A South Lakes chef has been working with school pupils in Carlisle to learn new skills and consider careers in the catering and hospitality industry.
Daniel Winstanley, of English Lakes Hotels Resorts & Venues’ Culinary Academ,y visited Richard Rose Morton Academy to talk to year 10 students and take them through their own cookery session.
The class looked at techniques to use all cuts of meat to create restaurant standard dishes.
They learned to break down whole British chickens into separate parts, creating a Sauté Chasseur and deboning thigh sections for a chicken mousse.
Delivered in partnership with Kendal College, the Culinary Academy offers a fully accredited two-year apprenticeship programme for school leavers over 16 to train as commis chefs.
Richard Rose Morton Academy teacher Rachel Jones said: “Daniel offered a wonderful experience to our students. They were engaged, excited and successful.”
Daniel added: “The session gave the pupils a hands-on opportunity to see how a chef works.
“The Culinary Academy is designed for youngsters to train, earn and learn with us. Those who enrol get to work with head chefs across our venues and take qualifications to set them on their way to exciting careers.”
