News Category: Food Tech

Our Year 10 Food Technology students have been busy making layered desserts.

Year 10 Food students applied their knowledge of bread science, fermentation, denaturalising, coagulation and dextrinisation in classes this week, whilst making delicious savoury breads.

The Food Department is very proud of the practical work the Year 11 Food students have completed throughout the year.

Year 10 have made some fantastic bread today whilst studying carbohydrate science. We can’t wait to see what else these budding chefs come up with this academic year!

Congratulations to everyone who entered our Year 7 Rainbow Salad competition held in association with Fodder. We had some fantastic entries which were so creative and colourful. Thomas Harrison was the overall winner receiving a prize from Fodder and Flossie Linford and Daisy Abbs were in second and third place. Heather Parry from Fodder commented ‘Thank […]

Yesterday was the Year 9 Interform Food Technology Competition 2019! All teams were tasked with making a festive Gingerbread House!

Year 10 Food and Nutrition students have concluded a most successful layered dessert projects with outstanding final products. All have increased fruit content, reduced sugar and reduced fat. Looking delicious!

Year 9 students were treated to a Gingerbread House Demonstration from chefs at Baltzersen’s ahead of the Gingerbread House Competition in a couple of weeks.

The Year 10 Food and Nutrition students had the amazing experience of observing and contributing to a demonstration of Cep and Trompette tortellini and a Mars Bar ice cream produced with liquid nitrogen.

At the end of last half term we took eleven Year 8 students who were the winners of the Year 8 Interform Food Technology competition to Rudding Park Hotel.

On Monday 20th May, we held a Year 7 Inter Form Food Technology competition!

The Year 8 Interform Pizza Competition took place last night in our Food technology department. Students from each of the 9 forms in Year 8 took part in the 2nd Annual Interform Cooking Contest following a record number of applicants which led to stiff competition of one of the 4 places in each team.

Did you know you should boil your bagels before baking? Sixth Form students studying Food Science and Nutrition had an amazing time at Swinton Park Spa Hotel on Wednesday 6th March, researching for their exam coursework.

Year 9 have been given a fantastic opportunity to compete in our first Gingerbread House Competition. We have been very fortunate as  Baltzersens  , the Scandinavian bakery in Harrogate. very generously came in to teach the students how to create the beautiful houses. Gem and Nathan, their bakers kindly came in to present a masterclass after […]

Just before half term we held our healthy eating competition finals! 14 students were shortlisted from 280 to prepare their cous cous salads which were judged and tasted by Mr Taylor and Medhi (head chef at Fodder). The standard of the  competition was extremely high and congratulations to everyone involved. The winner was presented with a […]

Following our internal Food Technology competition amongst Year 8 students in March, the winning team from 8Y, recently attended the Harrogate Spring Flower Show. They were able to demonstrate making their 3 dishes live on the Cookery Theatre stage alongside Stephanie Moon. Everyone had a wonderful time and we would like to thank Stephanie Moon […]