Under the Voyagers programme, secondary year three students are tasked with designing a contemporary street food concept, recognising the popularity of this dining style and the diversity of cuisines and formats it incorporates.
As well as creating the product, taking into consideration factors including consumer appeal, ingredients cost, pricing, presentation and packaging, participants are required to develop marketing collateral to maximise its appeal.
They then exhibit their concepts and explain their decision making to their peers and a team of ESS senior managers and culinary leads for judging. The programme is now in its second year, with winners so far including the ‘Bite and Beyond’ wrap and ‘Poke and Roll’ sushi concepts.
The recent winning group, Scarlett, Amy, Matt and Jacob, who created ‘Bite and Beyond’, commented: “It was amazing to be given the opportunity to work collaboratively and have all our hard work recognised by ESS.
“We learned how important it is to plan thoroughly and listen to each other’s ideas. We chose our idea after doing a lot of research and realising that one meal wouldn’t suit everyone, so having a customisable menu with different options gave people the freedom to choose what they wanted. Being chosen as a winning group felt really rewarding and made our efforts feel worthwhile.”