Students at Duke’s got the fantastic opportunity to take part in an initiative “Fish In Schools Hero programme”
PLATE EXPECTATIONS: A delicious salmon creation
CATCH OF THE DAY: Students at Duke’s Secondary participate in an educational first courtesy of the Fish In Schools Hero (FISH) programme
Students at Duke’s are the lucky recipients of Alaska salmon to upskill their fish cookery.
Run by the Food Teachers Centre, in partnership with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
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Hospitality and Catering students hooked on new educational fish promotion project
Students at Duke’s Secondary have been involved in a groundbreaking project as part of their Hospitality and Catering courses. In a national first, Duke’s were the recipients of a special delivery of wild Alaska pink salmon to use in their classrooms, in a bid to improve their fish cookery skills.
Fish in Schools Hero (FISH) programme devised by The Food Teachers Centre, in partnership with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. Together, they will deliver 20,000 fillets of wild Alaska salmon to schools for cookery students to prepare up and down the country.
The programme aims to ensure that every child gets a chance to prepare, cook and eat fish before they leave school. It teaches students about sustainability and nutrition as well as developing delicious dishes with the Alaska salmon in their practical classes.
Students watched teacher and online demonstrations attentively observing before tackling the complex dishes and flavours. Many of our students had not tasted or cooked salmon before so this was an amazing opportunity for them.
Jayne Fitzsimmons Hospitality and Catering teacher “We are thrilled that we have been selected to receive the wild salmon from Alaska. It means that our students can not only learn about wild fisheries and the different tastes, textures and usages, but also cook with the fish themselves.”
To support teachers, the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute and Food Teachers Centre have also developed sample lesson plans, a training workshop and video recipes by chef and former MasterChef winner Dhruv Baker.
Both teachers and students are completing the online Alaska seafood training course, which is a deep dive into the Alaskan fishing industry and the different species available from Alaska.
We have been working with the Fish In Schools Hero programme since the beginning of the year to get the Alaska salmon into students’ hands and we are pleased that students will finally get the opportunity to cook with it.
