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Bakery Transition Year Skills Challenge 2022 - School of Culinary Arts and Food Technology, TU Dublin
After a two-year break, The School Culinary Arts and Food Technology in conjunction with the TU Dublin Access and Civic Engagement Office hosted a bakery workshop and skills challenge for TY students at our new city campus, in the Central Quad, Grangegorman on 15th March.
This annual fun challenge began in 2015. The aim of the bakery challenge is to give local TY students from the North Inner-City the opportunity to experience what it’s like being a student in a third level educational setting while engaging with bakery lecturers in a creative and fun environment. The lecturers hold a practical baking and pastry masterclass, which sets a challenge for and is mindful of the secondary students baking abilities.
This year we welcomed 14 TY students from different secondary schools in the area such as St Paul’s CBS Secondary School, Stanhope Secondary School, Cabra Community College, and Mount Carmel.
Bakery lecturers Shannon Dickson and Mary Jensen facilitated the workshop and gave detailed demonstrations on how to make and decorate Easter themed cupcakes and Focaccia. The workshop allowed the lecturers to showcase the skills and knowledge required by TU Dublin bakery students and allowed the participants to be creative and innovative with their own baked products.
The workshop was a great success and the top students on the day will be recognized at an awards ceremony held on the 16th of May 2022 at St. Laurence’s Church, Grangegorman.
Photo taken after the event - all Health & Safety regulations were followed during the Bakery Challenge