Eve cooks up a storm as her menu tantalises the tastebuds

●●Eve Kershaw from St Peters Catholic Primary in Hazel Grove pictured with her winning certificate, mum Emma and Matthew Bailey A SCHOOLGIRL enjoyed a taste of success when her efforts to design a healthy lunch-time menu wowed the judges.

Eve Kershaw, seven, from St Peters RC Primary School in Hazel Grove was one of more than 100 primary school children from across Stockport to take part in the contest run by Solutions SK and Stockport County Community Foundation.

Eve’s Menu included baked chicken with mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables and gluten-free gravy, tomato and vegetable pasta served with a wholemeal bread roll and a salad buffet.

For desert she offered home-made tropical fruit salad, fruity flapjacks and low-fat yoghurts.

Children were asked why their menu should win, and Eve told the judges: “My menu contains carbohydrates, protein, vegetables and fruit, all of which give you energy and include all of your recommended five a day.

“None of my menu has been fried and it is all homemade. I should win because this is a very healthy menu that my friends and I would love and enjoy during school dinner.”

A school spokesman said “We are absolutely delighted that one of our children has won the school menu competition.

“This was a fantastic initiative to engage our children and encourage them think about healthy eating and exercise.

“The children really enjoyed taking part in such a creative competition and were so excited to find out that we had won.”

Winners of the contest were to receive lunch with members of the Stockport County team and their menu being cooked fro the whole school

Matthew Bailey, Assistant Community Foundation Manager at Stockport County Community Foundation, said: “The team at Stockport County Community Foundation were blown away by the high standard of entries the children sent in.

“The children had really taken the time to think about healthy eating and the food they need to eat to achieve this.

“We’re so excited to now work with the winners and their families to arrange their prizes and hope they, and the runner ups, are very proud of their achievement.”

Councillor Dean Fitzpatrick, Stockport Council’s Executive Member for Education, added: “Many congratulations to all the schools and children which signed up for this competition, which provided them with the opportunity to learn more about healthy eating and putting it into practice they should all be really proud of their efforts as the menus looked great.”