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Jul 2023
St Aidan’s students bring a taste of Italy to Great Yorkshire Show
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Pupils of St Aidan’s School wowed the show crowds with a live cooking demonstration.
The Harrogate school was invited by Yorkshire Agricultural Society to demonstrate two "complex and highly skilled dishes” on the Great Yorkshire Food Theatre stage.
The year 10 GCSE food and nutrition students competed for a place in the spotlight and were tasked to make a challenging dish by teachers.
Teacher, Jenny Bettridge, said the judging was based on “the skill of the dish, as well as how well they presented it to the class – including discussing the dish they made.”
The four winners – Harriet, Grace, Izzy and Charlotte – cooked up a sweet and savoury open tart for the audience.
The pupils' tarts.
Harriet and Grace produced an Italy-based pastry, baking the puff pastry from scratch, and topping it with tomatoes, pesto, ricotta, and serrano ham. Sue Nelson, host of the show’s food theatre, described it as “better than my own”.
Meanwhile, Izzy and Charlotte baked a fresh tart topped with custard, kiwi, summer berries, and topped with a strawberry coulis.
The students had pre-baked their pastry base but made fresh custard from scratch.
The girls demonstrated culinary skills and scientific knowledge of cooking, as Izzy made sure her custard “didn’t coagulate and become scrambled egg!”
Ms Betteridge told the Stray Ferret:
The girls attracted a crowd of hungry people who couldn’t wait to try their delicious dishes once finished.
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