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The Competition to Attend!
The life of a chef is a passionate, creative and rewarding existence with a continual learning curve throughout their career. Delifresh exists to connect, engage and drive our love for food throughout our amazing occupation of being a chef.
The Delifresh Young Chef of the Year competition was born to give excitement back to our fabulous industry, showcasing the outstanding young talent we have in the trade and giving them a springboard to catapult their career and profile for all to see.
This competition will never be about Delifresh. It's always been about the chef and their ability to excite all our minds as we unite together in our Love For Food.
The final is only around the corner!
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What will be happening?
November 5thh will bring a crescendo to the competition as eight of our regional finalists attend the live-cook off at St James' Park, Newcastle to cook their hearts out for the judges so we can hunt out the most passionate, skilled and enthused chef on the big day!
The facilities at the stadium are perfect for the competition, with a huge suite fit for 8 individual pods, 60 fantastic suppliers, industry legends, seating areas, sampling, panelling and more, with a capacity of over 1000 guests!
The cooking will commence at 10:30 with a strict 3.5-hour time frame to complete their master dishes in readiness to be judged.
Whilst the chefs are cooking, take a look around the room and network with a wide variety of people. This isn't one to miss!
Who was crowned our winner? | YCOY 2023
Sara Szmit - Shaun Rankin Restaurant
Age: 19
Heat: Yorkshire
Head chef: Tom Board
Industry: 3 years
Reaching the finals has given me the opportunity to develop my skills further and learn new techniques along with meeting highly skilled chefs and getting valued feedback after presenting dishes I have developed.
Sara really amazed the judges across the board with her skills and final dishes presented, she will be heading to Caworth park to do a starge with Adam Smith, aswell as heading to Norway and Rungis with us as part of her prize.
Huge congratulations to Sara!
“What an INCREDIBLE, PROACTIVE & MOST OUTSTANDING competition - Well Done, Delifresh, the 2023 Young Chef Of The Year, has been a pleasure to be involved in.”
Simon Crannage - Grantley Hall