Yes, chef!: Students from three Campaspe school competed in the regional final of the Murray River Culinary Challenge on Wednesday.
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Steve Huntley
The Campaspe regional final of the Murray River Culinary Challenge was held at the Echuca campus of Bendigo TAFE on Wednesday.
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Teams from Echuca College, Rochester Secondary College and St Joseph’s College Echuca competed in a set three-course menu of dishes, judged by Paul and Nikki Cohen of Riverbank Moama.
The winning team were Kate Durrant and Dylan Jenkins from Echuca College.
Kate and Dylan will now compete in the Grand Final to be held at the Echuca College training kitchens on Monday September 12 from 9.30am until about 1pm with teams from Swan Hill College, Nathalia Secondary College and Galen College.
The Murray River Culinary Challenge has been running since 2006 as an industry standard cooking competition for secondary school students enrolled in a Vocational Education and Training (VET) Hospitality Training Package.
The challenge spans four regions and will involve more than 120 students attending 15 schools from Echuca, Shepparton, Swan Hill, Wangaratta and districts.
At the school level, students compete individually for a spot in the regional final, and the two top scoring students from each school compete as a team.
The top scoring team then progresses to the Grand Final.
Menus in each level of the competition become progressively more difficult and are designed for students to be able to demonstrate their skills learnt during their hospitality training.
The competition is judged by top industry representatives from the regions who donate their time and expertise.
Prize: The Murray River Culinary Competition trophy was created locally by a wood turner from wood from the Koondrook forest. Sponsors for the event Cobram Estate Olive Oil and Murray River Salt also gifted products to be used in competition and as prizes.
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Steve Huntley
Technique: Dylan Jenkins and competition judge Paul Cohen.
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Steve Huntley
Winners: Dylan Jenkins and Kate Durrant from Echuca College preparing their entree dishes.
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Steve Huntley
Expertise: Nikki Cohen providing some expert knowledge to Grace Raftry and Cody Baker.
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Recipe: St Joseph’s College student Grace Raftry working on preparing the set menu dishes.
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Working hard: Cody Baker preparing his dishes, representing St Joseph’s College.
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