2011Products

• 1 . Young Chef Young Waiter competition launches new skills awards for heats and national finals

• The Restaurant Association’s Young Chef Young Waiter competition has now been launched with awards in three new skill categories for both chefs and waiters.
  The new awards will be given at the northern and southern heats as well as at the national finals.
  “These awards take Young Chef Young Waiter to a higher level by recognising outstanding individual skills among our talented young professionals both in the regional heats and in the national finals,” says Ufi Ibrahim, chief executive of the British Hospitality Association.
  “So now there’s an even stronger reason for young people to enter and a much greater opportunity for their skills to be acknowledged.”
  • The new waiter awards are: Best Barista; Best wine knowledge; Best cheese knowledge
  • The new chef awards are: Best original dish; Best dessert; Best kitchen craft
  Northern chef heats - Darlington College on Wednesday, 7 September 2011 and waiter heats at Rockliffe Hall, Darlington on Thursday, 8 September 2011.
  Southern chef heats - University of West London, Ealing on Wednesday, 14 September 2011, with the waiter heat at Nestlé’s training centre, Rashleigh’s in Maidenhead, on Monday 19 September 2011.
  National finals will be held at Westminster Kingsway College, London on Wednesday, 19 October 2011 with the awards in the evening.
  All 16 finalists win a three day trip to Champagne Laurent-Perrier. The winners of the national final win an educational trip provided by Matthew Clark and Hatch Mansfield to Louis Jadot in Burgundy and Jean-Luc Colombo in the Rhone Valley (this is also awarded to the waiter who demonstrates the best wine knowledge in the competition.) Villeroy and Boch are awarding a trip to their porcelain factories and a Michelin starred meal in Luxembourg to the first placed chef and waiter. Regional heat winners and national winners also receive cheques presented by the Savoy Educational Trust.
  Other prizes include a set of wine glasses presented by Villeroy and Boch to all national winners, a day’s experience at one of Sodexo’s most prestigious contracts, and a guided tour of New Covent Garden Market and a voucher to spend on Wild Harvest’s extensive range of produce.
  
  
• More information and entry downloads can be accessed on www.bha.org.uk/ycyw
  Entry forms are currently being distributed and are available from Philippa Brady at the British Hospitality Association/The Restaurant Association (philippa.brady@bha.org.uk ) – 020 7404 7744.
  They must be completed by July 1.
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