School chef Audrey proves a class act in the kitchen!
A cook has won the Yorkshire and Humber School Chef of the Year competition.
Audrey Harris, who works in the canteen at St Bede's Catholic School in Scunthorpe, went up against two other school chefs to win the regional competition.
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Serving up a treat: Chef Audrey Harris from St Bede's School, Scunthorpe, has won the Yorkshire and Humberside regional finals of the School Chef of the Year competition held at Hull College. She will now take part in the national finals in May when she will be up against nine other cooks
She created her inventive menu with the produce grown by the pupils in their school garden.
Audrey had 90 minutes to prepare a two-course meal suitable for an 11-year-old that cost no more than £1.25 to make.
Her menu consisted of a tortilla chicken basket, sauté potatoes and salad for main, along with a strawberry mousse served with shortbread fingers for dessert.
The cook-off took place in Hull in front of a panel of judges.
Now Audrey will showcase her culinary skills at the national final in May against nine other top school chefs from across Great Britain.
School Chef of the Year is a culinary event exclusively for those in the education-catering sector and aims to showcase the high standards of skill, creativity and professionalism among school caterers.
Audrey said: "Getting to the grand final is a real credit to the school and its pupils.
"They have grown their own produce, which they bring to my kitchen and I use in our school meals.
"I am delighted to make it this far using our homegrown fruits and vegetables.
"We are very proud of the quality food we offer our pupils."
Sharon Seddon, head of catering and cleaning at North Lincolnshire Council, said: "This is a very prestigious event and really showcases what our local school cooks are capable of and the great quality food that is on offer to pupils within North Lincolnshire schools."
2 Comments
by MarkBird
Sunday, February 05 2012, 3:07PM
“Oh lets just twist a good story round (note the correct spelling of story) with abject ****tery.”
by JohnJohn2011
Sunday, February 05 2012, 8:17AM
“Well done to Audrey but I think it is a slightly misleading storey, for a start I would think it is impossible for a school to grow enough fruit and veg to feed the entire needs of a single school sitting, let alone a week or months. Some schools like the one near my home only have a small patch of ground for the growing of some vegetables for the purpose of education. Any how why is it that most days do I see deliveries to schools from a large frozen food supplier / caterer that has the local authority contract to supply schools in our area with semi prepared food. Similar food is also delivered daily to motorway service stations and to air ports for use on airplanes for in flight meals. Whilst the food may be slightly healthier for the kids than it used to be, please don't try to make out food prepared and home made in school kitchens is home made. I would think most schools just heat up large trays of food that is sent daily from the supplier containing god knows how much salt and sugars.”