By Helensburgh Guide Isla

During term two on Thursday nights in the guide hall, the Helensburgh Girl Guide unit participated in Masterchef, where we would team up to meet a set cooking challenge.

In attendance was Raven, Isla, Liana, Bella, Josie, Maya, Evelyn , Sadie and the judges, Tilly and Charlotte (past youth Girl guides).

How Masterchef worked was we cooked a particular recipe in teams and we were judged to see who had made the best. We had three competitions in total, making pizzas, cupcakes and scones. We also learnt how to make a campfire and cooked baked potatoes in it.

Firstly, we picked a partner to cook with. Next, Raven gave us a recipe to follow and we measured out our ingredients. Then my partner and I followed the recipe and cooked it. We got to choose the topping for our pizza and the decorations for our cupcakes.

After that Tilly and Charlotte walked around all the entries looking and tasted our food. The winner had the best appearance and taste. Finally, we had to clean up and we got to eat our own creations.

Something I found interesting was when we made to pizza dough. It was really easy.

It was really funny when someone dropped a bowl of icing and put many too many things on their cupcakes. My favourite part of the activity was making the icing and eating my cupcakes. They were yummy. Next time I would like to try different toppings on my pizza.