New National Chef of the Year is unveiled in front of industry elite

Simon Britten

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Premium Supplier 9th October 2024
Simon Britten

Continental Chef Supplies

Premium Supplier

New National Chef of the Year is unveiled in front of industry elite

Ten talented chefs battled it out in the kitchen at the University of West London earlier today to serve up three dishes that would impress some of the biggest stars of the culinary world. This included Matt Abe, Aktar Islam, Brett Graham, Gary Jones, Roberta Hall-McCarron, Kenny Atkinson, James Golding, Tom Shepherd, Mark Perkins, Stephen Trigg, James Petrie and Andrew Gravett.

Orry took the top spot with his delicious menu of Turbot from the North Sea with smoky Orkney scallop for starter, Lumina lamb with the Scottish autumn for main course and a celebration of Manjari Valrhona with influences from Asia for dessert. Achieving runner-up this year was Cleverson Cordeiro from Frog by Adam Handling with Paul Gamble who works for Waitrose & Partners taking third place.


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