The first LACA School Chef of the Year finalist has been revealed

Watch the action from the South-West regional heat of LACA School Chef of the Year

Jennifer Brown, a school chef from Sarum Academy part of Atalian Servest, has become the first contestant to qualify for the 2023 School Chef of the Year final.

The event was held at Weston College in Weston Super Mare and judged by Louise Wagstaffe of Premier Foods, Sharon Armstrong of LACA UK and Stuart Brereton of MKN UK.

For her main course, Jennifer made a dish called ‘in fine fettle, fish supper’, which featured baked pollock and spinach fishcake, sweet potato fries, crushed minted peas with a tangy curry sauce dip. Jennifer created golden banoffee profiteroles, Choux buns filled with butterscotch and banana, drizzled with chocolate sauce and banana dust for her dessert.