A cook book for a care home has been launched last week with the intention to give the homes residents a taste of a Michelin star cuisine.
The cookery book has been produced specially for Ashbrook care home where care home chef Debbie Hutchinson works, and is based on a collaboration with Michelin star chefs and catering experts, with ideas from the residents themselves and their families.
The aim of the book is to have 136 recipes to offer residents good quality food and make meals an enjoyable social experience.
The Edmonton local met the TV Chef Ainsley Hariott at the book launch on January 18, there he encouraged Ms Hutchinson to cook some of the recipes for him.
Debbie said: “What a fantastic day.
“I cooked new dishes with encouragement and advice from Ainsley – including some popular favourites and some exciting new world food ideas I’ve never attempted before.
“I am really excited to start offering these to my residents”.
Mr Hariott said: “I am very impressed with this new cookery book.
“Of course, health and nutrition are essential when it comes to menus offered in care homes and all the recipes in this excellent book have been developed with that in mind.
“But it’s also so important to offer varied and exciting food and to present it well – after all we ‘eat with our eyes’ too.
“It was great to see Debbie so committed to taking on the recipes and the guidance given in this new cookery book and I wish her great joy in cooking for her residents in the future.”
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