Win the opportunity for your school to prepare a special Diamond Jubilee menu for Her Majesty The Queen at Buckingham Palace!
To celebrate the Diamond Jubilee British Food Fortnight is inviting all schools in the UK to create a special menu featuring recipes that showcase the best of British to be served to The Queen and The Duchess of Cornwall at a reception at Buckingham Palace in June. The competition is the idea of The Duchess of Cornwall and is her special tribute to The Queen for the Diamond Jubilee.
The top four winning schools will be invited to Buckingham Palace in June to see their menus prepared by the famous Royal Chef. The students will then help serve their winning dishes at a special Diamond Jubilee reception attended by The Queen and The Duchess of Cornwall.
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall launched the competition on 25th January at Nova Hreod secondary school in Swindon. The school is a regular participant in British Food Fortnight's school activities. Her Royal Highness visited Year 10 pupils in the school's food technology rooms who were working on the dishes they are planning to ‘Cook for The Queen’. She then formally launched the competition set to the theme tune, ‘Food, Glorious, Food’, in the school's assembly hall.
‘Cook for the Queen’ is open to 10 - 15 year olds in all primary and secondary schools in the UK. Entries close Monday 30th April and the winners will be announced Mid-May.
Taking part is easy. All schools have to do is design a menu fit for Her Majesty The Queen that celebrates the food produced in their part of the country. Schools are asked to include both savoury and sweet ideas and dishes that use ingredients that strongly represent their region. All the dishes need to be easily produced in the form of canapés that will be served at the reception. For example, mini Toad in the Holes, little Cornish pasties, Smoked Haddock fishcakes, Bubble & Squeak, Pan Haggerty, Cromer Crab salad, Caerphilly tart, seasonal vegetable soup espresso or apple dumplings. Remember that many traditional recipes celebrate our Royal family: Duke of Cambridge Tart, Coronation Chicken and, of course, Queen of Puddings!
Schools may also like to use ‘Cook for The Queen’ as an opportunity to organise some fun Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
HOW TO ENTER: Go to the special ‘Cook for The Queen’ section on [click here] where you will find the entry form plus fascinating facts about the types of food served to our Royal Family through the ages, the stories behind famous royal dishes, the history of the kitchens at Buckingham Palace and examples of menus served at spectacular state occasions.
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WHAT IS BRITISH FOOD FORTNIGHT? Traditionally held in the Autumn and now in its 11th year the dates of this year's event have been changed, for one year only, to run during the Olympics under the title 'Love British Food 2012'. Patriotic food promotions are planned in 40,000 shops, pubs and restaurants and Family Feasts are being organised across the country as part of the London 2012 Festival.
Over 70 organisations regularly take part in the event organising British food promotions in shops, pubs, restaurants, schools, hospitals, Sure Start Children's Centres, care homes, universities and even a zoo! Wembley Stadium, St. Paul's Cathedral, the Cabinet Office, St Pancras International train station, Harrods, X Factor's Dermot O’Leary's restaurants and Grey Gables Hotel in Radio 4's The Archers are just a few of the famous establishments that have taken part.
Every year the event invites schools to teach young people about food within their curriculum activities during the event and to take part in it's annual competition. Previous competitions have challenged schools, for example, to design a meal with the minimum number of air miles; and to design a meal that would have been cooked by previous generations.
Love British Food 2012 is sponsored by ARAMARK and is supported by a large family of organisations.
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