Royal Navy ‘Ready Steady Cook’

Chefs from The Royal Navy came into Emmanuel on Thursday 21^st November to work with our year 9 and 10 students. They set a challenging task of creating a two course meal in year 9 and a three course meal in year 10, using the ingredients that they had brought in. They then added a complication, by students having to include a mystery ingredient! Students worked in teams to design a menu and were told there was an emphasis on trying to finish their dishes to a high standard.

Some of the dishes created:

Year 9

Year 10

Students thoroughly enjoyed the sessions and commented that they really appreciated the chef tips they were given. Suki Farrow in year 9, said that the session had helped her to question the presentation of her food and in the future would ask her self “is this ‘restaurant standard’ ”?

The Royal Navy chefs commented that they were highly impressed with our students, commenting on their behaviour but also with their keenness to develop and improve themselves. They also said that they would not normally do this level of challenge with year 9 students but were so impressed with The Nottingham Emmanuel School last year that they had agreed to do it!

The chefs also led a sugar spinning master class, where they demonstrated techniques and students were able to add the creations into their products. This was a fantastic opportunity for our students to be inspired and challenged in a different setting; whilst also helping to prepare them for their assessments in year 11.