The Queen's New Chef

The Queen’s New C hef

Written by Hannah Reed Illustrated by Naomi Lewis

The Queen’s New Chef Text type: Narrative Level: J (18) Word count: 513 Content vocabulary beans cake caramel carrots celery chef cherries chocolate cook delicious healthy ice cream nuts pancakes peas put sauce scrumptious stew tasty vegetables yummy

The Queen’s New Chef

Curriculum link • Health: Staying well, nutrition Key concepts • Some foods help to keep you active and healthy.

• Ingredients can be combined in particular ways to make tasty, interesting food.

Reading strategy • Making predictions Paired book Fun Food to Make and Eat

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Contents Chapter 1: The queen’s contest

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Chapter 2: A healthy idea

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Chapter 3: Too much!

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Chapter 4: A stew fit for a queen

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Chapter 5: Bree, the chef

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A note from the author

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Chapter 1: The queen’s contest Queen Caroline was holding a contest to find the best chef in the land.

The winner would become the queen’s new chef.

Lots of chefs wanted to win the contest. They were all sure that their cooking was the best.

There was excitement in kitchens all over the kingdom.

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“I will make a huge stack of pancakes with ice cream and chocolate sauce for the contest,” said Chef Dominic.

“The queen will love my pancakes.”

“I will make a magnificent mountain of ice cream with chocolate, nuts, and cherries for the queen,” said Chef Charlotte.

“I will make the biggest, stickiest toffee cake anyone has ever eaten,” said Chef Henri.

“I am the best and I will be the queen’s new chef,” they all said.

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Chapter 2: A healthy idea Meanwhile, in the smallest kitchen in the land, a girl named Bree was thinking about entering the contest.

“Hmm!” she said. “If I win the contest and become the queen’s new chef, I will make the queen’s breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I will make tasty, healthy food for her every day.”

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“Vegetables taste good,” said Bree.

“They are very healthy, too. I will

“Into the pot you go,” she said as she made the tasty vegetable stew.

make my tasty vegetable stew and my yummy carrot cake for the contest.”

Bree chopped carrots and celery, beans and peas, tomatoes and cauliflower, and even some broccoli.

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Chapter 3: Too much!

The next day, all the chefs gathered in the queen’s palace to show their food.

Chef Dominic carefully lifted the cloth that was over the tallest stack of pancakes anyone had ever seen. It was covered with chocolate sauce and ice cream.

“Ooh!” exclaimed all the people.

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Chef Charlotte made a magnificent mountain of ice cream with nuts, chocolate, and cherries all over it.

The ice cream filled a huge bowl that was as wide as the table. It was piled so high that Chef Charlotte had to stand on tiptoes to put the last cherry on the top.

“Aah!” sighed all the people.

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Chef Henri carefully lifted the lid off

It was covered with icing, caramel,

the biggest box anyone had ever seen.

and cream, and filled with the

Inside was the biggest, stickiest toffee

chewiest toffee.

cake that had ever been made.

“Oh, my!” said all the people, licking their lips.

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Then Queen Caroline arrived for

She tried the toffee cake.

the contest.

“Yummy!” she said.

She tasted the pancakes with

Then the queen sat down.

chocolate sauce.

“Oh, dear,” said Queen Caroline.

“Scrumptious,” she said.

“I am not feeling very well.”

She tried the ice cream.

“Delicious,” she said.

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Chapter 4: A stew fit for a queen “Try some of my nice vegetable stew,” said Bree. “It will make you feel better.”

Queen Caroline had a small spoonful of the stew. Then she had another spoonful.

“Ooh,” sighed the queen.

“Aah,” she said as she had some more.

“Oh, my! This is the best stew I have ever eaten. I am feeling so much better now.”

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Chapter 5: Bree, the chef “Would you like to be my new chef?”

“I’d love to be your chef,” said Bree.

“We could celebrate with some of my carrot cake.”

asked Queen Caroline.

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A note from the author I love to cook big gooey cakes, melting chocolate puddings, and meringues covered with cream. So when I was thinking about ideas for a story about food, these delicious desserts came to

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