SIRLOIN steak with a Swiss brown sauce and a chocolate cake to die for are on the menu.
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The black-clothed tables are set for three courses at Wodonga fine-dining restaurant Miss Amelie.
The only point of difference tonight is that 15-year-olds have designed the menu, prepped this meal and will wait the tables.
Year 9 students from Wodonga Middle Years College, Albury High School and James Fallon High School took over the kitchen at Miss Amelie for three consecutive Mondays this month.
It was the culmination of Carevan’s Kids Cooking and Caring Program.
Carevan chief executive Stacey Franklin says the students have been mentored by Miss Amelie owner David Kapay at their schools on 40 visits during Term 3.
She says Kapay is the perfect fit to inspire teenagers in the program.
“He stepped out of his comfort zone when he headed overseas and ended up working for Jamie Oliver,” she says.
“It fits really nicely with the program.”
Kapay says kids can learn a lot about life and working together as a team in a kitchen.
“They’re learning how to cut onions properly, making sure things are going into hot pans and prepping veg properly; we need to make sure we’re putting some time into the kids.”
Wodonga Middle Years student Tahlia Bartlett made the cakes for the three events.