Pupils prepare award-winning burgers

Meat may be off the menu in Edinburgh schools, but in Perthshire a primary class has helped a local butcher scoop a gold award for its Scotch lamb and mint burgers.

Taking inspiration from Alexander Mccall Smith’s novel The Perfect Hamburger, the Primary 4 children at Morrison’s Academy in Crieff developed their recipe then created promotional packaging, a poster and a short promotional video to enter the competition run by the Scottish Craft Butchers.

The burger was produced by Murray Lauchlan, a seventh-generation butcher at David Comrie and Son.

Morrison’s Academy head of primary, Morven Bulloch, said: “The pupils have developed their teamwork and leadership, listening and presenting, problem solving and creativity skills and really brought the project to life by working in partnership with a local family butcher.

“Mr Lauchlan guided and assisted the pupils in running their own business and making their own burgers and to win gold is an amazing achievement.

“We are looking forward to celebrating this success by holding our own barbecue, to allow the school community to sample the delights of Primary 4’s hard work.”

Class teacher Gillian Lauchlan said the children had explored what it means to be enterprising.

She added: “Making our own burger recipes and cooking them brought the project to life and knowing the burgers are now being made commercially is so exciting.”

Picture: Phil Hannah. Murray Lauchlan of David Comrie and Son and Bruce Mccall of Scottish Craft Butchers with Morrison’s Academy’s winning burger team.