October 21st, 2008

Children cook up Christmas scenes for festive menu

School children from St Luke’s primary school in Formby got a chance to wear their ‘art’ on a sleeve of a different kind at The Gallery Bar and Grill.

The Gallery’s manager, Steve Rice, approached the school to see if its children would come up with a design for the front cover of the restaurant’s Christmas menu.

Steve said: “We were inundated with some really great pictures that sum up this really wonderful time of the year. It was a really hard choice and in the end we decided to go for three winners.”

Emma Walsh, 9, Fraser Goodwin, 10, and Lily Horricks, 8, all from Formby will be the lucky recipients of Toys R Us vouchers, and their respective families will also be treated to a meal at the restaurant too.

Emma created a selection of Christmas images, Fraser produced a picture of Santa going head first down a chimney, while Lilly drew a Christmas tree in a festive picture frame.

For Emma it was an extra special treat as her piece of artwork will be the one that sits in pride of place on the menu at The Gallery’s restaurants in Halsall Lane, Formby, and Allerton Road, Liverpool.

Steve concluded: “We’ll be displaying each of the children’s work of art in the restaurant because it will be great for our customers to see how much hard work they put into coming up with these fantastic pictures.”