Young Chef Regional Finals 2014

Emma Hay is Kirkcudbright Rotary Club Young Chef Star!

Last Saturday, Emma Hay travelled to Glasgow Clyde College to take part in the Regional Final of the annual Rotary Young Chef competition. Having been previously successful in the Area and then the District rounds of this competition, Emma was, once again, representing the Rotary Club of Kirkcudbright and her school, Kirkcudbright Academy at this next stage of this competition. 

The Rotary Young Chef competition which has been run for the past six years and is open to anyone aged 11 to 17 years, was created to give young people the chance to show their creative culinary talents, to promote healthy eating and to learn important life skills. The young chefs are judged on their healthy menu, planning and organisational skills, hygiene, preparation skills and of course, the taste and presentation of the final dishes. 

Competing against six other Young Chefs from Scotland, Emma prepared and cooked a three course meal. Her starter of seared Kirkcudbright king scallops with chorizo, resting on a minted pea pur