colleges who have made it through to the 2010 final are Petroc (North Devon), The College of West Anglia, University College Birmingham, Warrington Collegiate, and York College. The winning college announced at The Dorchester Hotel in London on the 16th July 2010 was University College Birmingham.
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The Trust supported the Catering Training Squadron at Royal Air Force Halton ‘Culinary Competitions and Awards Day’ by providing a trophy for the Junior and Senior Chef Competitions, Junior and Senior Steward Competitions, Field, Grand Prix, Cook and Serve and Open Restaurant Show Plate and Open Restaurant Canapés held on the 9th and 10th June 2010.
Restaurant Association - Young Chef Young Waiter It has become an industry £1 1 ,952
The Young Chef Young Waiter Competition open to chefs or waiters, working full time in the UK within the hospitality industry and aged 25 or under, is now in its 26th year.
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offering spectacular prizes and a unique competition structure that pairs the skills of both kitchen and front of house staff in a modern restaurant environment. It is a competition judged by some of the industry’s finest and best known chefs and front of house professionals. A major focus of the competition is the educational
experience it offers the competitors,
matching the skills of talented youngsters against each other, but at the same time, enabling them to gain the knowledge and confidence required to boost their career prospects.
In the year under review, funding from the Trust was used to provide:- • The prize money for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed Young Chef and Young Waiter (pictured above) to be used to further their education. • The practical skills tests at the regional finals held at Darlington College and Thames Valley University in London. • Prizes at each regional final to the four chefs and four waiters selected to go through to the National Final. For the winning chefs this consisted of a boxed set of Victorinox knives and for the winning waiters a Parker pen, a Laguiole corkscrew and Charlie Trotter’s ‘Lessons in Service’. The 3 runner up chefs were given Heston Blumenthal’s ‘The Big Fat Duck’ cookbook and the 3 runner up waiters were given Hugh Johnson’s Wine Dictionary, Charlie Trotter’s ‘Lessons in Service’ and a voucher from Russums.
The final held at Westminster Kingsway College on the 6th October 2009 saw 8 chefs and 8 waiters competing for the coveted titles of Young Chef Young Waiter. The winner of the 2009 Young Chef title was Rose Greene of Le Champignon Sauvage and the 2009 Young Waiter title went to Sarah Cooper of The Ledbury.
The Craft Guild of Chefs
The Craft Guild of Chefs’ Graduate Awards provide formal recognition of the culinary excellence of a young working chef. Whilst prestigious for the chef, the Award is also a credit to their mentor and employer. All working chefs aged 23 years or under can compete for a Graduate Award by having their knowledge and skills tested in this free nationwide culinary challenge.
In 2009 a student from Thames
Valley University – Hyun You Im and a demi-chef de partie from Oxford’s Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons – Daniel Innis-Fitzhugh (both pictured) became the Craft Guild of Chefs graduates from the eight finalists who competed for an Award. To earn the Award the pair had to score higher than 85% in a final cooking exam at Westminster Kingsway College where they were judged by a panel of top chefs. Daniel was the highest achiever with 87%, one more point
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