The Healthy Gourmet Café
November 2007
Lambeth College Principal Richard Chambers was the guest of honour at the grand opening of the ‘Healthy Gourmet Café’ at our Adare Centre in Streatham in November. The opening attracted many people wanting a taste of the fabulous food and drink lovingly prepared by students of a new social enterprise course. The course aims to build work skills while providing on-the-job training in a real working environment.
In his address Richard Chambers paid tribute to the fantastic work done by the group and their tutor Frank Innes in planning the business. This included the naming and design of a company brand and logo, the types of food they would serve, pricing and the day-to-day running of a busy eating establishment. He said: ‘This is a great opportunity for our students to show the whole College community what they can do.’
Frank and the students invited guests from Turney School, Lambeth Council, People First and students from other Lambeth College courses to the event. The students got the chance to talk to the guests and serve them with food which included canapés of asparagus and stilton cream bruschetta, feta and cherry tomato bruschetta, prawn and filo rolls, spring rolls, samosas and a tropical fruit platter.
Student Amanda Dreyfuss designed the company logo. It now appears on menus and other publicity materials for the Café.
Tutor Frank Innes said: ‘I’m very proud of the students. A lot of hard work goes into running a business and this group are up to the challenges ahead. They are talented, enthusiastic, charming and capable of making the Café a real success.’
