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Dates for your Diary:
10-05-08
Loch Fyne Food Fair
Next to Loch Fyne Oyster Bar, Clachan,
10-05-08
National Doughnut Week
12-05-08
World Fair Trade Day
Worldwide
13-05-08
The British Pig & Poultry Fair 2008
Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire
19-05-08
National Vegetarian Week 2008
Nationwide
20-05-08
International Wine & Spirits Fair
Nationwide
21-05-08
London & South East Regional Committee Meeting
21-05-08
Caffe Culture
Olympia, London
22-05-08
Commitment to school meals
Harewood House, Leeds
26-05-08
National BBQ Week
Nationwide
29-05-08
Taste of Edinburgh, The Meadows
31-05-08
Loch Lomond Food and Drink Festival
Loch Lomond Shores, Balloch
01-06-08
Hampshire Food Festival
Various Locations, Hampshire
03-06-08
The Institute of Hospitality 2008 Annual Lunch
Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington
03-06-08
Commitment to school meals
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
05-06-08
Taste of Leeds, Millennium Square
Leeds
School Chef of the Year
School Chef of the Year 2008 Competition
Now in it's 14th year, the School Chef of the Year (SCOTY) competition is organised by Dewberry Redpoint on behalf of the Local Authority Caterers' Association. The LACA School Chef of the Year Competition is open to all staff employed by organisations that are full LACA Members.
This annual competition puts the preparation, cooking, creativity and presentation skills of school chefs to the test with each entrant required to produce, in just one and a half hours, a healthy balanced two-course meal comprising of a main dish and dessert that would appeal to eleven year old school children.
The dishes must conform to national nutritional standards and can be made up of poultry, meat, fish and non-meat proteins. A maximum of 80p per head is allowed for the food cost of a main course and dessert for one child.
The Prizes
The winner of the SCOTY 2008 will receive a day's special vocational experience at a professional cookery school, a cash prize and the School Chef of the Year Trophy.
All runner up finalists will receive a cash prize and the national winners of the Highly Commended Main Course and Highly Commended Dessert will each receive a trophy. Cash prizes are for your school.
Regional Finals -
London & South East: 11 Februrary, Croydon College
West Midlands: 28 February, South Birmingham College
Eastern: 5 March, New College Nottingham
North West: 11 March, Knowsley College
North East & Scotland: 12 March, Tyne Metropolitan College
South West: 1 April, City College Plymouth
Anglia: 8 April, Bedford College
National Final - 11 June 2008
Downloads available:
- SCOTY 2008 Brochure (3mb)
- 2008 Information & Rules Pages (2mb)
- 2008 Entry Forms (2mb)
- Nestlé Product Nutritional Information (0.5mb)
- SCOTY 2008 logo (0.5mb)
Lynette Tinney - 2007 Winner
Derbyshire primary school chef Lynette Tinney has been named national champion by the Local Authority Caterers' Association (LACA).
She is the 2007 School Chef of the Year after her salmon with salad and pitta bread followed by a summer fruit pudding clinched the title against six other regional winners in the final at Birmingham College of Food, Tourism & Creative Studies.
She said: "My menu was all about 'brain foods' and links in with healthy eating and giving children the right diet to help them perform at school.
Click here to read more about Lynette's win
Nestlé FoodServices has been proud to sponsor the 2007 School Chef of the Year competition.
