9th January 2024

Premier Foods launches SCOTY recipe book to inspire 2024 cohort

Written by: Edward Waddell
To mark the 30th anniversary of the LACA School Chef of the Year competition (SCOTY) headline sponsor Bisto, from Premier Foods Foodservice, has unveiled a new recipe book to showcase the talent of the 2023 finalists and ‘inspire’ a new cohort to enter this year’s competition.

Featuring 22 main and dessert dishes produced at last year’s finals that took place at the LACA Main Event, Premier Foods Foodservice hopes the new book will encourage other school chefs to register before the entry deadline of Friday 26th January 2024.

Sarah Robb, foodservice marketing manager at Premier Foods Foodservice, said: “We’re inviting school chefs to enter LACA School Chef of the Year 2024 – an amazing national competition to showcase their culinary skills and the incredibly high standard of their school food. Our new recipe book is a celebration of the passion, dedication and talent school chefs bring to their kitchens every day.

“As the competition reaches such a special milestone, it’s the perfect opportunity to share these recipes to inspire other school chefs across the UK to embrace the unique challenges of SCOTY which – as we know from previous years – offers so many benefits from both a personal and professional perspective.” 

The recipe collection highlights the passion and skill these chefs bring, to consistently provide nutritious, high quality and well-balanced meals for children. It also showcases the diversity of food that can be found in school kitchens nationwide.

The recipe book, which is available to download, includes Raheem Morgan’s winning dishes:

  • Bisto crispy Asian fishcake- with carrot & black kale kinpira edamame bean puree and wasabi mayonnaise
  • Bird’s lime coconut cheesecake- with cherry compote, apple and basil

The recipe book also features two recipes from runner-up Jennifer Brown from Sarum Academy (Academy, part of Atalian Servest) and wildcard James Noakes from Maidstone Grammar School (Impact Food Group) who finished in third place.

Each dish incorporated at least one product from the following Premier Foods Foodservice brands: Bisto, McDougalls, Sharwoods, Smash, Batchelors, Angel Delight, Bird’s and Ambrosia. The recipe book contains a photograph of their finished dish, an ingredients list, a method, the estimated cooking time as well as any possible allergens.

To enter SCOTY 2024, school chefs can register their details here.