Prestigious Kent Young Chef Award 2012 
At the beginning of the autumn term, Food Technology teachers across Kent have the opportunity to get their Year 7-11s involved in the county’s most exciting young chef competitions. Organised by Produced in Kent (the brainchild behind the county’s longest running and most highly respected competition) Kent Young Chef Award 2012 will be officially unveiled online on Monday 10 September 2012 on www.producedinkent.co.uk, whilst Food Technology teachers across the ‘Garden of England’ will receive a bumper pack of flyers to hand out to interested students.
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Kent Young Chef Award 2012 is open to entry by all secondary students in Kent in Year Groups 7-11 and is being sponsored by brand new sponsor Lexington Catering alongside established sponsor kff (Kent Frozen Food). Hundreds of teachers have entered their students into the Kent Young Chef Award over the past three years, as they find the competition a good fit with the national curriculum, with entrants challenged to devise and write an original main course dish to serve two people which features regional and seasonal ingredients. Two times champion Alice Browning, of Walderslade Girls School in Chatham, has entered the competition and reached the final for three consecutive years. She one day hopes to compete on MasterChef: The Professionals, work with Kent’s celebrity chef and restaurateur, Richard Phillips, and then run her own restaurant. Dorset Girls School invests in inspirational new careers facility
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She said, “For anyone who loves cooking from scratch I would really encourage you to enter and for teachers to get behind the competition. I have always dreamed of becoming a professional chef one day and this competition is just the best accolade an aspiring young chef could hope to achieve in Kent.
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“For any of you who make it to the Live Final, you’ll have an experience that you’ll never forget. I’ve made it to the finals three years in a row now and have loved it every time!”
The authors behind the eight best paper entries will head to the amazing professional kitchens and restaurant at K College, Tonbridge on Friday 23 November 2012 to compete for the Junior and Senior titles in the Live Final in front of a panel of judges headed up by celebrity chef Richard Phillips one of Kent’s top restaurateurs and including brand new judge Robert Kirby, chef director at Lexington Catering. All eight finalists will walk away with a fantastic selection of prizes, as well as a memorable one day cookery experience and lunch at one of Richard Phillips’s top restaurants in Kent – The Hengist, Thackeray’s or The Windmill Inn.
Speaking about his involvement in the competition over the past three years Richard Phillips, celebrity chef on ITV’s Lorraine, said: “For the county’s would-be future chefs the Kent Young Chef Award is an amazing first step on the ladder, with the chance for eight talented young individuals to transform their original recipe ideas from paper to plate at the exciting Live Final. It is fantastic publicity for the schools whose students make it to the final and creates a real positive energy amongst all the food tech students. Several of the finalists have been inspired to go on and pursue a career as a professional chef and Produced in Kent’s competition is a great thing to be involved in, whether you want to be the next top professional chef, or you simply love cooking!”
TO ENTER
Go to www.producedinkent.co.uk from Monday 10th September to download the official entry forms. You can enter whole Year Groups, but only one entry per person and the recipe should be the work of the individual. The main course recipe can be fish, meat or vegetarian and should predominantly feature ingredients that are in season in the autumn and are locally grown/reared in Kent. The recipe should be for two people and entrants should be able to cook and serve the dish within two hours. The Live Final will take place at K College on Friday 23 November 2012. Competition closing date is FRIDAY 2 NOVEMBER. Submit your entries to youngchef@wacpr.com
