Smoothie bike, vegetable cutting workshop or preparation of mayonnaise from legumes. This Wednesday afternoon, the children put on the apron, at the Gayeulles leisure center, in Rennes. It is in this place nestled in the park of the same name that the city has just set up its municipal cooking school.
A place of training and learning to make students aware of the theme of eating well. “We introduce them to seasonal vegetables and we teach them very simple little recipes that they can reproduce at home”, indicate David and Fabrice, two cooks from the city who have agreed to act as trainers.
A place of training for the chefs of the city
Open all year round, the municipal cooking school will welcome children from Rennes’ leisure centers and public schools behind its stoves. “We will teach them the path from seed to plate, but they will also get hands-on to familiarize themselves with basic culinary gestures,” emphasizes Ludovic Brossard, municipal councilor responsible for sustainable food.
The kitchen will also serve as a place of continuous training for the 90 collective catering cooks employed by the city. “They will be able to learn new techniques and recipes to vegetate the plates”, continues the chosen one. This project is part of the sustainable food plan, started in 2016 by the Breton capital to reduce waste in canteens and increase the share of organic and local products on the plates.