Surfside Primary School’s latest batch of budding Master Chefs unleashed their skills on Tuesday April 5.
Part of the Ocean Grove school’s kitchen garden program, the Master Chef competition is a culmination of four years of work by the students, who start learning about food and cooking in grade three.
The grade six students amazed kitchen specialist Fleur Kilpatrick with their enthusiasm and skill.
“We had an autumn harvest theme and the students got to choose two ingredients out of 12 and then chose an idea for a recipe, which I then wrote up,” she said.
“They then had an hour and 10 minutes to go for it.
“There were some adults who were there for supervision, but they largely did it themselves – they were amazing. I was amazed at their skills and even just their knowledge of food.”
The judges were impressed with all the dishes and the students’ ability to organise their time.
