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It was lovely to welcome our Prep Vl taster girls to the food department today. They were delightful young ladies and produced some super flatbread pizzas. Well done, all @QueenMargarets

It's been a busy week so far in Food prep'. Year 1 celebrated Shrove Tuesday by making scrumptious pancakes and Year 4 prepared a delicious apple pie. @QueenMargarets

Busy week this week making Christmas goodies @QueenMargarets

LVl Food science and nutrition students have been practising their food styling skills, using standard components and plenty of imagination @QueenMargarets

As part of their 'Using the cooker' project, Year l produced some delicious cheese omelettes in their lesson today. Well done @QueenMargarets

To finish off their recent project on vegetarianism, Year 2 prepared vegetarian sushi and used their food styling skills to present their results to the rest of the group @QueenMargarets

UVl had a revision session in the lesson today. They looked at the shortening process, the science behind it and the reasons we bake blind. Well done all @QueenMargarets

Year lV have been learning about herbs in the lesson today. Discussing aromas, flavours, culinary uses and even medicinal properties. @QueenMargarets

Year lV have been learning about different types of raising agent in their lessons this week, finishing the week by making the perfect Yorkshire pud' @QueenMargarets

A food science lesson today for year lV. They looked at how the properties of ingredients are changed during the preparation of a Baked Alaska. Denaturation, coagulation, foam formation, stabilisation and caramelisation were the processes they used. Well done @QueenMargarets

Our SSI girls spent the afternoon preparing some lovely dishes, all from scratch. Focaccia, homemade pasta, lasagne and Pavlova were on the menu. Well done, all @QueenMargarets

Year lV have prepared a creamed cake mixture using #MaryBerry's Victoria sponge recipe. The results are super. Well done all of you @QueenMargarets

Even more dishes created by Food preparation and nutrition students as part of their culture and cuisine project. Belgium, China, Italy and Germany are some of the countries chosen. Fabulous flavours @QueenMargarets

Some fabulous dishes produced today by Year lV Food preparation and nutrition students. As part of their culture and cuisine project they created dishes from Ukraine, South Africa, Italy, China and Germany. Well done all of you.

Year lV had a super lesson today, preparing a seafood pasta in a creamy white wine sauce. They prepared, cut and cooked their own pasta, made a white wine reduction sauce and added delicious fresh seafood. Well done! @QueenMargarets

Year lV produced these amazing mirror glaze cakes in their lesson this week. Showcasing high level skills with a perfect flat topped cake and a shiny mirror glaze coating. Fabulous @QueenMargarets

Year l prepared Hoisin pork noodles in their lesson today. The students were amazing and it is great to see the progress they have made so far. Well done all @QueenMargarets

The UVl Wine appreciation course got off to a fantastic start tonight. We are very lucky to have professional wine expert, Kate Riall, teaching the students and sharing her expertise. Roll on next week @QueenMargarets

Well done, Year lV Food prep' and nutrition. You were amazing @QueenMargarets

Year lV GCSE Food preparation and nutrition students have been very busy preparing canapes for the final night of the school production of Oliver. These baskets will be filled to the brim with their tasty treats on Saturday evening. We hope to see you there. @QueenMargarets