Chilled desserts Star Bakers – Ananth, Priya and Jasmine
Well done to Ananth, Priya and Jasmine who won the 1st Star Baker awrd of the new Sweet Indulgence Elements class. They opted to make mint and chilli chocolate mousse with some amazing garnishes. It was really hard to decide this week though as there were some fabulous panna cottas, creme brulees, summer pudding and cheese cakes.
“HowStuffWorks” Elements course kicks off!
The first lesson of new Elements course “HowStuffWorks” has been a great success. Following the teaching concepts of the Maker Movement, students were independently upskilling in the areas of Microcontrollers, programming software and Cardboard modelling.
Fun and games for final week of Elements
The final week of Semester 1’s 3D Product Design Elements course produced some fantastic 3D printed chess pieces and laser engraved chess boards. Tasked with designing in Bauhaus style, the students have risen to the challenge of designing on industry standard CAD software to produce high quality CAM manufactured outcomes Well done! 
Sweet Indulgence magazine winners – Katarina, Natalie and Catherine
Well done to Katarina, Natalie and Catherine who produced the most professional and magazine to collate all of their groups cakes, pastrieds and desserts from the Sweet Indulgence Elements course. It was obvious that they had combined all their skills and used prior learning form past elements courses, such as Photography and Writers Block. We will now be looking into get their groups magazine published so it can sold at school fare and events.
Lord’s Kitchen Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Lord’s Kitchen students finished out there Elements course in style today, with a large scale production task to make and sell pulled pork sandwiches. Everyone had their own role and we set up a production line to sell the sandwiches and overall 91 were sold to students and staff and another 20 were eaten by the class. The feedback was outstanding with many people requesting them on a weekly basis
Lord’s Kitchen “Tasty Style” Video – Winner Piya Hardasani
Well done to Pita who won the “Tasty Style” Video competition in lord’s Kitchen this Elements course. Her Korean Pork Sliders were fantastic and she edited the video together very professionally
Check it,out here and give them a go: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=zpB4YUZcsIM
Lord’s Kitchen (Textures of ………. Week) – Cherf of the Week Agastya
In this final practical challenge, students were asked to make a “textures of ” dish, where they take one or two ingredienst and work out how they can create different texture that will make up the final dish. There were some very interesting plates, with Katarina, Hamish and Kabir making a dish that consisted of Nutella, pancakes, Nutella, brownies, Nutella, Ice-cream, Nutella Power and Nutella Cookies, however this did not quite win. Agastya worked by himself and was extremely creative with his Texture of Purple Carrot, with Mustard Ice-Cr team, which included, crisps, puree, juice, crumble, roasted and pickled carrot. and was plated to fine dining standard. Well done!
Sweet indulgence Show Stoppers – Star Bakers; Viren, DJ, Vanessa and Anya
In the last opportunity to become star baker in this rotation of Sweet Indulgence, the student worked in their groups to make a Show stopper Tiered cake. The standard was amazing, with amazing mirror glaze, homemade lemon curd, Italian meringue, and cookie cakes, though the award went to Viren, DJ, Vanessa and Anya, for the macaroon covered cake. which Ms Leung decide was the the most professional and showed a great amount of skill. Now it is all down to which group produces the best magazine , to see who wins the overall award for the course.
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Lord’s Kitchen Last supper
The Lord’s Kitchen Elements class were the last group to cook in the Food rooms before the relocation and they saw off the rooms in style, cooking a wonderful Christmas lunch. Students were all given a different task to complete so we had all the accompaniments for the turkey that Mr Lord had cooked earlier. Nop we can’t wait to get into the new kitchens in Sha Tin.
Sweet Indulgence visit the Art of Chocolate Museum – Star Bakers; Anya, Charlotte and Dhurv)
This week the students in Sweet indulgence class visited the Art of Chocolate Museum at the Galleria on the Peak , where allthe exhibition are made from chocolate and confectionery. The student got a lesson on the history and economics of chocolate, then looked at the exhibitions, before meeting the artist and then being able to decorate their own Christmas chocolate bar. The artist and mangers of the museum decided on who decorated the bars the best and awarded star baker to Anya, Charlotte and Dhurv.
