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By Jon Gardner
Published on 17th November, 2009
 
Children from Grindleford Primary School will descend on Peak District hotel and restaurant, The Maynard, on Wednesday 18 November. The children are eagerly awaiting the chance to create their own Christmas puddings, following a new recipe specially created for this year, by The Maynard’s award-winning head chef, Ben Hickinson.

Media call:
Date: Wednesday 18 November

Time: 10.00am and/or 1.00pm
Location: The Maynard, Grindleford, tel 01433 630321

Subject: LOCAL SCHOOLCHILDREN TAKE THE TASTE TEST AT MAYNARD
(See press release below)  

LOCAL SCHOOLCHILDREN TAKE THE TASTE TEST AT MAYNARD
                           

Children from Grindleford Primary School will descend on Peak District hotel and restaurant, The Maynard, on Wednesday 18 November. The children are eagerly awaiting the chance to create their own Christmas puddings, following a new recipe specially created for this year, by The Maynard’s award-winning head chef, Ben Hickinson. The Maynard is hosting the event and providing all the Christmas pudding ingredients free of charge, serving the children an award-winning lunch in the hotel’s ballroom. The Christmas puddings made with the children’s own fair hands will go on sale in the local community to raise much-needed funds for the school.

As a further special treat this year, Ben Hickinson will set the children a challenge. They will be asked to identify ingredients by taste, smell, colour and texture, teaching them in the process where the ingredients come from and why the best, freshest ingredients are needed to make the perfect Christmas pud.  

Ben said: “We’re all guilty of not knowing enough about where our food comes from, so we’re trying to educate the children about the food chain and how to make fantastic food – by letting them get their hands dirty and learn by real life experience. Far too much of our food nowadays is processed and we advocate only the highest quality, freshest possible ingredients at The Maynard. We source locally wherever possible and we think it’s important that the children know that all food is not the same. 

In the morning, around 30 junior pupils will arrive at The Maynard to prepare their Christmas puddings under the watchful eye of The Maynard’s team of chefs. At lunch time, the children will be joined by around 20 infants, aged up to 6 years old, who will then have their chance to make Christmas puddings in the afternoon.

For further information on The Maynard, telephone 01433 630321 or e-mail restaurant@themaynard.co.uk

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