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Wessex Salon Culinaire

The UK’s largest live culinary competition, the Wessex Salon Culinaire, will take place at Brockenhurst College on 3rd and 4th April 2013.

This year the competition is split into four categories: Live Hot, Live Cold, Restaurant and Display, with scores of classes in each category for entrants to select – from a British game main course in the Live Hot section right through to napkin folding in the Display.

• The deadline for entries has been extended to 15th March 2013.

For more information about the Wessex Salon Culinaire competition, call 0208 948 3870

Wessex Salon Culinaire 2013 attracts record number of entries from chefs across the UK

11 April 2013

The 2013 Wessex Salon Culinaire, held in association with the Craft Guild of Chefs, attracted more than 700 entries – double the number at last year’s event.… More…

The Craft Guild of Chefs’ Wessex Salon Culinaire gets underway for 2013

19 November 2012

The Craft Guild of Chefs is calling for chefs to put their skills to the test at the Wessex Salon Culinaire, one of the largest live culinary competitions in th… More…

Young chefs show the wow factor at Wessex Salon Culinaire

17 April 2012

More than 150 gold and silver medals were won by budding young chefs at this year’s Wessex Salon Culinaire, one of the UK’s largest live culinary competitions i… More…


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