13 March, 2023
A group of Year 9 and 10 students at Ormiston Rivers Academy recently paid a visit to Anglia Ruskin University’s Braxted Cookery School to cook up some of their own recipes.
The cookery programme is part of Anglia Ruskin University’s ‘Amplify Your Talent’ programme, and over the past few weeks, students have been getting to grips with the various elements that go into planning recipes.
Students dreamt up a number of dishes while factoring in budgets and ingredients, before putting their culinary skills to the test.
There were some very tasty results, and students were praised for their innovative and cost-effective dishes, as well as for their exemplary behaviour on the trip.
The visit supports some of the wider work taking place at the academy around growing and cooking with fresh fruit and vegetables, embodied by the ‘Calm, Cultivate and Cook’ Club.
The weekly club enables students to follow the growing and cooking process ‘from farm to fork’, from preparing the ground for planting, all the way to cooking in the school kitchen.
Most recently, students prepared the vegetable beds and learnt more about the academy’s compost system which helps to minimise food waste.
Jo Williams, principal said: “We’re really pleased to be offering our students a number of initiatives and opportunities which help to prepare them for the wider world, and we’re grateful to Anglia Ruskin University for their support in facilitating this. Lots of our students have taken a keen interest in all thing’s food, and we’re glad to be able to cultivate and further this passion.”
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