Fun with food was experienced by Windermere Family Medical Centre last Friday when the group took part in a Cooking on all Burners culinary experience at The Arts & Cookery Bank.

Starting off the culinary experience when participants first arrived was a Secret Ingredient trivia question

• I’m soft and mild-tasting with a high fat content
• Traditionally I’m made from unskimmed milk enriched with additional cream
• I’m the main ingredient in crab Rangoon (deep-fried dumplings)
• I can sometimes be used in place of butter when making cakes, cookies and frosting, like buttercream

With the correct answer being cream cheese, everyone proceeded into the cookery to begin their second challenge. Split into groups, participants were given 15 minutes to prepare their own creative appetizer with a variety of ingredients, such as cucumbers, carrots, rice wraps, salsa and a variety of dips and spreads, like cream cheese.

 After the wraps where completed, guest Chefs Christie Massé and Will Gaynor, CRUST Catering & Bakery, sampled the different appetizers and selected Group #1 as the winners of the challenge.

Once participants has sampled their own creations, they watched and helped the guest chefs prepare their dinner: Bacon Braised Radicchio Panzanella with Homemade Minted Ricotta on Crust Bakery Olive Loaf, a Duo of Prosciutto Toscani Rotolo with Wild Rice, Artichoke & Fresh Tomato Sauce and Pear Pound Cake with Maple Mascarpone & Spiced Almonds to conclude the evening.