apetito is a global organisation with 50 years experience in providing frozen food and catering solutions to Care Homes, Local Authorities and Hospitals. We also provide a frozen meal delivery service to the public via our franchise Wiltshire Farm Foods and a community meals delivery service through Local Authorities via apetito Services.

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Young Chefs Come And Cook-Up A Treat

Phil Rimmer

Every year the participants raise the bar, but today’s menus were outstanding in  terms of the thought and presentation that went into the dishes, with a real focus on the consumer in terms of taste and texture.

 Judge - Phil Rimmer Head Development Chef, apetito

15 Aug, 2011

We were extremely proud that 12 schools from the surrounding area entered the recent Wessex Masterchef competition held at apetito in Trowbridge.

The students were given a range of ingredients once they arrived, and asked to design a three course meal in one hour.

Three schools were shortlisted for the next round – Frome Community College, Lavington School and Sheldon School – and each was allocated an apetito development chef and just two hours in which to prepare their meals.

This year saw inventive dishes such as wild garlic soup, chicken with sweet potato mash and ratatouille, and chocolate tart with vanilla ice cream and raspberry sauce, amongst others.

Frome Community College’s menu was crowned the unanimous winner for its well-balanced flavours and restaurant quality presentation. The Year Ten winners were Oliver Baker, Hayley Smith, Ryan Hughes and Jack Barrett, who were thrilled to take home the first prize of £1,000!

All participants received a cookbook and Amazon vouchers, and the winning team are already planning to try and return to retain their title in 2012.

  • This article appeared in Issue 5 of the Healthcare News Bites which you can download here