Café Masterclass is a Year 10 elective. It is designed for students who are keen to learn the art of coffee and preparing hot beverages. It extends to most café drinks, including bubble tea, smoothies, and even making their own sticky chai latte tea leaves for brewing. It is ideal for those students who would like to gain part-time employment in the hospitality industry. 

Our students run the Spire Café for a series of practicals. This café is run during recess and serves paying customers such as senior school students and staff. During these sessions, they can choose the best fit for their skills, including making the café food out of the back, serving customers paying with cash or card, extracting coffee, steaming milk, or making the specialty drinks. 

Café Masterclass also extends to learning how to make café food, including Parmas, Chicken Bau Buns, Katsu toasties, cinnamon scrolls, etc. The program is tweaked to suit the needs and interests of the cohort of each class. The students also work in a brigade making bulk cooking items such as sausage rolls and quiches for school events. They also study café culture around Melbourne. 

It’s very popular, highly practical, and this course prepares our students well for Year 11 VET Cookery. 

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