City of Glasgow College’s tasty tribute to shipbuilding

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7^th December 2012

City of Glasgow College’s tasty tribute to shipbuilding

Students at City of Glasgow College have created a tribute to the River Clyde’s shipbuilding heritage that’s almost too good to eat!

A team of trainee cooks from the college designed and ‘built’ 15 replica Type 45 destroyers in homage to the ships that were produced by BAE Systems at their Govan and Scotstoun yards. The students were invited by BAE to produce the chocolate replicas as a centrepiece of the Master of Trafalgar dinner, which took place in Glasgow’s Thistle Hotel.  Using hand-carved moulds created by sculptor Robert Pollock, the project took 20 hours and more than 100 bars of chocolate to complete.

Food Studies Lecturer at City of Glasgow College, Kenny Hett, commented: “This was something a bit different and unusual. Those who took part were mainly students studying for their HND Professional Cookery and HNC Professional Patisserie. We also had students on other courses who volunteered. Everyone involved rose to the challenge and I’m delighted with their efforts.”

The Type 45 destroyers are the most advanced warships ever built and so far six – Daring, Dauntless, Diamond, Dragon Defender and Duncan – have been built in Glasgow. The last vessel, HMS Duncan, sailed from the Scotstoun yard on August 31^st to begin sea trials.

Willie McCurroch, Head of Food, Hospitality and Tourism, said: “This is something new and challenging for the students and they put a lot of hard work into creating the ships. Each ship weighs over a kilo and took about an hour to make. But the students got a lot out of the project and really enjoyed themselves.”

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Image 1: Food Studies Lecturer Kenny Hett (centre) with (L-R) students Sean Caryle, Jennifer Hinnes, Christine Walker, Mikaela Wright and Jordan Payne.

Image 2: Chocolate replicas of HMS Duncan - the last Type 45 to be built in Glasgow.

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