Celebrity chef Gary Rhodes opens new kitchens in Queenswood School, Brookmans Park (From Times Series)

Celebrity chef Gary Rhodes opens new kitchens in Queenswood School, Brookmans Park

8:10am Tuesday 16th March 2010 in

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A CELEBRITY chef helped children at a Potters Bar school get their recipes right on Saturday.

Gary Rhodes OBE officially opened new teaching kitchens at Queenswood School in Shepherd’s Way.

Cookery lessons have been missing from the school menu for several years because there was nowhere for the children to take them.

Now their new kitchens have overhead television monitors for demonstrations, known as a chef's theatre, movable work stations and professional Küppersbusch ovens.

A school-wide competition was held to name the new kitchens and the winner was Hannah Watters from Wheathampstead with ‘Haute Quisine’.

Opening the kitchens, Mr Rhodes said: “It is so inspiring to see so much enthusiasm from all involved, and to discover a kitchen so sensibly designed and beautifully crafted.

“It is a fantastic addition to an already wonderful school”.

He praised practical cookery teacher Jayne Lee for her “obsession” with the subject.

She said: “Food is a great area of interest at the school and the enthusiasm of the girls has been phenomenal.

“This occasion marks the start of many happy years cooking in HQ and we now have plans to grow our ingredients on the school’s allotments.”