The four girls and one boy that qualified for the 2015 Rotary Area Final of the Young Chef competition are pictured above together with the two competition judges Martin Avey, seated on the left and Tom Fitzpatrick, seated on the right. Also pictured, from left to right standing at the back, are Rotarians Paul Tebay, Colin MacLaine and David Butler.
The competition this year was jointly sponsored by the Rotary Clubs involved and also by Castle MacLellan Foods Limited .They provided some very smart aprons as well as goodie bags and prize money for the winners. A further prize offered by Castle MacLellan will be the opportunity for the winner of this Area competition, Nicole Geddes from Dalbeattie (seated in the middle) and the winner of the earlier local Kirkcudbright event, Ailsa McCulloch, to spend a day working with the Development Chef in the Development Kitchen at Castle MacLellan Foods Limited in Kirkcudbright in the New Year.
The winner, Nicole Geddes and the runner-up, Karlie Jamieson, pictured at the end of the second row on the right, in the Area final now go forward to the Rotary 1020 District Young Chef Final on Saturday 6th February in Livingston.
The winner of this year’s Rotary Area Young Chef Final, Nicole Geddes, pictured with her winning meal. Nicole presented a main course of Greek chicken and a lime and chocolate creams dessert.
The runner-up in this year’s Rotary Area Young Chef Final, Karlie Jamieson, pictured with her winning meal. Nicole presented a main course of tarragon chicken and a peach crumble dessert.
