Chefs, caterers, and keen home-cooks from across Wales are being given the chance to see their culinary creations feature in the follow-up to an award-winning recipe book.
Supply chain efficiency project Horticulture Wales is inviting people to submit their favourite fruit or vegetable-based recipes for a forthcoming sequel to its hugely-successful free ‘Cooking with Welsh Horticulture’ book.
Bringing together 35 recipes from renowned Welsh chefs such as Bryan Webb and Ross Bruce, the original book was developed to encourage cooks working in cafés, pubs, restaurants, hotels, and the wider Welsh hospitality sector to use more locally-sourced, in-season fruit, veg, and herbs.
It was named the Wales winner in the ‘Best Local Cuisine Book’ category of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, which was held as part of the inaugural Beijing Cookbook Fair in China (19-22 May).
Now Horticulture Wales is keen to continue showcasing Welsh produce to the world, and is asking for both professional and amateur cooks to send in their most-loved recipes made using in-season ingredients, with selected entries set to be featured in a free e-book follow-up which the project will put together over the next few months.
Chris Owens, Horticulture Wales' communications officer, said: “The reason we developed the original ‘Cooking with Welsh Horticulture’ book was to inspire chefs, cooks, and restaurant owners across the country to make use of the superb seasonal ingredients and produce grown here in Wales.
“The response we’ve received so far has been great, culminating in our recent recognition at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, and now we’re keen for cooks throughout Wales to share some of their own delicious dishes – from soups or salads right the way through to delightful desserts – and help encourage even more people to use such quality ingredients.”
Any chef, cook, or caterer keen for their recipe to feature in the follow-up to ‘Cooking with Welsh Horticulture’ should email their ideas to horticulturewales@glyndwr.ac.uk. Selected contributions will be featured in an e-book published via the Horticulture Wales website later this year.
