Our Cumbria Young Chef winner, Oliver McGeorge, who spoke at Harrogate and won the Region 7 event, won the all RIBI Young Chef final in Stratford today against 7 other top young chefs from throughout the British Isles. We were all gobsmacked but so pleased and proud.
Oliver did the same menu as before except that he changed the dressing for the scallops starter to be more seasonal. The 5 judges were unanimous in their decision but how they decided is beyond me and Albert as the standard was so high.
Oliver is off to Italy after his exams care of Filippo Berio Olive Oil and to a top London restaurant for a day and he won a prize of £250.
Through winning £400 of catering equipment in Rotary Young Chef for his school, his French French teacher learned of his cooking ability and his ambition to be a chef and has got him into Marseille Catering College from September 2012 where her mother is Deputy Principal. Oliver is busily learning French! So not only has Oliver had the fantastic experience at Harrogate, won 4 Rotary Young Chef competitions, but through his involvement in Rotary Young Chef, has a place at one of the top catering colleges in the world. We may even see Oliver on TV as a top chef! In Rotary we change lives!
