Best Young Chef of the Year 2024

ECA Live Cooking Competitions at HACE 2024

Sponsored by Green Meadows for Food Industries – Mainz & Dixie Mills

Instructions

  • The team will consist of a Young chef and a culinary student under 25 years
  • The preparation and presentation of the 3-course menu must be done in the required time frame – 90 minutes of cooking.
  • Service time: 1st course after 50 minutes, 2nd course (main course) 70 minutes, 3rd course (dessert) 85 minutes.
  • There will be point deductions for exceeding the time limit.

Menu Requirement for 2 pax, which includes

1 for jury evaluation and 1 for photos/media. Worldchef’s rules on mise en place will apply as per this document.

1ST COURSE

A warm seafood

2ND COURSE (Main Course)

Up to your choice, with appropriate starch and compliments.

3RD COURSE

A dessert featuring chocolate 46%, Dilmah Tea, and 2 fruit products

  • Competitors should incorporate the use of one Dixie Mills product at least in their menus.

Explanation of what foods are permitted to be brought into the kitchen:

  • Salads – cleaned, washed, not mixed or cut.
  • Vegetables – cleaned, peeled, washed, not cut, and must be raw.
  • Fruit and vegetable purees are permitted but must not be seasoned or finished
  • No glaze or concentrated juices
  • Dried fruit / or vegetable powder permitted
  • Dehydrated fruit or sheets permitted
  • Home-made spice mixture is permitted
  • Shells should be raw in their shells but cleaned.
  • Crustaceans should be raw or boiled, but not peeled.
  • Stocks – basic stock, not reduced, not seasoned, no additional items (garlic, etc.) and hot and cold samples must be available for the judges.
  • Pastry sponge, biscuit, – can be brought in, but not cut.
  • Meringue can be in a piping bag pre-made, but not cooked
  • Basic pastry recipes can be brought in weighed out, but no further processing. Fruit pulps – fruit purees may be brought in but not as a finished sauce.
  • Decor elements – 100% must be made in the kitchen.

Participants violating these rules will be penalized up to 10% of the maximum potential score.

Awards

Winner Prize:   LE 3000 + Award Certificate

Registration:

Note: The Registration is Closed.

Fees per entry: LE 350 for ECA members, LE 500 for non-ECA members

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