The Grab & Go Challenge invites school chefs to design, cook and serve a nutritious food item that can be eaten ‘on-the-go’ by youngsters. Chefs have until Friday 31st March to submit their paper entries.
The competition is open to all staff that hold a kitchen-based post and those who are involved in the daily preparation of pupils’ meals. Chefs are being asked to cook four portions of a grab & go meal or breaktime savoury snack with a total cost per head of 60p (to include food costs and serving item- box, cone, paper wrapping).
Download and complete the entry form, including costing sheet and method to produce the dishes. Submit your completed forms to organisers along with at least one photograph of the finished dish. Entries must include at least one Quorn product from the list provided:
- Quorn Vegan Dippers
- Quorn Vegan Sausage
- Quorn Vegan Fillet
- Quorn Vegan Beef Pieces
- Quorn Pieces
- Quorn Mince
- Quorn Balls
- Quorn Sausage Pattie
- Quorn Southern Style Burger
Phil Thornborrow, foodservice director at Quorn, commented: “Providing great tasting, healthy and sustainable meals for pupils is at the core of our mission at Quorn Professionals. With many schools increasing focus on grab & go options, it’s important to us that we support the sector and show them how they can create dishes that tick the box on nutrition, budgets and sustainability without compromising on taste.
"Involving pupils in the process is really important to us. It nurtures a sense of ownership and pride but most importantly, it means that this competition will be dishing up grab & go options that we know pupils will love.”
Judges, led by Kate Snow of Quorn and former LACA School Chef of the Year Holly Charnock, will review all entries to establish a list of the best eight. These will be invited to Leeds for a cook-off. Competitors will have 30 minutes to prepare, cook and serve their dish.
The final shortlist of three school chefs will be invited to the LACA Main Event in Birmingham to compete for the overall title. The overall winner will be given a demonstration slot on the LACA Live feature on Thursday 6th July to showcase their winning dish.
View the full list of LACA Grab & Go competition rules, Quorn products to choose from and complete the entry form.