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Sponsored by Bisto from Premier Foods, LACA’s School Chef of the Year competition attracts some of the very best school chef talent from across the country. Regional final winners will each receive a £100 cash prize.

Paul’s winning main course was a seasoned chicken drumstick, red pepper and Spanish onion paella, sweet ‘patatas bravas’ and garlic aioli. For dessert he made layered biscuit, raspberry brownie and chocolate sponge, chocolate mousse, raspberry coulis and custard.

Premier Foods Foodservice, producers of Bisto the main sponsor of SCOTY, said: "Congratulations to Paul for delivering some outstanding school food in the regional finals – it was a tough judging process but he thoroughly deserves his spot in the national finals.

“You can really start to feel the excitement and buzz now as we enter the latter stages of the competition. We look forward to seeing Paul at the national finals, where he will have another fantastic opportunity to showcase his culinary skills and put his school food on the map.”

LACA – the school food people, was established in 1990 and is the leading professional body representing over 1,000 members drawn from across the school food sector representing public sector and private contract caterers and suppliers to schools, academies, and MATs across the UK.

The regional finalists and potential wild card competitors will take part in the national final at the LACA Main Event on Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th July 2024. School meal providers can register for free entry to the School Food Show to watch the competitors in action.