14th May 2021

International Salon Culinaire announces winners of seafood challenge

Written by: Edward Waddell
International Salon Culinaire, the historic chef competition hosted at the Hotel, Restaurant & Catering Show, has unveiled the third set of winners in its series of virtual chef challenges taking place in 2021.

The Major Seafood Challenge, in partnership with Compass Group UK & Ireland, saw chefs create and cook a seafood main dish incorporating at least one of the premium stock bases supplied by sponsor Major International.

The entrants were required to submit a recipe, a brief description and a photo of the dish, plus a short video showing their creation and detailing their reasons for entering it into the competition. The seafood challenge judges included Henri Brosi, Ian Nottage and Kevin Clark.

Salon Director Steve Munkley, commented: “A year ago we wouldn’t have thought Salon Culinaire judging would have gone online, but it’s been extremely successful. We had over 34 entries for the Seafood competition and some really excellent dishes.”

The Gold winners included Grzegorz Niewiadomski of Compass Group Ireland, with a mackerel, barley miso, oyster, cucumber and sea buckthorn dish, and Cpl Ralph King from The Army with his dish ‘A Day at the Seaside’.

Silver award:

  • David Hearn, Compass Group ESS
  • Sagar Massey, Mar Hall Hotel, Bishopton Scotland
  • Graham Mitchell, The Newmachar Hotel
  • Sam Wicks, Hoar Cross Hall Hotel & Spa
  • Charlie Knight, House of Commons
  • Marco Roxo, House of Commons
  • Conor Bird, House of Commons
  • Kerwin Mark M. Funtanilla, Center for Culinary Arts-Manila
  • Erik Roy R. Sanluis, Center for Culinary Arts-Manila
  • Kystle B. San Juan, Center for Culinary Arts-Manila
  • Miguel Antonio S. Lorino, Center for Culinary Arts-Manila
  • James St Claire-Jones, British Army Culinary Arts Team/167 Catering Support Regiment/Hoar Cross Hall Hotel
  • Cpl Matthew Webb, The Army

Bronze award:

  • Lewis Campbell, Royal Air Force
  • Robert Armitage, RAF Brize Norton
  • Kai Nudds, RAF Marham
  • Suteerak Mueaybut, Royal Air Force
  • Rajiv Erinjery, Jumeirah UK
  • Dan Gee, RAF Lossiemouth
  • Robbie McGuinness, CVO East Ayrshire
  • Sam Wydymus, Terroir63
  • Varun Khanna, Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management
  • James Bailey, British Army Culinary Arts Team/167 Catering Support Regiment/Hoar Cross Hall Hotel
  • Sahil Limbu, RAF Lossiemouth
  • Subhan Malik, The Beumont Hotel
  • Lauren Boston, RAF Brize Norton

Merit award:

  • Patricia Winters, Queens Head
  • Avraam Dimitrios Avramidis, Home Kitchen
  • Lance Stalnaker, Tri-Rivers Career Center, Ohio, USA
  • Miguel Soares, Bancone
  • Neil Pidgeon, British Army Culinary Arts Team/167 Catering Support Regiment/Hoar Cross Hall Hotel
  • Milan Maity, Celebrity Cruise

The deadline for the next virtual awards, the International Salon Culinaire Bidfood Lamb Challenge is 24 May 2021.