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Rational on host education catering demo with SCOTY winner Holly Charnock
20th April 2026

Rational on host education catering demo with SCOTY winner Holly Charnock

Written by: Edward Waddell
Rational UK is inviting education catering professionals to a live cooking demonstration with Holly Charnock, Rational ambassador and former School Chef of the Year (SCOTY) winner, designed to address the challenges facing today’s education kitchens.

Taking place on Thursday 7th May, from 14.40-16.30 at the Rational UK headquarters, the interactive session will demonstrate how catering teams across nurseries, schools, colleges, and universities can deliver high-quality, nutritious meals at scale, while working smarter, faster and more efficiently.

Education caterers are under increasing pressure, facing tight budgets, reduced staffing levels, rising meal volumes, and higher nutritional standards. This event is built around those exact realities, offering practical, proven solutions that can be applied immediately in busy education kitchen environments.

Cooking systems perform in real-service environments, and these demonstrations offer the chance to watch Holly prepare dishes live, including veg packed vegan cottage pie, beef ragu, her popular kung pao chicken, jacket potatoes and toasties.

The demo will also allow attendees to gain practical insights into enhancing kitchen efficiency, speed, and consistency. During the demonstration, attendees will learn how to:

  • Maximise output with fewer staff
  • Reduce energy consumption and overall running costs
  • Deliver consistent, great-tasting, nutritious food, even at scale

Holly commented: “Education kitchens are among the most demanding environments in catering. These sessions are about giving teams practical tools and confidence, showing that it is possible to meet nutritional standards, budget pressures, and volume demands, all while producing food students genuinely enjoy.”

Register here: https://www.rational-online.com/en_gb/cmp/expert-chef-event-education/.