Island Life Magazine Ltd August/September 2014 | Page 107

FOOD

Youngsters are top cooks
T

wo 14 year old cooks from
the Isle of Wight have been
crowned Create and Cook
Competition champions by BBC2’s
Masterchef: The Professionals
champion, chef Steven Edwards.
Joe Lancaster and Alice Hyde,
pupils at Sandown Bay Academy,
fought off stiff competition from
three other team finalists from
Hampshire and West Sussex at the
cookery competition’s final. The
Create and Cook Competition aims
to celebrate local food and nurture
the talent and skills of young
cooks aged 12-14 years. All four
contestant pairs were challenged
to design a two course menu full
of local flavours and cook this in
front of the judging panel at the
competition final held at Newlyns
Cookery School in Hampshire.
Joe and Alice’s menu played on
the theme of Beatrix Potter’s Peter
Rabbit. Joe cooked Mr McGregor’s
Pie, using wild rabbit that he’d

caught and prepared himself. This
was followed by Alice’s strawberry
cheesecake. Their menu also
incorporated own grown carrots,
radishes and peas, Godshill cider,
flour from Calbourne Water Mill
and Island strawberries, butter and
cream.
Steven Edwards, praised the
teenagers’ standard of cooking,
saying: “This competition has
become so hard to judge as the
quality of entries is so high. All the
contestants did such a good job
and we could see that everyone
really wanted to win, I could
have been watching professional
chefs in the kitchen, not young
teenagers. Joe and Alice worked so
well together as a team, everything
they did took the judges on a
journey from field to plate.”
To find out more and see the
winning recipes, visit www.
fit2cook.co.uk/createandcook.

Enjoying seafood at Morgans
M

organs Restaurant in High Street,
Shanklin is serving top quality,
locally-caught fish at highly
competitive prices as part of their extensive
summer menu. The seafood dishes on offer
include lobster, salmon, crab and mackerel,
and all come with a variety of vegetables or
salad and potatoes.
Over the past eight years Morgans
Restaurant has built a fine reputation
for serving excellent food in an inviting
atmosphere, and is the perfect location for
a cosy meal for two or for larger parties.
During the summer season the restaurant
is open every day, with lunch from 12
until 2.30pm, and dinner from 5pm until
late. Each evening from 5 to 7pm there is
a fantastic two-course menu available for
just £14.95, so look no further! Telephone:
01983 864900,
www.visitilife.com

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