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For the first time, lunch in Clarence House was cooked by school children today. Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall invited the winning schools from last year's British Food Fortnight School Challenge to Clarence House to cook their chosen dishes for lunch. And with a special twist, Her Royal Highness invited the BBC's Hairy Biker chefs, Dave Myers & Simon King, to work with the children to help them prepare their meal.
The competition was held last year as part of the national food promotion, British Food Fortnight. Inspired by the Hairy Bikers' ‘Mums Know Best’ television programme, secondary schools were challenged to design and cook a meal based on recipes that would have been used in their school's part of the country by previous generations.
The winners, Northfield Academy near Aberdeen and Greencroft Business & Enterprise Community School in Durham, travelled to London to cook their winning dishes: Cock-A-Leekie Soup, Rabbit Pie and Cranachan with Petticoat Tails.
The lunch, which was attended by leading supporters of the national food promotion, commemorated the 10th anniversary of British Food Fortnight and the event's plans for 2012 when it will run at the same time as the London Olympics making sure that British food is number one when the eyes of the world are upon us.
Jake Mossom, from Greencroft Business & Enterprise School said: “How many people can say they have cooked for royalty? To come to Clarence House to cook a meal is a dream come true - I will never forget it. It has been such fun learning about recipes that used to be cooked by previous generations and has really made me appreciate all the wonderful local ingredients there are. And Her Royal Highness said it was delicious!”
British Food Fortnight 2011 takes place 17th September to 2nd October 2011.
In Olympic year, British Food Fortnight takes place from 27th July to 12th August 2012.
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WHAT IS BRITISH FOOD FORTNIGHT? Running from 17th September to 2nd October and now in its tenth year, British Food Fortnight is the biggest national celebration of the diverse and delicious range of food that Britain produces. Every year it delivers real change in the sectors in which it operates, selling more British food in shops, putting more British food on menus and teaching the next generation to love the food produced on their doorstep. Hundreds of shops, pubs and restaurants take part with special menus and promotions as do councils, markets, hospitals, tourism attractions, hotels, youth hostels and many more. Even zoos take part proving that animals too can eat British! It is also an established date on the school calendar with hundreds of schools using the event as an opportunity to teach children about food. In 2012 the dates of British Food Fortnight will change, for one year only, to run at the same time as the London Olympics.
Ingredients for the lunch: rabbit was supplied from Windsor Great Park and the other ingredients were donated by ARAMARK, the major food service organisation that sponsors British Food Fortnight and is responsible for catering in the athlete's village at the Olympics.
