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STUDENTS
IMPRESS WITH
CREATIVE
COOKING SKILLS David Clifton, who worked alone
as his partner was ill and unable to
attend, cooked up a sausage pasta,
accompanied by a fruit salad dessert.
Magnus Swann and Joshua Toulmin
made curried salmon on a bed of
vegetable wild rice.
A mouth-watering selection of dishes
was created by Sixth Form students who
rose to the School’s latest Masterchef
challenge to create a meal from short-
dated food donated by Tesco’s. The manager of Tesco Market
Weighton, Rob Carley, provided the
short-dated food, stayed throughout
and helped judge with English teacher
Alison Bond. They rated every meal in
terms of use of ingredients, technical
skill, appearance and taste.
The students had no prior knowledge of
the ingredients presented to them – and
then had an hour to transform them
into an appetising main course.
Molly Parker and Penny Thompson
made a beef and tomato casserole with
a mashed potato round and green
beans. Tom Quirke and Ellie Harrison
created a chicken and vegetable pasta
dish.
STUDENTS Vs
STAFF
Sixth Form students and staff went head
to head in a hard-fought final of this
year’s Masterchef-style competition,
which tested their collaborative and
culinary skills against the clock.
The winners and runners-up from
previous rounds competed against a
staff team and one from Tesco, which
has provided all the short-dated food for
the competition.
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Every team topped one judging category
but Magnus and Josh won overall with
David a close runner up. Magnus and
Josh will compete against the winning
teams of other Masterchef rounds in a
grand final later this year, in which Mr
Carley and a partner will also compete.
Cookery teacher Anne-Marie Salmon
Contestants have one and a quarter
hours to produce a dish from previously
unseen ingredients, picked off the Tesco
shelves on its sell-by date. Finalists, who
worked mostly in pairs, arrived at the
kitchen after school to find sea bass,
lemon sole, cabbage and pears among
the items to inspire them.
The teams and the dishes they created
were:
LOWER SIXTH:
Josh Toulmin and Magnus Swann –
Salmon and pea lemon risotto and chips
David Clifton – Cheesy Sea Bass
said: “Once again our Sixth Form students
showed ingenuity and talent in using food
which might otherwise have been thrown
away to come up with some really nutritious
and tasty meals. They all did tremendously
well to work against the clock with previously
unseen ingredients. Thanks once again to Mr
Carley and Tesco for donating the food.”
Tesco’s Community Food Connection
donates surplus fresh food daily from
all Tesco’s stores to local charities and
not-for-profit organisations. Around
600,000 meals’ worth of food is
redistributed every week.
UPPER SIXTH:
Guy Prew and Rob Boddy – Pork Steak,
cabbage and bacon and chips
Tiger Brash and Pete Massey –
Caramelised Pear and orange sorbet
STAFF:
Martin Kettlewell (Director of Music)
and Gareth Shephard (Head of
Economics and Business Studies) – a
North African Southern Fusion dish
Tesco Supermarket:
Rob
Carley
(Store
Manager-
Market Weighton) and Karen Berry
(Community Companion) - Lemon