The impressive cooking skills displayed by Waltham Forest College students Stephanie Gioia and Mark Martin have won them top prize in a cookery competition.
The two combined their culinary ability to serve up a sumptuous feast of paupiettes of lemon sole, pork and lamb Wellington, and three berry tart.
Working together, they won the North London College Cup beating pairs of catering students from Southgate College, College of North West London, and Barnet College.
For Stephanie, a final year student, there was an additional surprise. She so impressed one judge that he offered to secure a commis chef position for her at a five-star hotel in London.
Judges singled out the cooking duo’s knife skills and presentation skills for particular praise, and described their desert as “outstanding”.
The two represented the College’s Service Industries Catering and Hospitality department. They had previously won a “Ready, Steady Cook” competition staged for all the College’s full time catering students in May.
Stephanie is currently completing her Level 2 (GCSE equivalent) VRQ in Professional Cookery and Mark is completing his Level 1 qualification.
Mark, who plans to progress to Level 2 at Waltham Forest College next year, said: “I have never won anything like this before I am so proud of my achievement. Stephanie was great to work with.”
The pair were assisted at the competition by Daniel Tilley who was the food service waiter who presented and served their meals to the judges.
Peter Stone, the College’s catering operations manager, said: “The students worked hard under the direction of chef lecturer Philip Wright to present the winning dishes.
“This is a truly proud moment for the college as this is the first time in many years that the college has achieved first place in this type of competition.”
Waltham Forest College now holds the trophy for 12 months and this was presented to the students at the annual prize giving evening held on July 7 2010
The two combined their culinary ability to serve up a sumptuous feast of paupiettes of lemon sole, pork and lamb Wellington, and three berry tart.
Working together, they won the North London College Cup beating pairs of catering students from Southgate College, College of North West London, and Barnet College.
For Stephanie, a final year student, there was an additional surprise. She so impressed one judge that he offered to secure a commis chef position for her at a five-star hotel in London.
Judges singled out the cooking duo’s knife skills and presentation skills for particular praise, and described their desert as “outstanding”.
The two represented the College’s Service Industries Catering and Hospitality department. They had previously won a “Ready, Steady Cook” competition staged for all the College’s full time catering students in May.
Stephanie is currently completing her Level 2 (GCSE equivalent) VRQ in Professional Cookery and Mark is completing his Level 1 qualification.
Mark, who plans to progress to Level 2 at Waltham Forest College next year, said: “I have never won anything like this before I am so proud of my achievement. Stephanie was great to work with.”
The pair were assisted at the competition by Daniel Tilley who was the food service waiter who presented and served their meals to the judges.
Peter Stone, the College’s catering operations manager, said: “The students worked hard under the direction of chef lecturer Philip Wright to present the winning dishes.
“This is a truly proud moment for the college as this is the first time in many years that the college has achieved first place in this type of competition.”
Waltham Forest College now holds the trophy for 12 months and this was presented to the students at the annual prize giving evening held on July 7 2010
