4816 SPRING NEWSLETTER 2024 Neil, Ian and Mel from Aspens Catering came in to school to visit our Hospitality and Catering lessons for Year 10 and 11. The sessions started with Neil explaining his role and responsibilities within the test kitchen, giving our students a better understanding of the way that the Aspens chefs create and trial dishes before adding them to their menus. He gave students an overview of his career and the pathway that led him into working in contract catering and then role in the development kitchen. There was then a demonstration in which he created a pulled chicken and loaded fries dish which the students all got to try, he then explained that this was a dish that could be served on the menu here in the future. Speaking about nutrition he explained the different requirements that they as a company need to meet when creating food for children in schools. students were then given the opportunity to try out a brownie and guess at the secret ingredient which was... sweet potato. Mel explained her role and that although she had trained as a chef originally was now enjoying her work as part of the procurement and support team to the range of schools that were in her area. Ian then did a talk outlining the wide range of possibilities in terms of jobs available within the hospitality and catering sector, describing the range of duties and responsibilities that our students might have if they continued in the sector. A great talk and very informative in terms of future careers - we hope to see them team again in the future. Follow us @_HomeTech Food Technology
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