The winner of the Spanish Young Chef of the Year competition will train at Akelare in San Sebastian, Foods from Spain has confirmed.
Akelare is owned by renowned chef Pedro Subijana, and is one of Spain’s seven restaurants that hold three Michelin stars.
As well as the training placement, the first prize in the competition includes accommodation and travel expenses.
The Spanish Young Chef of the Year competition invites budding young chefs to create a three-course Spanish-inspired menu for four covers, using specified Spanish fruits and other foods in each course. It is open to students and chefs already working in industry up to the age of 25.
Entry packs can be downloaded from www.foodsfromspain.co.uk. The closing date for paper entries is 3 December 2010.
The competition will be judged by a small panel in two stages, a paper-based first round, followed by a cook-off in London on 22 January 2011 for eight successful finalists.
Foods from Spain launched the first Spanish Young Chef competition in 2008, to encourage a new generation of chefs to take inspiration from Spanish cookery and ingredients from Spain. The initiative is part of its campaign to promote Spanish fresh produce.
Last year’s winner, trainee chef Selin Kiazim, takes up a stage placement at El Bulli in mid-December. 21-year old David Alun Powell of Westminster College, London, took the title the previous year gained experience in four separate Michelin-starred restaurants, including three-starred El Bulli, since his win.
