Activity Week

The annual Activity Week has finished and students and staff have had a myriad of experiences both in and out of school. Following is a report from The Masterchef Challenge who finished on Thursday with an amazing display of dishes.

MasterChef Challenge

This week long of cooking fun has seen many of us improving, tasting, and cook new and exciting food. On the first day we had fun on the computers and designed and made a personalised apron, it was cool to see our designs being put on our aprons. Later in the day Miss MacDonald and Miss Ashton had plenty of laughs as they watched us blindfolded student’s reactions to some of the mystery taste testing, especially when the beef tongue was being eaten!

On the second day, we had a full on day of cooking, for a breakfast challenge we had to make a 3-egg omelette. For a few people this was a new experience, we then presented them to the judges who judged them on presentation and taste. We then made cute little gift boxes, which we baked very yummy banana cakes to put into them with delicious chocolate icing, yum. For lunch we made a well-known favourite…butter chicken curry.

On the third day, we had another mystery cooking challenge. We all got given an envelope with two recipes inside, pancakes or hot cakes. Once again, this was a popular favourite and we also presented them for judging. Due to the weather, we were not able to go for a walk to the park and have a picnic lunch of fish and chips, however Miss MacDonald was kind enough to drive up and still get our fish and chips.

On the fourth and final day we all pulled out our recipes and put our MasterChef skills to the test as we had to make our signature dish for guest judges. We had 2 and a half hours to bring ingredients of our choice to life and make a delicious dish to present. We had a wide variety of foods from fettuccini to green pavlovas. The smells coming from this room was sensational!

All in all it was very fun, yummy, challenging week. A well recommended activity for future chefs, whether you want to improve your cooking skills or just eat yummy food, there’s something everyone will enjoy.

Emily, Tamia, Taylah, Alex, Terry, Krissie, Tayla, Jade, Lesley, Caleb wearing their masterchef aprons.

A big thank-you to Miss MacDonald and Miss Ashton for putting up with a bunch of creative experimenting chefs for four days. Thank you.

Emily Bates