- r The Clitheroe Thursday, October 26th, 2006 No. 6,274 news and views from the Centre of the Kingdom www.cntheroetoday.co.uk Price 60p vertiser an imes


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PAGE 3 Valley pupils cook up success by Duncan Smith


BURRITOS and Beefilicious Burgers put young chefs from two Clitheroe high schools in first and second place in a national compe­ tition. Celebrity chef James Martin


crowned David Farinha, of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, the outright winner of the Beef Mince Young Chef Challenge 2006. Runners-up were Hannah Gibson


and Katie Burnie, of Ribblesdale High School Technology College, giv­ ing Clitheroe a remarkable “one-two” in the nationwide talent search. Earlier this year, the English Beef


and Lamb Executive (EBLEX) launched the nationwide Quality Standard beef mince competition - the Young Chef Challenge - to find talented chefs of the future. The free competition was set up to


inspire young people to get cooking and encourage them to take a greater interest in the foods they eat. Entries from secondary schools


from all over England were sent in and a shortlist was chosen by the panel of judges to go forward to the finals. James Martin headed the judging


panel at the final cook-offs at Leeds Thomas Danby College, where final­ ists cooked up their winning beef


mince recipes against the clock. Competition was fierce, with stu­


dents given just one hour in which to prepare and cook their dishes. Contestants were asked to submit


an original recipe of a beef mince dish, with a budget of £10, with everything from “Glazed Caribbean


Meatballs” to “Aromatic Madras Mince” put forward. After much deliberation, the judges


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and Kalic prepare their


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chose David’s beefy Burritos as the outright winner, with Hannah and Katie’s Beefilicious Burgers a close sec­ ond. The panel of three judges presented


the winners with their prizes and were joined by Quality Standard’s “Beiefy” character to hand over the prizes and the prestigious “Young Chef Challenge” title. The lucky winners won fantastic


prizes including a half-day cooking workshop with multi-award winning chef Richard Hughes, bespoke “Young Chef Challenge” professional chef whites, signed James Martin cookery books and £200 worth of school equip­ ment vouchers. James Martin said: “I was delighted


to be asked to take part in the Quality Standard beef mince Young Chef Chal­ lenge competition. I was impressed, not only by the standard of recipes here today, but also with the enthusiasm shown by all the contestants - it was a shame we could only pick one winner!”


•■V a - lKOkt6 ■ Quality Standard beef mince sports a


striking patchwork fields logo and can be found in supermarkets and 1,600 independent butchers nationwide. Pic­ tured is winner David Mth chef James Martin and Quality Standard’s “Beefy” character, (s)


Generous residents rally round to finance Pauline’s treatment


UNSTINTING generosity from Ribble Valley residents means terminally-ill cancer sufferer Pauline Altham has almost enough money to pay for a second series of treatments costing £ 10,000.


Friends, relatives and local residents started


fund-raising for Mrs Altham, of Goosebutts Lane, Clitheroe, following a refusal by the NHS to pay for the drug Cetuximab. The reason given was that the National Institute for Clinical


Excellence (NICE) has not yet completed its appraisal of the drug and Mrs Altham is there­ fore having to find more than £40,000 a year to pay for the treatment privately. Receiving the final dose of her series of six


treatments of the drug last Tuesday, Mrs Altham (62) is now awaiting the results of a scan she underwent this week to tell her how effective


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