Croc on club menu offends Irwin's zoo

The manager of a Queensland bowling club condemned by Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo for serving crocodile says the club will offer croc meat to its customers again - if there is the demand.
Donna Forrest, the head chef of the Caloundra Bowls Club on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, received a stern phone call from an Australia Zoo representative after serving up a chicken and crocodile mornay special last Friday night.
The club's secretary-manager Tony Blake said some customers were upset by the dish and contacted the zoo, which was established by the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and is now run by his widow Terri Irwin.
"We were just shocked - you can buy crocodile in supermarkets all over Australia, and very many restaurants throughout the country," Mr Blake told AAP.
"It's totally legal, it's farmed the same way as cattle and sheep."
Two apprentices working in the club's bistro asked to use crocodile in a dish to meet their training requirement of cooking game.
The club bought just two kilograms of crocodile meat, which went into about 10 servings of the mornay.
"Never at any stage was it our intention to offend the Irwin family - we've got nothing but respect and admiration for what they have achieved," Mr Blake said.
"We never even thought about it."
However, it was well within the club's right to serve crocodile, he said, and suggested it may be added to the menu again.
"It's not on our menu tonight, it's not on our menu, but it may well be if there's a lot of demand," Mr Blake said.
"It did all sell out, the last lot we had."
Comment was being sought from Australia Zoo.