Young chefs at a North Tyneside primary school got the ‘oppor-TUNA-ty’ to take part in a special workshop today (January 17).
Lessons were a little different for the Year 5 class at King Edward Primary School this morning, as they took part in a workshop to celebrate North Tyneside Council being shortlisted for a national award.
The local authority is a finalist for Fish & Chip Friday – The School Meal Education Award at the 2018 National Fish & Chip Awards, which recognise the work of council’s catering departments in serving healthy and nutritious fish dishes to children from sustainable sources.
Ahead of the awards ceremony and as a reward for being shortlisted, a borough school was offered a workshop with judge and chef Ben Bartlett.
And today, the nine to 10-year-olds at the North Shields-based school donned their chef hats as they were shown a selection of fresh sustainable fish by Ben.
A group of children also gave Ben a hand making smoked mackerel ice-cream cones for the rest of the class to enjoy, and he handed out recipe books to each child.
Cllr Ian Grayson, cabinet member for Children, Young People and Learning: “Our catering team works really hard to create new and exciting dishes for school children, while also making sure they’re nutritious, healthy and of a high quality, and we’re delighted this has been recognised. I’m looking forward to hearing how we get on at the awards ceremony.
“I’d like to thank Ben Bartlett for visiting King Edward Primary School, the children had a great morning with him.”
North Tyneside Council has been shortlisted because of food it provides to children to contribute to a healthy diet. Borough schools offer at least two portions of fish a week, particularly oily fish high in omega-3, and the council’s catering department sources the fish from sustainable sources. The fish used in school meals is Marine Stewardship Council certified or managed as sustainable stock.
The winner of the Fish & Chip Friday – The School Meal Education Award, which is organised by Seafish, will be announced at The National Fish & Chip Awards’ 30th anniversary ceremony in London on January 25.
For more information visit www.fishandchipawards.com or follow @FishNChipAwards #FishNChipAwards.
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