Flogas Mayo Masterchef Competition
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Barry Ralph of the Bayleaf Restaurant in Castlebar, winner of the Fish Open class at the Flogas Mayo Masterchef 2013 competition was presented with his prize by Michael Keogh of Flogas Ireland and Seamus Doherty, chair of the Chefs of Mayo Club.
23 competitors turned up the heat at the inaugural Flogas Mayo Masterchef Competition on Tues 30 April 2013 held at the Mayo Abbey Cookery School, Claremorris. Watched by a large audience, budding student chefs from the School joined seasoned professionals in vying for top honours in the five competition classes. The School also enlisted the willing support of the Chefs of Mayo Club, which set out the competition rules and criteria for each class as well as organising the professional judging panel.
Michael Keogh, local area representative for Flogas, was on hand to present the prizes to the winners. Michael said, “We are one of the leading suppliers of LPG to the hotel, restaurant and hospitality industry. Because of this, we are always looking at ways to encourage and promote standards of culinary excellence so we were delighted to come on board and support this very worthwhile initiative.”
Ann-Marie Heneghan, manager of FÁS LTI Cookery project at Mayo Abbey, said, “We want to thank Flogas very much for their generous sponsorship of the event, which enabled us to present prizes to all our winners. It helped to ‘sharpen the knives’ and gave the competition that extra bit of good-humoured edge on the day!”
The Mayo Abbey Cookery School was set up just over two years ago. It is a charitable non-profit making organisation, supported by FAS and is run by a voluntary management committee.
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| Declan Martin, student at Mayo Abbey Cookery School, scooped 2nd place in the Fish Open Class at Flogas Mayo Masterchef 2013 | Becky Bissell, pastry chef at Hotel Westport, was the winner of the Decorated Gateau Class at Flogas Mayo Masterchef 2013 | Melody Chung, student at Mayo Abbey Cookery School, who won 1st prize in the Celebration Cake Class at Flogas Mayo Masterchef 2013. |
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