Crickhowell girls make their mark Young Chefs turn up the heat
The fight for a place in the Regional final of the Rotary International Young Chef Competition took place in the kitchen at Cowbridge Comprehensive School in early March. The District Final had to be postponed because of bad weather which meant that two competitors were unable to attend the revised date leaving just four Young Chefs in the competition. They were Kate Floyd, sponsored by Cowbridge RC, Sophie Layton, sponsored by Haverfordwest RC, Millie Senchall, sponsored by Llanelli RC and Phoebe Terry who was sponsored by Crickhowell RC. They had to create, in just two hours, an appetising three course meal for two with a total ingredient cost under £15. The overall winner was Phoebe Terry with Kate Floyd as runner-up and both went forward to the Regional Final in Telford.
The chief competition judge, Giovanni Malacrino, owner of Giovanni’s Restaurants in Cardiff, said, “All the competitors showed a very high standard of cooking skills that would do justice to a professional kitchen. It is wonderful to see such talented young chefs.”
The District Young Chef Competition was organised by Rtn Ann Jones of Narberth & Whitland Club who thanked Kath Mallows, Head of Design and Technology at Cowbridge Comprehensive
School, for hosting the competition so efficiently. Judges, Giovanni Malacrino from Giovanni’s, Cardiff and Craig Brookes from La Luna in Talbot Green were “Blown away with the high standard of dishes prepared and served by the contestants”. The results were very close, which gave the judges a difficult task.
Overall winner was Phoebe Terry from Crickhowell High School, sponsored by Crickhowell Rotary. Runner Up was Kate Floyd
from Cowbridge Comprehensive School, sponsored by Cowbridge Rotary. Both Phoebe and Kate went on to the Regional Final in Telford later in March. Sophie Layton from Thomas Picton School, sponsored by Haverfordwest Rotary and Millie Senchall from Coedcau School, sponsored by Llanelli Rotary were joint third.
Thanks to Cowbridge School and in particular the Food Technology Department; Maggie Hughes DG and Cowbridge Rotary for assisting in what was a very successful evening enjoyed by all.
Pictured with Giovanni is 12 year old Phoebe Terry from Crickhowell High School, sponsored by Crickhowell Rotary.
She was the winner in the District competition and Kate Floyd from Cowbridge School was runner up. They both went on to the Regional Competition, suffered some adventures but did not get among the prizes.
Left, the contestants with DG Maggie.
The annual final of the Rotary Young Interviewer competition was won this year by Lowri Jenkins from Crickhowell High School who was sponsored by Crickhowell Rotary Club.
Lowri puts Shadow Defence Spokesman on the spot
Lowri and the other finalists were able to interview another in a long line of eminent people, The Rt Hon The Lord Touhig, who is a former Shadow Spokesman on Defence, and who chose as his topic the “Need to increase our defence capacity.” This was timely as the interviews were held against the background of the Salisbury poisoning and at the time, a worsening North Korean situation. Inset picture, Lowri quizzes Lord Touhig. Organiser, DGD Alison Sutherland, would like to express her thanks “to Howell’s School for hosting the final, the adjudicators Nick Partridge, Morgan Jenkins and Joni Alexander, the Rotary clubs who sponsored the contestants and Cardiff Breakfast Rotary club for sponsoring the final” 18
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