CELEBRATION CAKE MARKS SCHOOL’S 250TH ANNIVERSARY

15 Apr 2014

The catering team at Bedford Modern School unveiled a huge celebration cake on Wednesday 26 March marking the School’s 250th anniversary.

Measuring 2.16 metres long and 1.12 metres wide, it took 27 hours to make, contained 36kg each of flour, sugar and margarine, 576 eggs along with 30kg of jam and 88kg of icing and took six men to carry it as it weighed a total of 259kg!

Jacqui Henry, Catering Manager said: “A request for the celebration cake was made by the deputy head and was a challenge set by our headmaster.  We like a challenge and so we rose to the occasion!”

As part of the celebrations a number of events are planned including the production of With Wings as Eagles, a specially commissioned play detailing the history and events that have shaped BMS across the last two and a half centuries.

 

Photo: Stuart Wallace, Chef Manager, Michael Hall, Bedford Modern School Headmaster and Jacqueline Henry, General Catering and Hospitality Manager; (2) the celebration cake marked the School’s 250th anniversary