National Seconday School Culinary Challenge

April 2015

Southern Hospitality is proud to once again sponsor the National Secondary School Competition!

This competition is an excellent opportunity to grow and showcase the skills of potential chefs across the country, and for these young people to be mentored and judged by local industry chefs. Teams of two year 12 or 13 competitors will compete in a live regional kitchen cook-off to produce four covers of entrée and main meals in just 90 minutes.

2014 NSSCC winners

Students will be scored across a number of areas including food preparation, hygiene, presentation, taste and use of New Zealand produced vegetables and chicken. Each winner will then go on to represent their region at the National Final.

The regional timetable is as follows:

1. Wellington – Weltec – 16^th May

2. Hawkes Bay – EIT – 24^th May

3. Southern/Southland – SIT – 6^th June

4. Taranaki/Wanganui – WITT – 8^th June

5. Northland – Northtec – 14^th June

6. Tasman – NMIT – 26^th June

7. Auckland South/East – MIT – 1^st July

8. Waikato/BOP – Wintec – 3^rd July

9. Auckland North/Central/West – AUT – 10^th July

10. Canterbury - TBC

More information including full regional event details, photos and judges involved can be found at the competition’s website: http://www.nsscc.nz/