Christchurch Food Festival events for young chefs

Young chefs eager

to try their hand at cooking will get a chance during the first weekend of

Christchurch Food & Wine Festival on Saturday 7 May and Sunday 8 May 2011.

Christchurch

Food Festival Education Trust will be mounting the popular Kids Kitchen on both

days, sponsored by Frettens Solicitors and Waitrose, at The Priory School in Wick Lane.

Children aged

11 to 14 years can join Liz Farrow, a renowned chef/lecturer from Bournemouth

and Poole College, to learn how to make their own pasta. Sessions will take

place at 10.30am, 12.30pm, and 3.30pm on each day and will last for

approximately 1 ½ hours.

All food and equipment will be provided; children just have to bring their own apron.

Places are limited to ten per session and must be booked in advance.

Younger

children, aged from 7 to 10 years, can also have fun cooking and tasting their

own healthy delicious food by joining Ester Davies, a local food nutritionist, for

'hands on' cooking sessions and food tastings as “Ester’s Little Chefs”. Dishes

to be cooked include Thai chicken skewers and strawberry delight.

Ester’s sessions

will take place at 10am, 12.30pm, and 3.30pm and will last for approximately 1

hour. Again, all food and equipment will be provided. Just bring an apron. Places

are limited to 12 per session and must be booked in advance.

Tickets for

both Liz’s Pasta Workshop and Ester’s Little Chefs cost just £5 per child, to

include a goodie bag, and are available from Christchurch Information Centre in

the High Street or by calling the Information Centre on 01202 471780.