The Rotary Young Chef Competition is a well established and successful competition organised and promoted by Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland and sponsored by Filippo Berio.

It is a four stage national competition to support and encourage development of cookery skills. Some stages may have more than one round.

This competition aims to encourage young people to:

·        Learn how to cook a healthy meal

·        Develop food presentation skills

·        Consider food hygiene issues

·        Develop organisational and planning skills

·        Develop an ability to cope in a demanding situation

This competition is open to all students in full time education between ages 11 and 17 on 31 August 2015.

Competitors, schools, colleges and organisations can participate in a Rotary district that is outside of their boundary but can only compete in one club/district event.

Students should enter the competition organised by the local Rotary club through their school, college or organisation.

Prospective entrants should complete the entry form at the end of this Information Pack

Local Heats

These are organised by local Rotary clubs and hosted by schools or colleges between September and December. The winner of each local heat is entered into the district finals.

Local Rotary Clubs can be found by using the club finder facility in the bottom left hand corner of the Rotary International in Britain and Ireland (Rotary GB&I) home webpage – www.rotarygbi.org .

District Finals

Organised by Rotary at schools or colleges between January and mid-February. When there is a high numbers of entrants, it may be necessary to hold preliminary rounds prior to a district final. The winner and runner up from each district final will be entered into a regional final.

Regional Finals

Organised by Rotary at schools or colleges between mid-February and March. The winner of each regional final is entered into the national final.

National Final

The 2016 national final will take place on Saturday 23 April at the Samworth Enterprise Academy, Trenant Road, Leicester, LE2 6UA