Room 12 students worked hard in the kitchen to pull off some stunning mains and desserts. This left the judges with a tough decision on who the winning group would be!

Over the last 6 weeks, Room 12 have been busy learning about healthy eating, designing a logo, learning how to write clear and precise instructions and designing a menu for our MKR cooking competition.

Today we put all our new learning into action and prepared and cooked a three course meal for some very important and lucky people... the judges. There were 5 groups altogether and they prepared a main and a dessert.

The students first put their skills into action to cook and deliver their main to the judges. Our judges for this round were Julie, Mrs Ross and we had a guest judge, Heather, from WAVE. Judges comments were very positive and not only were these mains presented beautifully they also tasted amazing! These meals included: Crumbed chicken with a stuffed capsicum and homemade aioli,  Egyptian Kofta Tacos, Chiang Mai Noodles, Chicken wrapped in bacon with a classic vegetable salad and Teriyaki chicken with riceThese meals were well cooked. More than one judge even said, "they are better then what they have had in a restaurant and they would happily pay for them!"

Last but not least was the dessert. What some consider the best part of a two course meal! These desserts were some of the best I have seen in the competition and the students need to use a range of skills and techniques to make them successful. The desserts included: pavlova with berries, apple crumble with vanilla ice cream, chocolate brownies and berry sauce with a berry swirl ice cream, Neapolitan mousse with a brownie and boysenberry ambrosia ice-cream and a mandarin syrup cake.

The judges had a hard decision to come up with a winner but after discussing the quality of each dish, considering teamwork and ingredients used from the garden, they decided on Heaven and Hell as the winning group! Well done to this group! These students will now go into the finals and cook off against the other classes in the Think Tank Team, at the end of the year.

Room 12 and I would like to say a huge thank you to our judges- the students appreciated and responded well to your feedback and comments. It was also fantastic to see some parents turn up to watch their kids in action.  And last, but not least, a huge thank you to Jodie, our learning assistant! This competition would not have been possible without her managing the kitchen and offering each group support.

We look forward to the next class, Room 16, cooking next!