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von Essen hotels Sponsors ‘Chef of The Year’ Competition At Wiltshire College
Posted on 28/04/2009
von Essen hotels announces that they will be the headline sponsor for the first annual ‘Chef of the Year’ competition held in September by Wiltshire College. The competition has been created to find talented chefs from Wiltshire College in Trowbridge, Chippenham and Salisbury who are on full and part time Level two catering courses.
The competition begins in the first week of May with preliminary rounds at each college to test the basic skills of entrants. After the contestants have been judged on site, the top three students from each college will go through to the final round on the 15th of June, making a total of nine entrants. Each finalist will be required to design a three-course menu that can be prepared, cooked and presented within three hours. A panel of professionals, including Chris Horridge (Head Chef at Cliveden) and Daniel Moon (Head Chef of Homewood Park) will judge the final, looking for the best that show overall skill, flair a professional attitude to cooking
The winner of the ‘Chef of the Year‘ competition will be offered the position as Commis Chef at von Essen hotels. This position, which lasts for a 12-month period, will give the winner the chance to work with some of the country’s finest chefs in four different locations - at two rosette The Elms and Homewood Park, three-rosette Thornbury Castle and Michelin Starred Cliveden.
The winner will follow a structured learning programme and be taught a number of special skills including pastry, garnish, sauce and fish. They will also have the opportunity to design a dish that will feature on the restaurant menu for the last week of their time at each hotel. As an added bonus, the winner will be sent to France at the end of their placement for a one-week masterclass at von Essen’s Michelin starred hotel, Chateau de Bagnols, in France.
The finalists who are awarded second and third place will win a lunch for two, as well as two-week placement at any von Essen hotel.
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For more information or high-res images, please contact Louise Ashmore / Susannah Morrison, Brighter Group: 020 7603 2168, louise.ashmore@brightergroup.com
Notes to Editors:
The von Essen private collection of hotels comprises of:
The Classic Set, including: Cliveden, Berkshire; The Royal Crescent Hotel in Bath; Lower Slaughter Manor in Lower Slaughter; Ston Easton Park near Bath; Thornbury Castle near Bristol; Sharrow Bay in the Lake District; Buckland Manor in Broadway; Ynyshir Hall in Wales, Amberley Castle in West Sussex and The Samling in Cumbria.
The Country Set which includes: Hunstrete House near Bath; Bishopstrow House, Warminster; Congham Hall in Norfolk; New Park Manor in the New Forest; Lewtrenchard Manor in Devon; The Mount Somerset in Taunton; Washbourne Court in Lower Slaughter; Dalhousie Castle in Bonnyrigg near Edinburgh; The Greenway in Cheltenham, Homewood Park near Bath; Seaham Hall in County Durham and Callow Hall in Derbyshire.
The Family Set including: Woolley Grange in Wiltshire; Fowey Hall in Cornwall; Moonfleet Manor in Dorset; The Elms near Worcester and Ickworth Hall in Suffolk.
The Continental Set, which consists of Château de Bagnols near Lyon in France.
von Essen hotels is also building a brand new riverside hotel in Battersea, London called Hotel Verta. The hotel will have a spa, restaurant and executive international business suite. Due to launch in Autumn 2009 and with stunning views overlooking the River Thames, the new-build boutique style property in Battersea will offer 70 contemporary designed guest rooms over seven floors.
For information about any of the von Essen hotels, visit: www.vonessenhotels.com
For more information about Luxury Family Hotels visit: www.luxuryfamilyhotels.com
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