17 June 2015

Primary 5/6 had the most fantastic morning cooking up a storm with Irish celebrity chef Adrian, along with  Stewart from S Collins & Son Butchers, Muirhead. We were delighted that Natasha Tobin, Store Manager from our local Co-op, Stephen Moore, NLC Quality Improvement Officer (Health and Wellbeing)  and Dorothy-Ann Aubrey, NLC Focus on Food Development Officer were able to join us. We were also pleased that Jennifer and her mum came along too because we didn’t want them to miss this fantastic event!

Adrian and Stewart started off with a presentation. We learned about different cuts of  meat and where the cuts come from on the animal.  We also learned about the importance of being able to trace the origins of the meat we eat and how best to cook the different cuts.

Then we had a fabulous cookery demonstration where Chef Adrian created 3 wonderful dishes  –  steak with potato rosti, spring rolls and checken curry. Adrian helped us all become aware of the dangers of our unhealthy diets and the problems we will face in the future if we don’t educate ourselves on what we should be eating and how we should cook it. He also showed us how easy, delicious and healthy it is to cook from scratch using locally sourced ingredients.

After the cooking demonstrations, some of the pupils showed Adrian and Stewart the food we are growing in our school garden to achieve the grow it, cook it, eat it philosphy at Glenmanor. He was very impressed!

We would all like to say a massive thank you to Stewart Collins for giving us the oportunity to participate in this fantastic experience and we hope to work with him in the future.