The Petits Chefs are back! Actually this term we are focussing on baking again as the space we used to use from 2010 – 2020 has been converted to a proper classroom (from a science lab) and I don’t have nearly as much equipment/ storage as I used to. So we’re making the best of … Read more
This week was the final Les Petits Chefs baking club for the school year and we went all out and made CHOUX PASTRY! Despite what many people think. choux pastry is one of the easiest pastries and it has a VERY good ROI – as in, low fuss, forgiving recipe with super impressive results! It’s … Read more
This week in Les Petits Chefs baking club, we made muffins! Primarily because last weekend I had excess blueberries and bananas at my house and wanted to use them up so some food-waste avoidance became recipe testing for this session with the students! I riffed on my easy banana chocolate chip muffin recipe and subbed … Read more
This week for Les Petits Chefs baking club, I had planned to teach them how to make ANZAC Biscuit Squares – an easy recipe that is basically one bowl and doesn’t take long to bake. But when I was making a list of ingredients to shop for I realised that coconut is rarely sold without … Read more
The Petits Chefs are back this week with one of my favourite recipes from In the French kitchen with kids! When I was developing the recipes for the book, I was fortunate enough to be hosting in-person cooking club in a perfect space for it and the kids spent a term testing recipes for the … Read more
Oh my, it’s been a long time since a Petits Chefs post, hasn’t it? In-person cooking club came to a halt in March 2020. We had online cooking club right up until March 2024 at my school with a brief interlude into a baking club in Term 2 last year. I didn’t manage to write … Read more