The Garrison Field Kitchen

The Garrison not only needs the Field Kitchen to feed the group that can be over 40 people at some events, it does it as an important part of the groups displays. It has always been important but over the last few years the group has now got a full time catering team who have made the kitchen an indispensable part of any Garrison display. They are now building links with the regular army catering units to help lift the standard of the cooking as well as carrying out more research on making it a really authentic Field Kitchen display.

Keith, showing the French how to make a pancake The catering team under Nigel, cooking up a storm Nigel just checking the stew
The Photos above (Click to enlarge) were taken from the Field Kitchen display in Normandy France 2004. It was up to that point our biggest Field Kitchen display
Three shots of the 29 Fd Kitchen Group who joined the Garrison all the way from Newcastle for the Living Museum in St James's Park London. This was for the National VE-VJ day celebrations in 2005
     
John Bell also from the Newcastle Group joined us again for the Fort Nelson event in 2006 and again lifted the display with the use of reproduction Labels on bottles and tins. Fred Butcher while he admits he is not the best cook in the world, he is an indispensable part of the team and does make the best cup of tea in the group
The team preparing lunch There are some things that never change Edd "Spud Bashing" Tracey now part of the Catering Team in her ATS Cooks Uniform
The first time out for the new Catering Team at Rufford Abby 2008 with Phil Rowe, Tracey Brigstock, Edd Seymour lead by the old hand of  Nigel Lane
The boys cleaning the decks for action. Just a few tips on the soup from Maj Harry Lomas Maj Lomas with the team
The 2009 Training weekend was a little special as we decided to do some training for the Field Kitchen as well as the guns. We invited Maj Lomas from the TV series combat chefs to come a long and give us some need tips which seemed to pay off. He stayed the whole day with his WO1 Andy Andrews and the catering team had a fun a productive day.
Tracey just adding that vital ingredients Cathy ready to dish up Cathy having a good stir
The Army impressed with our training so far invited us to be apart of the Catering in the Park for Armed Forces day in London June 2009