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Foods from Spain unveils Spanish Young Chef competition

Foods from Spain is inviting up-and-coming student chefs to design a fantastic meal using Spanish fruits – and win a working break in Spain at the world’s best restaurant, El Bulli.

The Spanish Young Chef of the Year competition is open to students between the ages of 17 and 23 with a proven interest in cooking. It aims to promote the use of seasonal Spanish fresh produce, and other Spanish ingredients, in the catering sector.

Entrants must design a three-course meal for four covers, using Spanish fruits in each course, suppling details of ingredients, method, and a colour photograph of each dish.

They must use at least one fruit from one of the following pairs of ingredients each of their courses: Strawberries and raspberries; Picota cherries and plums; and persimon and cherimoya. They are also encouraged to use additional Spanish ingredients.

The competition will be judged by a small panel in two stages, a paper-based first round, followed by a cook-off in London in November with eight successful finalists. The winning competitor will receive the title of Foods from Spain Spanish Young Chef of the Year 2008, and the prestigious work placement at El Bulli.

Entry packs have been sent to 1,250 contacts in the leading catering colleges in Britain. The closing date for round one of the Spanish Young Chef of the Year competition is October 10th, 2008, while the cook off final will take place in November.

The Foods from Spain Spanish Young Chef of the Year competition is part of Foods from Spain’s 2008 campaign to promote Spanish fresh produce.

For more information on the competition or to download an entry pack, go to www.foodsfromspain.co.uk

Notes to editors

El Bulli has been named as Best Restaurant in the World for the last three years by Restaurant magazine

Dominic Weaver, RED Communications Ltd, on 01480 465953. Email: dominic@redcomm.co.uk

Janine Gilson, Foods from Spain, on 0207 467 2360. Email: jgilson@mcx.es

Or visit: www.foodsfromspain.co.uk

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