Orry Shand Wins Young Scottish Seafood Chef Title

29th June 2011

The Young Scottish Seafood Chef of the Year Competition has been won by 21 year old Orry Shand from the restaurant Eat on the Green in Aberdeenshire. Orry managed to beat five other finalists in the competition held at the Edinburgh School of Food and Wine, Newliston. For his achievements Orry received a weeks work experience at The Captain's Galley in Scrabster, the opportunity to cook at Seafood Scotland events throughout the year and a specially commissioned trophy. Runners up included Adam Newth from No 1, The Balmoral and Barry Robertson, Turnberry Hotel. Clare Dixon, Seafood Scotland Marketing Manager, said the competition had generated considerable interest from chefs in colleges, hotels and restaurants throughout the country: "It is part of a wider package of measures designed to encourage greater consumption of Scottish seafood, and working with young chefs is an effective way to achieve that."

Source: Fish Update.com