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Gallagher, who beat finalists Laura Daniels from Cheshire, Scott Fairweather from Cumbria, Amelia Vella from Greater Manchester and Owen West from Merseyside at yesterday's cook-off at Manchester Coll

Franklin-Heys has been with the company for 13 years.

The Young Chef of the Year competition will see 12 finalists prepare a three-course meal using ingredients from a mystery 'market basket' at the Final on 12 June at the Food Services Wing, Worthy Down

The evening opened with a champagne reception and canapés, followed by a five course dinner plus coffee and petit fours.

Thompson was previously strategic development director at Enterprise Plc.

Phillips joins Tetley with a wealth of knowledge in the sector after nine years at Georgia Pacific where he was national account controller on the Lotus Professional brand.

The Mount Charles Group and Sodexo have signed up to take part in a six-month pilot scheme called Caloriewise that aims to encourage consumers to make more informed choices when eating out.

Vegetarians account for nearly two and a half billion pounds worth of food eaten outside of the home each year, at restaurants, cafes and workplace canteens but three quarters of them are unhappy with

To become Cordon Vert Chef of the Future, Ashley completed two stages. Firstly, he had to create a three course menu which was suitable for vegetarians or vegans.

Paul Simpson has been appointed as sales director and Damian Mills as head of operations. Simpson, newly appointed sales director, joined Aspall in 2010 as national account controller for take-home fo