Category: Education

Following four extremely tight and highly competitive semi-finals, eight teams secured their places in the prestigious Country Range Student Chef Challenge 2017. The victorious teams were: Now in its 23rd year, the annual Country Range Student Chef Challenge, which is run in partnership with the Craft Guild of Chefs, has become the pinnacle for full-time hospitality…

After an incredibly tough paper judging session, Craft Guild of Chefs’ CEO Andrew Green has announced this year’s Country Range Student Chef Challenge semi-finalists. The following 20 college teams from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have qualified for the semi-finals taking place week beginning the 6th Feb. Loughborough College                  …

The winners of the Country Range Student Chef Challenge have returned from Germany triumphant after an amazing trip. Rebecca Brooks, Emily Bucknall and Daniella Bromley from Loughborough College were the first all-female winners in the Challenge’s history and part of their prize was to join the Craft Guild of Chefs’ Culinary Team to compete at the Culinary…

To celebrate National School Meals Week (October 31 – November 4) Kerrymaid has teamed up with the Country Range Group to offer Stir it up readers an exclusive chance to win a visit to your school from Kerrymaid brand ambassador Jeanette Orrey MBE. Famed for her campaigning work with TV chef Jamie Oliver, and with more than…

The Soil Association’s Food for Life Catering Mark has announced a new partnership with the NUS’s Green Impact. The partnership closely aligns the standards of the Green Impact scheme and the Catering Mark, helping universities to provide more sustainable catering. Less than half of students purchase food from on-campus food outlets Any organisation – including…

Sarah Levenson, catering manager from Lordsgate Township CofE Primary School, has won the Big School Bake Off following a hotly contested final which saw Sarah rise to the judges’ technical challenge. The finalists were tasked with preparing their own take on ‘afternoon tea’ – which had to include a scone filled with homemade jam, a…

New figures published by the Department for Education’s annual school census suggest more support is needed to help make sure every child who qualifies for a free school meal opts to take it. Schools still need support to increase uptake of healthy lunches The Children’s Food Trust claims creating a great lunchtime experience for all…