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TODAY was a lovely day, a new calf was born in the field behind the Cookery School in full view of the cookery students, most of whom had never imagined they would witness such a miracle of nature.

A beautiful black Aberdeen Angus heifer calf, the cow gently licked it all over and within minutes it tottered to its feet. We called her Easter.

While all this excitement was going on in the field, other students were doing their cooking exam in the kitchen, proving to me that they could cook at least one delicious meal after spending 12 weeks absorbing an avalanche of information on food and wine.