Category: Education
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City of Glasgow take the Challenge crown
A talented team of catering students from City of Glasgow College is celebrating after winning the coveted Country Range Student Chef Challenge 2018. Following an enthralling final played under the watchful eye of a live exhibition audience at Hotelympia, the trio from City of Glasgow College, along with their chef lecturer Robbie Phillips, fought off…
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‘Challenging’ times in the Country Range Student Chef Challenge Grand Final 2018
The annual Country Range Student Chef Challenge is a pivotal event in the college catering calendar – with teams from across the UK battling hard to win the coveted title. Now in its 24th year, the competition is run in association with the Craft Guild of Chefs and is judged to professional competition standards. With…
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Cooks urged to take the veg pledge and dig up more nutrient-rich dishes for ‘junk-grub’ students
Research shows the nation’s children and teens are eating less vegetables than ever, with as many as one in seven of children aged between 4-11 years not eating a single portion of vegetables a day. With the backing of celebrity food campaigners, nutritionists and the marketing industry – 2018 will see vegetables claim a healthy…
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East of England school chef takes 2018 crown
Michael Goulston, the 2018 East of England finalist, has scooped the national title of LACA School Chef of the Year 2018. He was voted Britain’s No 1 school chef by a panel of judges at the National Final which took place on 8 March at Stratford upon Avon College, Warwickshire. For the first time in…
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City of Glasgow College Crowned Country Range Student Chef Challenge 2018 Winners
Following an enthralling final played under the watchful eye of a live exhibition audience at Hotelympia on Wednesday 7th March, City of Glasgow College fought off fierce competition from nine other colleges to scoop the prestigious Country Range Student Chef Challenge crown. Under the tutelage of lecturer Robbie Phillips, the winning team, which consists of Erin…
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University is a very dangerous time” for students with food allergies
Students who suffer from food allergies are at their “most vulnerable” when they start university, according to a pioneering university caterer. Jacqui McPeake, who is the head of catering at Manchester Metropolitan University and a regional chair of TUCO (The University Caterers Organisation), says leaving home to go to university is a “very dangerous time”…
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Thrilling Finale Predicted as Country Range Student Chef Challenge Enters Final Stage
Following the completion of three highly-competitive semi-final heats where student chefs were tasked with cooking a three-course, three-cover menu around the theme of ‘Around the World in Three Spices’, ten college teams have been revealed as finalists for the prestigious Country Range Student Chef Challenge final. Ayrshire CollegeCity of Glasgow CollegeUniversity of DerbyEast Kent CollegeHighbury…
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Tilda Together returns for third year
Back and bigger than ever, Tilda Together returns in 2018 with the chance for schools to win £500 cash, a Tilda Together Day as well as a vegetable garden designed by horticulturalist, Frances Tophill (pictured). The competition, which focuses on the role nutrition can play on healthy bodies and healthy minds, is this year centring…
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McDougalls is calling all young bakers
Registration is now open for the McDougalls Young Baking Team of the Year competition. Back for the fourth year running, schools will have more opportunity to win kitchen equipment as everyone shortlisted to take part in the live final, at LACA – The Main Event in July, will be rewarded. Schools looking to bake their…
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Over a third of parents feel guilty that their children’s lunchboxes are ‘not healthy enough’
School caterers are being urged to reiterate the health benefits to children that have a cooked school lunch. The call to action follows in the wake of new research which reveals parents in the UK are struggling to make healthy choices for their children with more than a third (36%) admitting they feel guilty that…