The Irish Panel of Chefs (Junior team) (l-r) are: Katie Paterson, Siomha Guiney, George Smith, trainer, Bernard Tracy, Breid Devlin, captain, Margaret Roche and Bylys Dino.
The Irish Panel of Chefs (Junior Team), sponsored by Fáilte Ireland and VHI Healthcare, recently returned home from the 2008 Culinary Olympics with a bronze in the “Hot Kitchen” event and a silver in the buffet event. The Olympics is the most important global competition for chefs and the young Irish team competed against 53 countries during the four day event in Messe Erfurt in Germany. Four out of the six members of the team studied or are currently studying the Advanced Certificate in Professional Cookery, the Fáilte Ireland supported programme dedicated to producing professional chefs.
