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How Gordonstoun is serving up breakfast fit for a king

Foraged herbs and apples, locally caught fish and international dishes are on the menu at the £15,000-per-term school, all prepared by a Masterchef finalist

Gordonstoun pupils learn from the catering team — led by a Masterchef finalist. International dishes are firmly on the menu to cater for a diverse range of nationalities
Gordonstoun pupils learn from the catering team — led by a Masterchef finalist. International dishes are firmly on the menu to cater for a diverse range of nationalities
MICHAEL TRAILL
The Times

Brown lumpy slop, questionable meats and cold, limp vegetables: the memory of school dinners is enough to churn the stomach. But wincing your way through mass-produced vats of gloop, cardboard pizza and lumpy custard is now a thing of the past — at least for some Scottish pupils.

With award-winning chefs and dishes made from foraged herbs and locally caught fish, fee-paying schoolchildren are being treated to sophisticated menus.

At Gordonstoun, the independent boarding school in Moray that counts the King and the late Prince Philip among its alumni, a Masterchef finalist is serving pupils Chinese broths and shakshuka.

Chinese broths have been added to the morning menu and have proved a hit with pupils
Chinese broths have been added to the morning menu and have proved a hit with pupils
MICHAEL TRAILL

In the 1960s, Prince Charles may very well have started his day with a bowl of porridge and a side of bacon and eggs. He could