Petersham Nurseries Make Rustic Pizzas With Collis Kids



Lucy Boyd, cook, food writer and head gardener for Michelin-starred Café Petersham Nurseries, has risen to the challenge set by local charity School Food Matters to create a dish with students from Collis Primary School in Richmond from whatever they find growing within the school grounds. Kitchen Garden Ideas was designed by School Food Matters to celebrate the two life skills of growing your own food and cooking simple nutritious meals, and aims to inspire children and families to have a go at both.



Fifteen lucky students from Years 1 & 2 took part in the cooking session with Lucy and Head Chef at Petersham Nurseries, Cat Ashton, after a trip round the school garden to harvest some early summer produce all currently grown by the Gardening Club at Collis Primary.

"Lucy and Cat's visit was a wonderful learning opportunity for the gardening group and has given the children a chance to see 'home grown' school produce transformed into something delicious to eat.  It will reinforce their understanding of how things grow and change", said Poppy Saunders, Class Teacher and Gardening Club leader.

"The reason why this is so exciting is that kids love learning", said Lucy.  "In our family, everyone always helped pick the vegetables and herbs and got involved with the preparation of meals, which was always social and instructive. It was fun."


Lucy's Kitchen Garden Ideas recipe at Collis Primary School will be available for download from the School Food Matters website in July.  http://www.schoolfoodmatters.com/kitchen-garden-ideas.html

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