Students Learn to Fillet Fish

Posted at 10:34 am on 20th March, 2019

Students Learn to Fillet Fish

Year 10 GCSE Food and Preparation students learnt from an expert in the fishmonger industry on Monday 4th March.

Hayley from What’s the Catch Fishmongers in Urmston, visited the Year 10 lesson to teach students key fish filleting skills.

To kick-off a series of lessons related to fish, professional fishmonger Hayley showed the students the ropes including knife skills, filleting, skinning and boning mackerel.

Year 10 Dylan said:

“It was great to learn a new skill and to have the opportunity to fillet a fish.  From Hayley we learnt some really good tips, for example, the best angle for removing the fish head and the best technique for maintaining the fillets.”  

All students took part in a filleting lesson the next day, before pan frying their fillets for use in a mackerel pate recipe in preparation for a ‘Masterchef' style plating lesson.

Dylan added:

“It was a good experience for my GCSE and I think I could now fillet a fresh fish at home because I did a good job in the lesson.”

Mrs Jones, Teacher of Food and Nutrition, said:

“Hayley demonstrated how to fillet a fresh mackerel with flair, allowing the students to learn the techniques needed for their GCSE.  

“It was a fantastic lesson and the boys really enjoyed learning from Hayley before having the opportunity to fillet a mackerel themselves and show off all they had learnt.”