best wrapper design.
Week 1 Lord’s Kitchen (Omelette Challenge) – Chefs of the Week Karen, Renee, Jennifer and Yanisha
Week 1 of Lord’s Kitchen is the Omelette Challenge, with students pretending they were at job interview to be a commis chef and this is a test of the their working practices and organisation, whilst demonstrating the hygiene and safety rules of the kitchen. Chefs of the Week were Karen, Renee, Jennifer and Yanisha, who made the best presented omelette and worked the most efficiently.
Students baking video going viral
Congratulations to Tatjana Foong, whose baking video is going viral with over half a million views, Follow her ypoutube channel The Baking Bomb.
Its all about the dough!
The sweet indulgence course for the semester of Elements culminated in with enriched bread dough, with students making a selection of doughnuts, cinnamon rolls and churros. I was great to see how the students had developed their skills and creativity over the last few months of this course and they loved this final practical.
No stra bakers this week, because everyone was so good!
Wraps by Lord’s Kitchen
Well done to all the students in the Lord’s kitchen elements who finished of the course in style, by opening up their Pop up[ restaurant yesterday, Wraps by Lord’s Kitchen.
This gave students an insight into all the considerations needed to think about when opening a food business. After a big brainstorm, they decided to go with Mexican wraps as their theme and split into three teams to make, Chicken Fajita.s Beef Burritos and Vegetarian Tacos. They sold around 75 serving of the food in the 20 minute window that the restauarant was open and they left many customer asking when they were going to do it again.
