Sarum Academy’s chef Jennifer Brown will be competing in the national finals for the LACA School Chef of the Year (SCOTY) competition, after winning the South West Region competition in April at Weston College in Weston Super Mare.

Jennifer won over the judges with her main course of ‘In fine fettle fish supper’, including a baked pollock and spinach fishcake, sweet potato fries and crushed minted peas with a tangy curry sauce dip. Her winning dessert was golden banoffee profiteroles, for which her choux buns were filled with butterscotch and banana, drizzled with chocolate sauce and banana dust.

Sponsor Sarah Robb, marketing manager for Premier Foods Foodservice, said: “We love this time of year as it gives us chance to shout about all the incredible talent that is out there in the education catering sector. With Bisto sponsoring the competition we love to see the innovative ways the chefs are using our products. Congratulations to Jennifer Brown.”

Jennifer will be competing against other regional finalists at the national competition on Wednesday, July 5 and Thursday, July 6.