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Another place in the national final of LACA’s School Chef of the Year 2015, sponsored by Maggi from Nestlé Professional, has been settled following the West Midlands final at Stoke on Trent College.

The winner will now go forward to the national final at the Food Services Wing of Worthy Down Defence Logistics School near Winchester, Hampshire on May 20th. Presentations will be made to winners that evening at the Norton Park Hotel in Winchester.

The overall winner of the Regional Final and the new LACA West Midlands School Chef of the Year 2015 is Vicky Brammer of Crescent Academy, Meir, Stoke on Trent.

Her two winning dishes were a vegetable stack with herby salmon - crusted salmon served with courgette rosti, accompanied by a wedge of vegetable pancake & tomato sauce - for the main course and a trio of fruity tartlets for the dessert - selection of fruit tartlets filled with a rich coconut custard decorated with fresh fruit.

A highly commended main course went to Darren Barnes (below) of Adams Grammar School Secondary, Newport, Telford & Wrekin CBC. He served linguine pasta tossed through fresh vegetables & a rustic tomato sauce topped with chicken.