Life changing cookery competition for Aspiring Student Chefs to win a Specialised Chefs Scholarship.
Since its launch in 2012, the Teflon™ Diamond Standard Awards has become a fantastic platform for young aspiring chefs across the UK. The title of Aspiring Student Chef Winner is highly regarded by schools and the industry with the competition giving the opportunity for winners to enrol onto the three-year Specialised Chefs Scholarship, arranged by the world renowned Royal Academy of Culinary Arts and managed by the Bournemouth & Poole College.
As an integral competition partner, Dupree Creative are thrilled to announce that Bournemouth & Poole College will host this year’s National Final of the Aspiring Student Chef category on Monday 4th February 2019. Offering exceptional facilities which include industry standard kitchens, a fine dining restaurant, Escoffier and a staff of experienced chefs who have themselves trained in some of the top hotels and restaurants in the UK including The Savoy London, The Goring Hotel and The Langham. The college has become a natural venue move for the final as well as an opportunity for finalists to visit the location of where the prize is based.
More than just a cookery competition, the opportunities that the Teflon™ Diamond Standard Awards provide are endless, with the winners being given the chance to train in some of the top hotels and restaurants in the UK including, Claridge’s, The Ritz and The House of Commons to name a few. 2017 Keen Young Cook Winner Harriet Morgan-Barstow is currently training at The Dorchester and 2015’s Aspiring Student Chef winner James Ganderton has completed his training at Chewton Glen Hotel & Spa.
Next year, James Ganderton will be graduating the Specialised Chefs Scholarship, an exciting milestone for the cookery competition’s legacy. James, who is part of the competition judging panel, will join coveted graduates that include Dan Doherty from BBC One’s Britain’s Best Home Cook, Adam Byatt from the Michelin Star restaurant Trinity Restaurant and fellow judge James Golding from The PIG Hotel Group.
Entries are open for the competition and can be submitted individually or via school/college. Deadline is the 31st October 2018 with the national final scheduled for Aspiring Student Chefs on 4th February 2019 at Bournemouth & Poole College. For more information on the competition and to enter please visit www.teflondsa.co.uk.
About the Teflon™ Diamond Standard Awards
Launched in 2012, the Diamond Standard Awards, sponsored by Teflon™ non-stick coatings is a prestigious, well respected initiative amongst industry leaders that recognises excellence, supporting students to achieve their goal of working as elite chefs in this dynamic industry. More recently the competition was broadened, offering the chance for non-professional cooks to gain recognition for their cooking ability at home.
For students, this is potentially a life changing opportunity to receive a three-year Specialised Chefs Scholarship and training to become a fully qualified chef. The scholarship is divided into two categories; work based training with a chef member of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts at one of the finest hotels or restaurants in the UK and full time block release tuition at Bournemouth & Poole College. The course is arranged by the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts and Teflon™ non-stick coatings, Chemours and managed by The Bournemouth & Poole College.
For home cooks, this is a chance to have an insight into the professional world of cooking and to receive feedback from a panel of esteemed judges.
The judges chaired by Lesley Waters will choose their winners of the Keen Young Cooks & Keen Home Cooks at the Waitrose Cookery School in London at a national cook-off on 23rd January 2019 and the Aspiring Student Chefs will cook on 4th February 2019 at Bournemouth & Poole College.
Last year’s winners were:
- Keen Young Cook (12-16 years) – Ethan Kirkby, Ermysted's Grammar School & Sarah Blockley, Brentwood School
- Aspiring Student Chef Winner (16-19 years) – Mary Harper, Loughborough College
- Keen Home Cook (aged 17+) – Rosina Watkins, Eastleigh
For more information, visit www.teflondsa.co.uk
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