Now in its 15th year the competition is aimed at all levels of staff employed in any aspect of education catering capable of producing excellent craft pieces.
The LACA School Chef of the Year competition, which is sponsored by Bisto from
With the competition focus on producing nutritious and delicious meals for 11-year-old primary or secondary school pupils, the SCOTY competition is the perfect showcase for passionate school chefs
This will be Raheem’s fourth SCOTY final and having finished runner-up in 2021 and 2022 he will be aiming to go one place further this time around. The SCOTY competition aims to show the high quali
The regional final, which took place at Premier Foods HQ in St Albans, involved two chefs competing for a place in the competition’s national final.
The competition challenged school chefs to design, cook and serve a nutritious food item that can be eaten ‘on-the-go’ by youngsters. Chefs were tasked to cook four portions of a grab & go meal
The regional final judges assessed the entries based on the following criteria: use of Premier Foods products, working practices in the kitchen, creativity and appearance as well as taste and flavo
He will now go forward to represent the region in the final.
For her main course Joanne cooked Moroccan infused ravioli, Moroccan apricot and chickpea ravioli with spiced lentil sauce, mixed herb couscous and coconut peshwari.