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Designed to “acknowledge and encourage excellence in the catering industry and in the home,” entrants must submit a recipe of their choice along with ingredients, method and a photo of their cooked dish by 20 October https://www.teflondsa.co.uk/enter-now.
Having launched in 2012, the Diamond Standards Awards are arranged by the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts, Teflon and Chemours, and are managed by The Bournemouth & Poole College.
12 finalists will be invited to cook in a live final at the Waitrose Cookery School (London) in January 2019, which judges (including Lesley Waters) will decide from online submissions.
Prizes include a three-year chefs scholarship at the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts and Bournemouth & Poole College, as well as a weekend in Dorset for two people, courtesy of Waters.