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Dates for your Diary:

08-09-10

HACCP ‘Making it Work’

Broughton Hall Business Park, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AE

09-09-10

South West: Regional Committee Meeting

09-09-10

West Midlands: Committee meeting

13-09-10

Auditing Skills

Broughton Hall Business Park, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AE

15-09-10

London & South East Committee Meeting

15-09-10

London & South East Committee Meeting

20-09-10

Yorkshire and Humberside: Committee Meeting

20-09-10

RSPH Level 3 Award in Supervising Food Safety

Broughton Hall Business Park, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AE

22-09-10

School Food: Healthy Children, Healthy Minds

Central London, 09:00 - 14:00 (half day)

27-09-10

Training the Trainer

Broughton Hall Business Park, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AE

29-09-10

Welsh: Regional Meeting

04-10-10

HACCP ‘Taking it Further’

Broughton Hall Business Park, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AE

11-10-10

RSPH Level 4 Award in Managing Food Safety

Broughton Hall Business Park, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 3AE

12-10-10

Welsh: Regional Committee Meeting

13-10-10

Yorkshire and Humberside: Regional Event

14-10-10

West Midlands: Training Seminar afternoon

LACA’s School Chef of the Year 2011

LACA’s School Chef of the Year (SCOTY) is the only dedicated culinary competition especially tailored for our industry. It was established and is managed by school caterers for school caterers.

It has grown over the years into a significant, highly professional and widely respected annual event and all participants, not just the winners, have achieved wide recognition and kudos within their authorities, schools and local communities. In many cases, winners have gone on to enhance their careers as a result of School Chef of the Year.

The School Chef of the Year judging criteria are tough but the skills and standards demonstrated by all the participants across the country, send a clear message to all of our customers - from Head Teachers and Governors to parents and young people. And that is, our talented front line staff in schools not only prepare tasty, highly creative dishes to tempt the taste buds of discerning children and young people but also nutritious school meals that can make a major contribution towards altering eating habits, improving diets and decreasing obesity levels.

To both accommodate the growth in the Competition and to reflect the format of other high profile professional catering competitions, you will see that School Chef of the Year 2011 has an exciting new format, so please take time to read through the 2011 Participation Pack and Entry Pack below.

Participation Pack 2011
Entry Pack 2011 (This is a zip file)

Please note: there has been a change to the costings of some of the Nestle ingredients. Please use the information in this entry pack link for costings when compiling your menus.

Winner of LACA School Chef of the Year 2010

_{Suzanne Duncan new LACA School Chef of the Year}

Scotland's Suzanne Duncan has been named Britain's school chef of the year for 2010 following a cook-off final in Sheffield.

Suzanne, aged 39, works for North Ayrshire Council at Irvine Royal Academy and pipped 10 other finalists with her menu of Turkey Kebabs with Summer Salsa accompanied by a Mini Yogurt Dip and Flat Bread followed by a dessert of Strawberry Cupcake and Milkshake.

She won her place in the final after coming out on top in the Scotland and North of England Region of the competition organised by the Local Authority Caterers' Association and sponsored Nestle Professional.

A school cook for eight years, Suzanne doesn't confine her culinary activities to the school kitchen. The mother of three turns out novelty and wedding cakes at home, plus home-made jams and preserves that sell well at local craft fairs.

Click here to read more about the 2010 SCOTY competition.

Watch the School Chef of the Year 2010 final here.