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Bristol students to take part in Apprentice-style food challenge
Three schools from across Bristol will come together for a one-off Apprentice-style event this week, all in the name of celebrating good, fresh local food.
Run by the Bristol Food Connections festival in partnership with Bristol Fruit Market, the ‘Fruit Machine’ challenge will see pupils from Cotham, Henbury and Bedminster Down schools competing against each other.
Teams from the schools will head to the market in St Philip’s on Wednesday morning with £150, spending an hour in teams hunting for a selection of fruit and vegetables, while haggling with stallholders for the best price.
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It will then be up to the schoolchildren to decide whether to resell the produce for a higher price or turn their wares into something extra tasty, before selling them at the Harbourside Market the next day.
Teams will be given £150 to complete the entire task – which will be judged Nick Matthews, regional director of Total Produce, and his team of judges, market regular Ali Biggs, food writer Genevieve Taylor, and Rich Gundry of Wonderland.
Matthews said: “I’m really excited for this event because not only does it highlight the important part that Bristol Fruit Market plays in feeding Bristol and the South West, but also because it gives the students involved in the challenge an ideal opportunity to showcase their ability to work as a team and to hone their entrepreneurial skills.”
Stuart Harris, a teacher at Bedminster Down School, added: “Bedminster Down School are delighted for our pupils to be invited to participate in this brilliant project. It’s a fantastic opportunity for the pupils to work with top business professionals to develop their enterprise and business skills.”
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