Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Week of Tastes at Malabar Primary

Malabar Primary students were able to take an excursion for their Week of Tastes. Brasserie Bread, a bakery started by Michael Klausen uses a delicous thirteen year old sourdough starter!





Everyone learnt to knead, roll and make individual pizzas.







To see more photos from the excursion go to MALABAR PRIMARY at Brasserie Bread

Alex Herbert at Crown Street Primary

Making real vanilla icecream was a treat for the grade 4 students at Crown Street Primary during their Week of Tastes visit from Chef Ales Herbert of Bird Cow Fish. Lovely fresh eggs, cream, sugar and a vanilla pod were used to make the custard base.







Once the vanilla custard was cooled Alex poured it into an icecream maker.









After what seemed like an eternity, the icecream was ready to taste. Everyone wanted seconds and thirds!





The final verdict .......
too busy eating the last drops to know!







To view more photos, go to CROWN STREET PRIMARY with Chef Alex Herbert

Week of Tastes at Bourke Street Primary

Bourke Street Bakery owners Paul Allon and David McGuiness, came along to their local school, Bourke Street Primary this week to show the students how easy it is to knead and form their dough into rolls.









Everyone loved the chocolate cookies with sour cherries!











Budding future bakers and pastry chefs!







To view more photos go to BOURKE STREET PRIMARY with Bourke St Bakery

Colin Fassnidge at Clovelly Primary

Colin Fassnidge from "Four in Hand" restaurant visited Clovelly to give an amazing lesson on different tastes and how to change and enhance flavours.
Here he presents the students with three different greens to taste. Fresh spinach, sorrel for its lemony sour taste and finally watercress with its peppery taste.






Here Colin is showing off his expert chopping skills to slice tomatoes. Everyone got to eat a slice of tomato then another slice sprinkled with Murray River Salt to see how much better the tomato tasted with the salt.





Then Colin took beautiful strawberries and added some surprises........
"salt, vinegar and a little sugar!"
Wow, who would have thought to do that?





As a final treat, cantalope soup with lemon zest! Yum.










To view more photos, go to CLOVELLY PRIMARY with Chef Colin Fassnidge

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Week of Tastes at Crown Street Primary



The Week of Tastes began this week at Crown Street Primary School by a visit from local celebrity chef, Jeremy Strode.



The children met with Jeremy out at their vegetable garden they have been tending over the last months.

Together with the students, Jeremy has developed a lunch menu which will be served up on October 24th in the school grounds, in conjunction with the Week of Tastes and "Green is a Beautiful Colour" organization.

To see more photos, go to Jeremy Strode at CROWN STREET PRIMARY