Chosen from a total of 98 entries, their spectacular cake themed ‘The Queen’s 90th Garden Party at Buckingham Palace’, was made with home-grown carrots, Kentish apples and local eggs and honey. It wins them a special prize visit to Buckingham Palace in recognition of their efforts.
Megan Glover, teacher at Chiddingstone School, said "Each week, we made different cakes using healthy and local ingredients which helped us come up with our final recipe. We researched the Queen's history and one of our funniest lessons was looking into the ten most weird and wonderful gifts the Queen has been given. The children made miniature versions of these out of icing for our cake, including the elephant!
I've looked at all the other entries and they really are amazing. I can see how many hundreds of children have benefited from the competition and have no doubt that my class will remember this project for the rest of their lives”.
The runners up were Lumley Infant and Nursery School from County Durham and highly commended entries included Hatton Academy, Northamptonshire; Ringwood School, Hampshire; The Oval Primary School, Birmingham; The Thorners CE VA Primary School, Dorset; Abbeys Primary School, Milton Keynes and Hawarden High School, North Wales.
Cathryn Higgs, Food Policy Manager at The Co-op said: “The range of styles, flavours and designs entered into the competition have been fantastic to see. They would rival even the best Co-op cake, and that’s saying something, definitely fit for a Queen!”
Love British Food Ambassador, Raymond Blanc OBE said: “I am so impressed by the ways in which the children and teachers have produced recipes that use fresh ingredients and are healthier than normal. It is clear from the cake designs that a lot of fun was had, which is exactly how it should be when teaching food topics. Well done to everyone who took part!”
Chiddingstone School will visit Buckingham Palace during British Food Fortnight which runs from 17th September to 2nd October 2016.