The Rotary Young Chef Competition has been run in District 1180 for around 20 years . It is a well established and successful competition organised and promoted by Rotary International in Great Britain & Ireland.
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
We do not yet have a Rotarian to lead this in District 1180 so any competition will, for now, have to stop at club level.
If you are a Rotarian and reading this, then by getting this far you will likely have some interest - so please consider volunteering. Please contact the District Youth Service Leader. Expertise is not required - just an interest, and enthusiasm. A contact or contacts within the film world will be needed to find a suitable judge - who may or may not be a Rotarian (with independence from any club competition). The organiser role is essentially that of a central point of contact for Rotarians in District, the collation of club entries once a year, organising the judging, and then sending the winning entries to Rotary GB&I.The District winner is awarded the Vernon Schwarz trophy - a rather splendid award, which is then held by the winner for one year. For further details about what leading Young Chef in D1180 entails, please contact David Watson, former member, Rotary Club of Pwllheli (uxg570@greenbee.net) Note: David is no longer the organiser! He will, however, inform and guide a successor.
The 2019/20 Results:
District Final (8th February 2020):
1st - Cian Pritchard, Ysgol Glan y Mor, Pwllheli - sponsored by the Rotary Club of Pwllheli
2nd - Keirion Williams, Coleg Menai - sponsored by the Rotary Club of Bangor.
Congratulations to the both - and to the five other entrants, all of whom had to win a club competition to enter. Cian and Keirion represented the District at the Regional final at Stratford on 7th March, but did not win through. As it happens, the RGBI final had to be cancelled due to the COVID situation.
The 2023-24 Rotary Youth Competition Guidelines document contains everything a Rotary club needs to know about offering these competitions to young people in their community.
The 2020/21 & 2021/22 Results:
These did not run due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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