The Rotary Club of Stamford, East Midlands held the annual Young Chef competition in the Food and Nutrition department of Stamford High School on 16th November.
The competition is promoted through the local schools and is open to pupils up to the age of seventeen.
It is designed to promote an important life skill of cooking to the young participants in an enjoyable way.
Students cook and serve a two-course meal for two people within a set time of 90 minutes. There was a total of nine competitors from Stamford Endowed Schools and the Welland Academy.
To make the competition more rewarding, the Rotary club offered the top three most successful entrants a cash prize.
Young Chef Competition participants together with the two RAF judges.
The event was judged by RAF members Warrant Office Dominic Owen and Flight Sergeant Andrew Hollingsworth.
The winner of the competition was Darcy Wolstenholme-Green from Stamford School.
Kate Hillyard-Smith from the Welland Academy was placed second and Joel Jackson, also of the Welland Academy took third place.
“The plan is to provide health camps, vaccination programmes, family planning and minor medical treatments.”
Darcy’s winning menu was Prawn Thai Curry served with whole grain rice, finished with a hint of coriander followed by Thai-inspired apple crumble served with custard and with flaked coconut – all at a total cost of £8.50.
Stamford club also built the Golche Medical Centre in Nepal. This was the largest and the first completely independent project undertaken by a team of 18 volunteers and was initially planned prior to the pandemic.
The clinic is located next to the Shree Bhimsen School, which has 350 pupils and staff and will serve the communities of a huge area – approximately 5,000 people.
The plan is to provide health camps, vaccination programmes, family planning and minor medical treatments.
Planning with Nepalese contacts and with extra funding promised, enabled a higher spec building, this included various extras such as rooms, toilets, waiting areas and more.
Sanitary Care Kit distribution to the local girls to improve care and self-understanding.
In addition to the build, the team facilitated a feminine hygiene programme and donated reusable hygiene kits to all the girls in the school helping to prevent period poverty.
Spare kits were left at the clinic to support the women in the area after the team returned to the UK.
Thanks to the incredible work of the volunteers and the build team, the Golche Medical Centre was completed and handed over to the ward chairman on the 26th of October.
