Kids Kitchen brings a Festive end to 2025
It was another great night at The Alex Café Bar & Brasserie on 1 December with the culmination of Kids Kitchen 2025.
After a 4-week course giving 8 students from Felixstowe High School experience of working in a professional kitchen, they prepared and served an excellent meal for their parents, guardians and friends, along with VIP guests and Rotarians. Thanks to all who attended making it the great event that it was.
Kids Kitchen is part of the Rotary Club’s Youth Development programme headed by Andrew Rowdon who initiated this flagship project and has done the hard work needed to sustain it. Unfortunately, Andrew couldn’t attend as he had a scheduled operation on the Friday before. But thanks to his excellent organisation and networking the evening was all set up and ready to go. Best wishes to Andrew for a speedy recovery.
This year the students were learning how to prepare a Christmas menu under the watchful eye of Chef Preston and Chef Mathew. In week-1 it was Chocolate & Pecan Torte. Week-2, Yorkshire puddings, cranberry sauce, swede & carrot mash and freshly made stuffing. And Week-3, spinach and mushroom wellington, sprouts with chestnuts and bacon, and sticky red cabbage. Ready for main event in week-4, when they put it all together to produce and serve an excellent two course meal.
All the students received a trophy recognising their hard work. And the Top Chef 2025 award went to Lucy Fenn for her skills in the kitchen and commitment to the course. Thanks to the Mayor of Felixstowe, Counsellor Corrine Franklin, and our Club President, Rotarian Nick Barber, for making the presentations.
Youth development is a key mission for the Rotary Club of Felixstowe. And like the other events in our programme, Kids Kitchen is all about giving young people opportunities to experience new environments, face challenges, and develop confidence.
Thanks to all who have made this event possible. Particularly the Yeo Group, chefs Preston and Mathew, and all the staff at the Alex. But also, to Felixstowe High School for their part in the organisation, and to Zoe Gibbs Photography for capturing images of the evening.
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