World renowned chef Peter Gordon visited his former high school to talk to hospitality students about his career yesterday.
Gordon told the students that he attended Whanganui High School during the late '70s and completed 7th form in 1980.
"I remember that the first thing I made in cooking class here was an open sandwich which I thought was fantastic and by the end of the year I was making soups and stews and all kinds of things," he said.
Gordon referred briefly to the kitchen accident that happened at his Castlecliff home when he was 7.
Being badly burned by hot fat left him scarred and a target for bullies, but it did not deter him from becoming a chef.