Howzat – Cucina and Leigh Academy students combine for cricket

Cucina’s school catering team completed a clockwork operation at the All-Stars charity cricket match at Bexley Cricket Club where 50 students from The Leigh Academy served a gourmet three course luncheon to more than 375 guests at the Lashings All-Stars v Leigh Academy celebrity cricket match hosted at Bexley Cricket Club on Friday 3 July, 2015.

Menu

The first innings from Cucina was a Duo of Smoked Fish or a Tomato and Mozzarella Tian with Provencale Vegetables followed by Poached Chicken Breast with Parmentier Potatoes or a Shallot and Goats Cheese Tarte Tatin. The mouthwatering trio of desserts featured Strawberry Panna Cotta, Chocolate Orange Ganache and Apple, Cinnamon & Custard Crumble served in separate shot glasses as well as Frosted Bourbon Salted Caramel Brownie, with Fairtrade tea and coffee.

An entertaining match followed with West Indians, Corey Colleymore,Tino Best, English Test stars Min Patel, Phil DeFreitas and John Emburey joining the legendary Jeff ‘Thommo’ Thomson and Marcus North, while students from Leigh Academy batted superbly in the second innings to win the match.

As the guests enjoyed a wonderful cricket match and a glorious summer afternoon, Cucina and the Leigh Academy students served a luxury afternoon tea of finger sandwiches and homemade cakes.

Fantastic food, brilliant students

Lashings All-Stars Event Manager, James Honey- Green says “Once again the food from Cucina was fantastic. The Year 10 students from Leigh Academy were brilliant at getting the food out to the guests. What an excellent initiative to get them involved. It would be great to see them at other events.”

Clockwork operation

Commenting on the success of the event, Cucina’s regional manager Tony Ridgewell added:

“We’re very proud of the way our chef team and student team worked together. It was a big operation and they made it go like clockwork. It goes to show what can be achieved when school caterers go beyond the kitchen and become part of the life of the school.”

Cucina MD Steve Quinn, who was also one of the guests at the event said:

“Catering for this event was a big operation and it was fantastic see how well the students worked with our Cucina team. Educational partnerships are at the heart of all we do at Cucina and this was very much in evidence today.”

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