Category: Education
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Will YOUR team rise to the Challenge
Entries are now open for the prestigious Country Range Student Chef Challenge 2017/8. Chef lecturers from across the UK have until November 30 to enter their teams into this coveted competition, which culminates in a grand final in the Live Theatre at Hotelympia in March next year. Each team is made up of three full-time…
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Country Range Student Chef Challenge Winner, Emily Bucknall, Enters Michelin-Starred Kitchen
After a whirlwind 18 months, Loughborough College’s young hotshot chef Emily Bucknall is now embarking on the next step of her professional cookery development after being snapped up by the two star Michelin – Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms. Emily completed a 3-day stage at the illustrious restaurant and was offered a role on completion…
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Pack it in!
Don’t force nurseries to allow unhealthy packed lunches Nursery schools should not be forced to allow children to bring packed lunches when extended hours are introduced next month. From September, the government’s ‘free’ childcare policy will be extended from 15 to 30 hours per week but the Department for Education has stipulated that the funding…
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Big School Bake Off winner revealed
Dawn Twemlow, head cook at Intake Primary School, has lifted the 2017 Big School Bake Off trophy following two fiercely contested heats at the LACA Main Event on yesterday (July 6). Finalists had one and a half hours to transform their paper entry into a showstopper under the watchful eyes of the judging panel, including…
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Chapter House are champions!
Pupils from a Yorkshire preparatory school have been crowned the 2017 McDougalls Young Baking Team of the Year. The team from Chapter House Preparatory School in York, which is a customer of the Country Range Group, baked their way to the top spot with their Queen Ethelburga’s Mess, impressing judges with their exceptional teamwork and…
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Prue Leith heads ‘Let’s get Cooking’ campaign
Celebrity chef, author and food campaigner Prue Leith has become the patron of the country’s leading voice on children’s food. The Children’s Food Trust’s Let’s Get Cooking programme welcomes Prue as its patron as it continues its campaign to see more children eating better. Prue said: “If food education was part of every child’s curriculum…
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Building healthy habits in EducationYoung Baking Team of the Year 2017 shortlist revealedBuilding healthy habits in Education
Premier Foods is pleased to announce the five shortlisted schools for its McDougalls Young Baking Team of the Year competition. Achieving top scores in the preliminary judging, the following schools who will now compete in a live final at LACA – The Main Event on July 6: Chapter House Preparatory School (York); Cranbrook CEP School…
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Call to eliminate holiday hunger
A group of over 30 organisations has called on the government to commit to eliminating holiday hunger in a decade. The issue known as holiday hunger affects families who rely on free school meals during term time and find the school holidays a challenging time to feed their children. A letter, signed by organisations such…
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Keep it simple, says Theo
Theo’s Simple Italian at Hotel Indigo, London Kensington recently launched its first children’s menu by acclaimed chef director Theo Randall. Specially designed so families can enjoy authentic Italian cooking together, the three-course menu aims to make children feel ‘grown up’ when dining alongside their parents and is inspired by the growing demand for restaurants to…
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Calling all chef lecturers! We have a Challenge for YOU
This month sees the official launch of the Country Range Student Chef Challenge 2017/18 – and we’re urging chef lecturers across the UK to enter. It’s one of the most prestigious events in the catering student calendar and the accolade that every college lecturer wants to win. Each team is made up of three full-time…