TU Dublin and L'École des Métiers student team are winners of strand two at the 2022 Dairy Chef Competition
Congratulations to student Christopher Buckley, 3rd year student on the BA in Culinary Arts, TU Dublin who along with student Hugo Blondet from L'École des Métiers, Dijon, France won strand two at the 3rd annual Dairy Chef Competition held in ATU Galway on 6th April 2022.
The competition is organised by the French Embassy in Ireland, in partnership with National Dairy Council (NDC) and CNIEL (Centre national interprofessionnel de l’economie laitiere) and invites culinary students from top colleges in France and Ireland to create a three-course menu celebrating Irish and French dairy products. The theme this year for each dish was ‘Sustainability and innovation in meals of the future’.
French and Irish culinary students were asked to submit a menu with photos detailing three-course menus celebrating the best of Irish and French dairy products inspired by the theme. The standard this year was incredibly high and 12 finalists were selected out of 20. There were 6 teams, each team made up of an Irish and French student with two strands to the competition for novice students and experienced students.
The Dairy Chef competition was judged by renowned chefs and food personalities in France and in Ireland, highlighting the thriving food culture and culinary education in both countries.
The FICAHT Network aims at promoting students mobility in hospitality, catering and tourism sectors. The objectives of the network are to encourage student mobility and apprenticeship, developing EU-wide programmes through the Erasmus+ scheme, supporting knowledge sharing through study/work abroad programmes and exchanging good practices culinary arts and tourism sectors. The cook-off officially opened the 5th FICAHT Forum, taking place until the 9th April in Galway.