FOUR-ACRE KITCHEN

Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1929, Page 7

FOUR-ACRE KITCHEN

HOTEL SECRETS AT COOKS’ RODEO.

Olympia, Hammersmith, is probably [iitt to a greater variety of use than any other building. In its next character it will lie a four-acre kite nm mi the occasion of the Tliirt.v-'i:st Universal Cookery and Food Exji'hition —the largest ever organised—-to he held toward the need of November. The cooks, who will lie seen at w« rk nil the stands and in the demonstration theatres, will include famous chefs of all nationalities, housewives and domestic, cooks, nurses, soldiers and sailors as well as humble Hov Scout and Girl Guide, who has lately qualified for the cook’s badge. Exports from all the the culinary societies of Europe are coming to London specially to judge the competitions. There will lie over a 1(10 competitions in all. lew ones each day, and these are some of tho tasks set: — “Pot Luck,” or emergency meal for when the husband comes home with unexpected guests after the shops are shut.

Working man’s portable dinner. Classic ‘a la carte” dish specified ,\t the last moment hv the judges. A day’s meal in the nursery for three children, aged two, six, and eight. Bread made with English wheat flour (for a prize given given by the Empire Marketing Board.) Teams of six hospital nurses will compete for a challenge shield For invalid cookery. This was won last year by tho London Hospital, with Guy’s as runners-up. Patrols of Boy Scouts will compete in .camp cookery. Tho finals of tho army cooking competitions will 'be bold, and squads of army halters will make bread “by numbers” to the whistled commands of a sergeant. Ladies will compete at tea table laying and all-comers can try their hand at high-speed potato peeling. International rivalry is expected to reach fever beat in the “collective exhibits,” culinary societies of different countries each showing a complete luncheon and dinner table consisting of six dishes for six covers. Lafct jcar Franco boat Italy by a very small mar gin, Switzerland . being third. This year England is to take part. The leading London and Continental chefs who Imvc won the highest awards in' the past—? “Laureates” of previous exhibitions in London and on the Continent—will not compete at Olympia, but will show their work on a “table of honour” which will form a centre cross in the hall. Here will be seen dishes such as gourmets dream of—the very latest- creations of the culinary artists.

Canada is to participate, for the first time in the Empire Marketing Boards display of foodstuffs, and this will be her first important exhibit in London since the recent decision to exhibit regularly. Great Britain will show the new grading of apples and pears; Australia is making a feature of sultanas for Christmas cooking New Zealand of butter, cheese, and honey. South Africa is going to demonstrate bow to prepare crayfish for the table, and the British West Indies will show different ways of cooking arrowroot. Other countries in tho section will he Northern Ireland and. Irish Free State, whose graded eggs, will be a feature India, British Guiana, Cyprus, and the Eastern African Dependencies. In addition to the butchers and bakers, fishmongers and fruiterers, biscuit and patent food manufacturers, the exhibition will include for the first time the manufacturers of hotel, restaurant, and club equipment, so that the public will have its first glimpse behind the scenes of the groat restaurants. TTow cream is made from butter in the big hotels, and how 5000 glasses can he washed, dried, and polished in an hour are merely two of the secrets which will he revealed. There will lie prizes for clever labour-saving appliances or novelties. The opening ceremony will be one of the first public appearances of Sir Kynaston and Lady Strnld as Lord Mayor an Lady Mayoress of London. They "'ill have a picturesque guard of honour consisting of the l uniformed competitors in all classes.