Teddington School student runner up in national recipe competition
Year 8 student wins £100 and signed copy of Michelin Star chef’s recipe book
Rosie Swan, a Year 9 student from Teddington School, has won second place in a national ‘You’re The Chef’ recipe competition run jointly by the Love British Food organisation and school catering firm Cucina Restaurants.
This competition involved students from schools across the UK designing original British recipes, with winners eating free in their school restaurants for a fortnight and having their dishes cooked for the entire school.
Rosie, whose dish ‘Berry Sponge Tart’ won her first place in the school round of the competition, then went on to become runner up in the National Final which was judged by two Michelin Star TV chef Phil Howard, co-owner of Mayfair’s gourmet restaurant The Square. Rosie’s dish was judged to be among the best of all the school finalists from around the country, winning second place overall.
About her dish, Phil Howard said that it showed solid cooking skills and was “a delicious thing to eat.”
Rosie’s prize for winning the national competition was £100 in vouchers and a signed copy of Phil Howard’s book ‘Savoury’.
Commenting on Rosie’s achievement, school Head Chef Phil Wilkins of Cucina Restaurants said:
“You’re The Chef has been a brilliant iniatiative for us and we are very proud of what Rosie has done. As a company, Cucina always aims to involve students in food whenever we can – in classrooms, in gardens and in the kitchen.”
John Wilkinson, Headteacher of Teddington School, said: “We are very proud of Rosie, what an amazing achievement. The school community have enjoyed Rosie’s Berry Sponge Tart.”
Cucina Restaurants chefs from around the country also entered into the spirit of the competition, producing original recipe cards which were distributed to Cucina’s schools across England.
(Pictured: Teddington School Head Chef Phil Wilkins of Cucina Restaurants with Year 8 prizewinner Rosie Swan of Teddington School)
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