School in Jamie Oliver world-record cookery class

Jenny Mullin
BBC News, Jersey
Dan Wareing
BBC News
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Beaulieu School's Sarah Friis says everyone in the class learned something new

Students at a school in Jersey have helped break the world record for the largest ever cookery class.

The group at Beaulieu School joined a live online session led by chef Jamie Oliver, as he taught 10,515 people from across the globe how to cook fresh pasta and tomato sauce.

The Guinness World Record attempt was confirmed last week to have beaten the previous record of 6,778 people, which was set in 2015.

Sarah Friis, Beaulieu School's head of food and nutrition, said the class on 1 July had been "a great opportunity" for the school's Year 8 and 10 students to continue building confidence.

"Jamie Oliver has done such great work for food teachers and for food as a subject so 100% we were in," Ms Friis told BBC Radio Jersey.

"It was really fun seeing everybody having ago. We all learned something new and had a great time."

A mid shot of Vene. She has long brown hair, is smiling and wearing a light pink top. She is standing over the kitchen worktop.
Vene says her cooking lessons at Beaulieu School have been a success

Vene, 13, said: "It's a little bit surprising. I've never done anything like this before, but it's truly an honour to be picked for this."

The event took place on Zoom, and participants were required to follow along with the tutorial.

It served as a natural follow-on from the student's recent lessons learning how to cook in the school kitchen.

"I didn't know how to cook and I was really insecure when I was in the kitchen," said Vene.

"But these lessons have really taught me how to cook and whenever I have to look after my sister now I can make her a full meal without having any problems."

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