![Masterchefs: Boggabri Public School year 6 students Hamish Wood, Mesaydes Sullivan and Pedro McRae load up another hot potato at the Drovers' Campfire. Masterchefs: Boggabri Public School year 6 students Hamish Wood, Mesaydes Sullivan and Pedro McRae load up another hot potato at the Drovers' Campfire.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/GpjNA2Cmu22DVuiZGrfzMZ/99475c69-8842-486c-990b-ae86eefed698.JPG/r0_0_5184_3191_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The humble potato is helping put Boggabri students through school and has been for years.
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The canteen hosted by Boggabri Public School P&C has become a regular feature at Drovers’ Campfire.
Kate Bomford said the campfire is the P&C’s main fundraising event. Last year it raised nearly $3000 which helped finance new literacy programs and assisted costs associated with school camps and the student-run Smart Chef Program, which produces food to sell in the school tuckshop.
Driving demand at the campfire canteen is its famous hot potato which comes in three varieties – Hawaiian, savoury and Mexican – to quell ravenous appetites.
“They’re really popular,” Ms Bomford said.
But if the starch is too much, caesar salads and coffee are also offered.