General Studies takes a Culinary Turn...

Wednesday afternoons for Sixth Formers are reserved for our General Studies programme and usually involves high-brow discussions on such things as Study Skills, CV writing or which universities are best for which courses. But today we learnt a serious 'survival' skill- How To make A Chocolate Roulade. Getting the grades to get into university is one thing but to survive on student grub once you're there, is quite another!
Under the immensely patient eye of our tutor, Chef Saddler, even Mr Pearson couldn't remain incompetent for long and the class were swiftly into their stride: separating eggs, whisking in sugar, sieving chocolate and (amazingly) washing up as they went along.
Even when it got to the tricky stage of rolling up the log without tearing the cake, Chef's clear instructions meant that the final products wouldn't have looked out of place on a Ritz cake trolley. It was a wonderfully entertaining afternoon and like all great lessons, involved learning new skills with little heart-ache.

Above: Nishma, Megan and Mr Pearson show off their efforts.


Left: Marianne caught red-handed licking the spoon!