On Sunday 1st of March Rita and I had the pleasure of attending the District Final of the Young Chef Competition which was held in Dundee College Kingsway Campus. The competition was split into two session a morning and afternoon session. The day began at 9:30 am with the arrival of the morning session competitors who would begin to prepare for the competition. They had two hours to prepare a table setting for two people, prepare their food which was a three course meal, cook and serve and all for the princely sum of no more than £14.00. The competition was extremely fierce with competitors coming from as far away as Ullapool in the North to Dunfermline in the South. Contestants as young as 13years of age took part. After a break for some well earned rest for the judges the second session began at 13:00 with the competition looking to be even fiercer. All in all 15 youngsters took part, they produced some mouth watering dishes and gave us t6he judges many hard decisions to make. By 15:30 all was complete and we had our winner who was Ian Robertson from Auchmuty High School Glenrothes, Ian will go on now next weekend to the RIBI regional final in Whitley Bay in the North of England.
(The picture shows Rotary Club of Glenrothes president Lars Christiansen, Ian Robertson, yours truly and Lee Wilkie Captain of Dundee United Football Club)
