Nestlé Toque d'Or champions crowned

By Lesley Foottit

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University College Birmingham team: winners
University College Birmingham team: winners
Defending champion the College of Food, University College Birmingham, has scooped the Nestlé Toque d'Or title for the second year running. The...

Defending champion the College of Food, University College Birmingham, has scooped the Nestlé Toque d'Or title for the second year running.

The teams were asked to come up with a three-course menu and concept and business plan for a restaurant, which they present first on paper and then through regional heats where they served the judges their menu.

Five final teams are chosen to cook their menu for 100 paying guests at the BBC Good Food Show Summer.

The winning team came up with a menu of mixed cuisines to reflect Birmingham's diverse multicultural population: sumac seared sirloin with a bulgar wheat salad, golden raisins and citrus dressing to start, pan fried seabass with Bengali tomato fish broth, rice noodles and prawn wonton for the main and Manjari chocolate delicé with caramel ice cream, coffee macaroon, raspberries and caramel sauce for dessert.

"Nestlé Toque d'Or is more than a competition, it is experiential learning," said Nestlé Professional managing director Neil Stephens. "It is a lifetime's experience in one competition and provides a gateway to industry and an exceptional unparalleled journey.

"For example, our Grand Finalists have taken part in an Army style cook-off challenge — which pushed boundaries and required the teams to create and serve a three course meal in 'field' conditions — as well as taking the City and Guilds Nestlé Professional Toque d'Or accreditation for Nutrition, Health and Wellness, which they all passed."

The other four finalists came from Blackpool & The Fylde College, Belfast Metropolitan College, Grimsby Institute of Further Education, and Colchester Institute.

The award ceremony was held on Friday at the Dorchester, Park Lane, London.

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