Young Chefs Battle it out Part 1. #Blog

Lisa Edwards
31st January 2017

The heat was on last night at South Cheshire College where 6 young finalists battled it out to win a place in the quarter finals of our Young Chef competition 2017.

Briony and myself took on the role of Taste Cheshire judges to find the top 3 young chefs who will cook again in the quarter final.  All 6 contestants appeared really up for the challenge, some a little nervous but all raring to go.

They had to prepare and cook a main course in just 45 minutes and plate 2 meals for judging.  There was certainly a lot of heat building up over those 45 minutes.

The results were outstanding and made our job very difficult.  We deliberated for quite some time and finally agreed on our semi finalist contestants.

We agreed to take 4 chefs through as the results were extremely hard to decipher just 3.

West Cheshire College young chefs will battle it out on Thursday this week to secure their place in the semi final which will take place on 8 February.  The 4 semi finalists will go head to head on stage at the Chester Food & Drink Lifestyle Festival on Sunday 16 April 2017.