delicious UK – April 2018

OPPORTUNITY

OF A LIFETIME
Do you dream of a career in
cookery but don’t know how
to get started? Renowned
culinary school Le Cordon Bleu
is offering a place for an
aspiring chef on its prestigious
one-year Grand Diplôme in
London with the launch of
a new scholarship.
Designed to support someone looking for a career change, the Julia Child Scholarship
is inspired by the celebrated American cook, writer and Le Cordon Bleu alumnus, who went
to train as a chef in Paris after working as a copywriter. The prize includes an internship
at London restaurant Mere with chef Monica Galetti, plus mentorship from several Cordon
Bleu alumni. Student accommodation agency Londonist will also provide the winner with
a plush room in the capital for the duration of the course.
HURRY! Applications close midnight 18 April. The winner will be chosen in June to start the diploma
in September 2018. For more info and to enter, visit cordonbleu.edu/london/julia-child-scholarship

FREEZER INFORMATION: [email protected] AND GREG FUNNELL

How often

do you cook from the

FREEZER?

Brits are devoted to their freezers. Over

90% of us depend on its frozen assets to

whip up meals on a weekly basis. Here’s

how often you dip in there...

L Frozen vegetables (peas, sweetcorn) 76%

LFrozen chips 66%

LIce cream 58%

LChicken nuggets/fish fingers 56%

Turn to p82 for recipes from the freezer

AND HERE’S WHAT WE’RE MOST LIKELY TO

KEEP STASHED AWAY...

12%

EVERY 29%

OTHER

DAY 50 %

1%

OTHER

3%

FORTNIGHTLY

5%

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1789 A mutiny took

place on Royal Navy

ship Bounty when the

captain William Bligh

was set adrift in the

South Pacific on 28

April during a voyage

to collect breadfruit

trees from Tahiti.

WORTH

OVER

£45,000!

NEWS, NIBBLES OF KNOWLEDGE AND GOOD THINGS TO DO RIGHT NOW

FOR STA RT E R S

1564 William

Shakespeare was born

in Stratford-upon-

Avon on 26 April. The

playwright often referenced food

and drink, famously observing in

Romeo and Juliet: “’Tis an ill cook

that cannot lick his own fingers.”

IN THIS

MONTH...

1912 Oysters,

roast squab and

Waldorf pudding

were served in

first class at the

last dinner on the

Titanic before it hit

an iceberg at 11.40pm on 14 April

and sunk three hours later.

1944 Alice Waters

was born on 28 April

in New Jersey. In

1971 she started

organic Californian

restaurant Chez Panisse.

Now world-famous, it’s

been credited with founding

the farm-to-table movement.

ARE YOU

is m

DID YOU KNOW...?

Since being invented in the USA

in 1967, Pringles have been made in

more than 100 flavours. Although

XTRA Tangy Buffalo Wing and

Memphis BBQ went down a storm, it

wasn’t that way with Mayo Potato or

Blueberry & Hazelnut which, once

popped, could easily be stopped.