Lunches

Staff and pupils are looking forward to ‘Francophone Week’ at Hampton Court House, celebrating the language and culture of the world’s many French-speaking countries.
Each classroom will have the flag of a country where French is (one of the) official languages, plus some economic and cultural... information of that country. There will be special lunchtime assemblies, workshops, French films and talks to encourage students to discover the Francophone culture beyond France.

Year 6 had the unique opportunity to become ‘Pizzaiolos’ for the day at a Pizza Express School Experience. They made their own pizzas from scratch, learning how to knead and toss the dough before adding their own toppings. They also spent some time learning about the importance of fresh ingredients,... how food is prepared and where our food comes from.

We were working on microbes when Raul (our science teacher) had the brilliant idea to make bread using yeast. We learnt so much like yeast eats the sugar and creates carbon dioxide and that’s what makes the dough grow we also found that the yeast multiplies at 38°C (close to the body temperature.... Year six did this in two groups, one made the dough and the other formed the dough into bread shapes. We did this in the kitchen with help from Junior (the school’s chef). We made the bread using a simple recipe with flour, water, sugar, salt, yeast (fungi) and olive oil. We achieved something we would never imagined.

On the ITV News today, Boris Johnson commented on the quality of the food cooked by Hampton Court House’s Head Chef, Junior Lopes, at Reach Academy in Feltham.


The Mayor said:

“School dinners were never like this at Eton”
and: “This is the best school dinner I’ve ever had.”

We’re extremely... proud of all our kitchen staff at HCH. The quality of the food they freshly prepare and cook everyday is unparalleled. News just in that Tuna Mayor sandwiches will be served at tonight’s Parents’ evening…