Fun in Food Design

The Year 6s have learned about dietary fibre and produced some excellent posters to promote the importance of fibre in the diet. By adding some tasty fruit flavour variations to muffins, the boys created their very own high fibre muffin snack, even writing their own recipe for the design challenge! The boys are always excited to learn new skills and techniques and put their learning into action during practical cooking lessons.

Image: Poster by Ryan Dent and Campbell Morgan, Year 6

The Year 7 Food Design classes have been investigating how to choose healthy foods. Knowing how to use The Australian Guide To Healthy Eating, a food selection guide which visually represents the proportion of the five food groups recommended for consumption each day, has enabled the boys to design and make delicious and nutritious burgers. Making healthier homemade fast foods such as mini quiches, sausage rolls and chicken nuggets is what it's all about!

The Year 8s had a taste of what it's like to be Junior Master Chefs with their Mystery Box Challenge which brings together meal planning and preparation. The ability to successfully cook a dish or meal with whatever ingredients are on-hand is a valuable life skill. Drawing on skills and techniques learned in Food Design and choosing from a limited list of ingredients, the boys came up with some very tasty creations.

The Asian food focus which is part of the Year 8 course has given the boys confidence in their own abilities, as they have produced a range of dishes such as steamed dumplings, Thai green curry, butter chicken and sushi.

Mrs Stella Hodgson & Mrs Angela Paunoski
Food Design Teachers