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The Young Chef of the Year competition will see 12 finalists prepare a three-course meal using ingredients from a mystery 'market basket' at the Final on 12 June at the Food Services Wing, Worthy Down

The evening opened with a champagne reception and canapés, followed by a five course dinner plus coffee and petit fours.

Thompson was previously strategic development director at Enterprise Plc.

Phillips joins Tetley with a wealth of knowledge in the sector after nine years at Georgia Pacific where he was national account controller on the Lotus Professional brand.

The Mount Charles Group and Sodexo have signed up to take part in a six-month pilot scheme called Caloriewise that aims to encourage consumers to make more informed choices when eating out.

Vegetarians account for nearly two and a half billion pounds worth of food eaten outside of the home each year, at restaurants, cafes and workplace canteens but three quarters of them are unhappy with

To become Cordon Vert Chef of the Future, Ashley completed two stages. Firstly, he had to create a three course menu which was suitable for vegetarians or vegans.

Paul Simpson has been appointed as sales director and Damian Mills as head of operations. Simpson, newly appointed sales director, joined Aspall in 2010 as national account controller for take-home fo

The competition, launched this year to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the sandwich, was split into three regions, with winners in London, England and Wales and Scotland. A total of 60 sandwich

They were among students from six colleges who had made it through to the cook off at University College Birmingham on May 9, where each finalist or team of two were challenged to produce a starter an