Growing Gastronauts cook the school lunch in Kärdla.

At 6:45 the first cooking shift from class 5b arrives to the school kitchen. In the kitchen Elena Linkov, the chef of the Kärdla Gymnasium welcomes the young staff of Gastronauts. She provides children with special clothes, presents and divides tasks among the shift. The first group has plenty of work to do: to peel potatoes and carrots, to chop onions. It turns out that these tasks are not as easy as they seemed to be at the first glance. But Gastronauts are tough and cheerful.

Soon the first “customers” arrive to eat the morning porridge. Gastronauts’ task is to serve. After the day’s work is done, the first shift leaves to study in the classroom.

Second shift’s tasks are to chop tomatoes and to cut bread. As the first round of school lunch is about to start, the Gastronauts must deliver food to the tables. It’s time for them to eat as well. We wish everyone bon appetite, and inquire how the lunch tasted. They all say it was very good. Gastronauts empty their plates completely - they realize now it is not good to waste the food that they have cooked themselves.

Third shift lays the tables, cleans the dining hall and kitchen, and delivers food to the next lunching round. Also they help to prepare food for the next day's lunch – they cut the meat for the soup. There is a lot to learn from the school’s cook!

Suddenly the school day is over. Gastronauts learned that cooking is not an easy task, and therefore it is a pity when the work is not appreciated.