The folks at the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden were so impressed with Bialik’s Kitchen Garden program that Stephanie herself decided to visit the College. The purpose of the visit was to film a series of instructional videos for her website, with the help of our students.

Stephanie spent the day cooking with groups of students from the ELC, Year 4 and 9. She showed the students how to create delicious dishes, including some healthy pizzas made in our very own outdoor wood-fired pizza oven. “It was really enjoyable as I learnt how to cook zucchini cannelloni, which I had never cooked or eaten before. Getting special tips from Stephanie Alexander was also fun,” said one Bialik student.

This was an incredible opportunity for our students to learn from one of Australia’s most renowned chefs, restaurateurs and authors. It was also the first time many of the students worked with a film crew, which was exciting in itself. One of our students commented, “I never knew filming was such a long process and requires so many different types of equipment such as lights, reflective disks and lots of different microphones.”

The day was a memorable one for Bialik students, as stated here by a student, “I enjoyed eating and chatting with new people and Stephanie Alexandrea was really nice.”

Zucchini cannoli made by the Year 4 students

“I never knew filming was such a long process and requires so many different types of equipment such as lights, reflective disks and lots of different microphones.”

“It was really enjoyable as I learnt how to cook zucchini cannelloni, which I had never cooked or eaten before. Getting special tips from Stephanie Alexander was also fun.”

Stephanie made rice paper rolls with the students from the ELC