Pritchitts reveals the 12 best recipes in its Regional Recipe Competition

Leading dairy supplier Pritchitts has announced the 12 winners for its coveted Regional Recipe Competition, in association with the Craft Guild of Chefs.

In the summer, Pritchitts called for chefs nationwide to submit their finest regional recipes using any of the company's products in a bid to win a range of fabulous prizes. Twelve chefs would be rewarded with a year's membership to the Craft Guild, a Global chef's knife worth £120 and the chance to feature their recipe in the Pritchitts Craft Guild of Chefs 2011 calendar.

The chefs and their recipes were judged on originality, regional representation and excellent use of Pritchitts products, and the winners are:

Southern Ireland
Sean McNulty, chef lecturer, Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology

Northern Ireland
James B. Anderson, head chef, Talkington Bates

Highlands of Scotland
Siobhan MacAndrew, Lundie, Dundee

Lowlands of Scotland
Peter McKenzie, head chef; South Lanarkshire Council

London
Mark Ord, head chef, Sanctuary Care Wantage Nursing Home

South West
Andrew Bailey, development chef, Alpha Flight Services

South East
Matthew Hart, pastry chef, Spire Healthcare

North West
Robert Stordy, corporate chef/lecturer, University of Derby

North East
William Cohen, hospitality lecturer, Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education

East Anglia
Matthew Carter, head chef, Emmanuel College

Wales
Lee Shannon, sous chef, The Beggars Reach Hotel

Midlands
Giuseppe Paonani, sous chef, Cha Restaurant

The winning regional recipes will now go on to a second stage of judging when The Dorchester Hotel's renowned executive chef Henry Brosi will choose the overall winner of the fabulous prize of dinner for two in the hotel's exclusive Krug Room, personally prepared by Brosi. The recently redesigned Krug Room in the hotel's master kitchens is the original 'chef's table' that first opened in the 1940s.

Simon Muschamp, head of marketing at Pritchitts commented: "Pritchitts Regional Recipe Competition in association with the Craft Guild of Chefs is a celebration of the diversity of regional cuisine across the UK. 

"I think the competition effectively demonstrated how versatile our product range is in creating fantastic regionally inspired recipes. We were incredibly impressed by not only the standard of entries but by the passion that so many chefs showed, and I'd like to congratulate everyone on being very deserving regional winners."

Words: Sheila Eggleston

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