Cambridge Culinary Competition winners! Clare chefs gain top awards.

The Cambridge Culinary Competition 2011 was held in Cambridge Regional College on 27 October 2011 and is judged by catering professionals drawn from the international competition arena.

With various categories including cold starters, main course, afternoon tea cakes and a live main event with chefs cooking against the clock, this year's competition was keenly contested. The ceremony took place at Selwyn College on 10 November and we are very proud that our chefs have achieved remarkable results, with all candidates who entered receiving medals. Overall, Clare won 14 medals and 6 of the 8 classes which were entered. The winning classes were in canapes, cold starters, main course, vegetarian main course, afternoon tea cakes and petit fours.

We are delighted that our chefs also won the coveted Stewards' Cup; best team effort taken from all classes. Our catering manager, Lee Corke said "Still within my first year at Clare, I am extremely proud of the team that were victorious in winning the Stewards' Cup for overall best College. The victory has generated a real buzz within the kitchen and the team can't wait to compete again."

Congratulations to the team!

For more information or to make a dinner booking, please contact Freya, Sally or Lynda on conferencing@clare.cam.ac.uk or you can visit our Fine Dining and Menus pages.

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From left to right FR; Luca Patriccioli (Head Chef), Tony Badger (Master), Lee Corke (Catering Manager), Mick Petty (Steward)

 Left to right BR; Bartek Terech, Alessandro Pannisi, Onesto Iommelli, Mateus Balaga, Jose Ribeiro