Teenagers aged 14 - 16 are learning the ropes
When you walk into the Chef’s Academy, it looks like any other busy working kitchen. There are chefs rolling out pastry, freshly cooked Yorkshire puddings being taken out of ovens, and people busy preparing vegetables.
READ MORE: Blackpool killer who murdered schoolgirl dies in prison - without her body ever being found Derek Wright, catering services manager at the council, knows from his own experience what a difference it can make to someone’s life. His own career in the catering industry started from working for chef Paul Heathcote as a 15-year-old.
Youngsters attend the Chef’s Academy from different schools across Blackpool over two years, with a group from South Shore Academy on St Annes Road, in on the day of our visit. It has been National School Meals Week from November 7 to 11, and the council’s catering service provides more than 135,000 meals a month within the education sector. It currently has contracts to supply meals for 32 schools, after that number fell to 11 in past years. Menus are planned over three weeks and use fresh ingredients.
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