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Pensby
High School Student goes through to the Future Chef National final
BETHAN Disley Jones, 15, from
Wirral, Merseyside cooks up a winner in the North West Regional Final of
Springboard's FutureChef 2016 Competition!
Bethan, from Pensby High School, beat 6 to win a place at Springboard's FutureChef National Final and served up a menu of seared & torched mackerel
along with courgette and ricotta ravioli with samphire grass. This was
followed by a banoffee chocolate dome, a toffee, caramelised banana, and a
butter biscuit crumb served with a Chantilly cream.
On Friday, 5 February 2016, at The Manchester College, Fielden Campus, Bethan
Disley-Jones joined 6 young aspiring chefs at the North West Regional Final.
In recent months these dedicated young chefs have already outshone more than
350 of their peers in earlier rounds of the Springboard's FutureChef, The
Competition 2016. At the North West Regional Final they showcased their
fantastic cooking, budgeting and time management skills.
Springboard's FutureChef is a nationwide culinary initiative which is
delivered in over 550 schools nationwide. The main goal of FutureChef is to
assist young people aged 12 to 16 in learning the vital life skills of cooking
and understanding nutrition, as well as providing an invaluable insight into
and inspiration for building a career within the hospitality industry.
The talented hopefuls began their challenge and have already succeeded in
2 previous rounds of the competition as they cooked for a place in this
year's final. On the day Bethan reigned supreme, impressing the judges with
her winning menu which, according to the judges, she delivered with the
confidence of a professional.
Head Judge Gareth Billington of Sodexo at Everton Football Club said:-
"Bethan wowed us with her highly skilled menu and calm approach to
working in such a pressured environment. She displayed a real understanding
of the techniques needed to produce great food. I've worked with
professionals who would have been delighted to have produced the results Bethan did and she really stood out today. I'm very proud to be part of the
Springboard FutureChef initiative and it's so encouraging to know that there
is a new generation of chefs with the talent to succeed in this wonderful
industry."
Winner Bethan Disley Jones said:- "I've really enjoyed myself today.
It was a tough competition and the dishes everyone made were so good. I'm
really happy to have won!"
Bethan's teacher Ms Foster said:-
"What a fantastic regional final! The standard of the dishes the pupils made
were superb and they should all be so proud of themselves. I'm over the moon
that Bethan has won today and will go through to the National Final in
London!"
Suzanne Chilvers, Head of Springboard for the North of England said:-
"Springboard's FutureChef was developed as a result of research into young
people's ideas about the hospitality industry. Research revealed that young
people really admire high profile and celebrity chefs, yet surprisingly few
genuinely consider a career as a chef! Springboard's FutureChef provides
teachers and young people with a wonderful insight into the wealth of career
opportunities that the hospitality sector has to offer."
The 2016 competition will culminate on the 14 March 2016, with the National
Final taking place at Westminster Kingsway College in London. |
