Schools' cookery competition
Thanet Earth, the Kent vegetable growing consortium has announeced details of this year's schools' recipe competition in association with Tesco, Children’s Food Festival (supported by the Broadstairs Food Festival) and with lead liaison school, Bromstone Primary School.
Thanet schools are warmly invited to enter our creative recipe competition which could see them bag a very tasty £250 Tesco voucher prize to spend on cookery equipment. All they have to do is submit up to four new, innovative recipes created by their pupils, featuring at least one of the Thanet Earth products of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.
Last year our judges were wowed by the standard of creativity and practical cooking skills from the students as they were challenged to cook their dishes in the training kitchens at Thanet College in a Masterchef-style final. This year the grand final will be on Monday 12th March and we very much look forward to welcoming another group and seeing the pupils – aged as young as 5! – demonstrate their fresh ideas for our products. A winner in each category (KS1, KS2 and KS3/4) will have their recipe printed as a recipe card available at Tesco Broadstairs, and all finalists will receive a prize.
This year's judges include some of Kent’s finest and best-known chefs.
Dev Biswal is Executive Chef at The Ambrette, his Indian style fine dining restaurant in Margate. A second Ambrette restaurant at Rye has recently opened, seeing Dev bring his exciting mix of exotic flavours, spice and locally-sourced food to a wider audience.
Dev now has a range of own brand marinades to help customers at home experience the flavours that have earned his restaurant its recommendation in the Michelin Guide.
Craig Edgell is is a Thanet College graduate who’s now Head Chef at Eddie Gilbert’s of Ramsgate. He has a love of good local ingredients and has spent time learning the arts of the butcher and fishmonger to help make his surf and turf style dishes something really special for his customers.
Jason Freedman is Executive Chef at The Minnis Bar & Restaurant in Birchington. Local food, home-cured meats and an ever-evolving menu are all features of Jason’s relaxed, friendly restaurant.
A launch event with a cookery demonstration from Dev Biswal will be held to inspire pupils at Bromstone Primary School on the afternoon of 27th January. Press are invited to attend this by prior arrangement with the school.
‘Information for Schools’ and entry forms are available on our website, at thanetearth.com/recipecomp.
Entries should be submitted by the school before 10th February 2012.
Entries will be assessed and shortlisted, with 4 finalists in each category invited to show us their dish on Monday 12th March (3-5pm). The judging panel will then announce the winners and award the prizes.Competition timetable:
Press launch at Bromstone School Friday 27th January 2012
Deadline for submission of entries: Friday 10th February 2012
Notification of finalists: Friday 17th February 2012
Cook-off at Thanet College (3-5pm) Monday 12th March 2012
Thanet Earth is a state-of-the-art greenhouse development in Kent. When completed the site will feature seven enormous greenhouses, producing tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. So far, three of the greenhouses have been constructed and are fully operational alongside an on-site packhouse. The crops are sold to the UK’s supermarkets.
Thanet Earth is a joint venture, owned jointly by the Fresca Group of companies and three specialist grower companies.
