The winner of the Cheshire heat of the Essential Cuisine North West Young Chef competition 2013 is 22-year-old Samuel Mairs from Warrington.
Sam, who is a junior sous chef at Grill on the Square in Warrington, won the Cheshire heat of the competition to complete the line up of contenders at the finals on 13th June at Manchester college.
On winning his heat Sam said: “I didn’t think I had a chance of winning. I saw the other competitors’ dishes coming past me to be served and thought they all looked really good.
“I put a lot of long nights into preparing for this competition; I really focused on what was seasonal and local to me. It’s taken a lot of hard work and practice!”
Competing at South Cheshire College, Crewe on 25th April, Sam cooked a starter of Boudin of Goosnargh chicken, Richard Wilding asparagus, wild mushrooms, morels and
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