The Diocese of Canterbury is now inviting entries for its popular Kent is Delicious school cookery competition.
The aim of the competition is to raise children’s awareness of the quality and importance of local, seasonal produce by asking them to create a recipe using as many locally sourced, grown and produced ingredients as possible.
This year the theme is ‘packed lunch’. Schools are being encouraged to get creative and say ‘goodbye’ to the boring and uninspired and ‘hello!’ to lunch boxes bursting full of scrumptious local lunchtime dishes
Open to all primary schools in Kent, each school has now received information about the competition via email and through the post.
Four schools will be chosen to go through to the final which will be held at the Kent County Show next July, and where they will make their dish for a panel judges comprised of local producers, growers and farmers. The closing date is Friday 22nd May 2015.
The 2014 winners were Senacre Wood Primary School in Maidstone. Their teacher, Ms Nicola Knight said:
“This was a lovely way for our youngsters to get to know about food. I’d certainly encourage other schools to get involved in this worthwhile and fun competition.”
Kent is Delicious is organised by the Diocese of Canterbury’s Communities and Partnerships Framework and held in partnership with Kent Agricultural Society (KCAS) and Produced in Kent. The purpose of the Framework is to empower parishes to serve their communities better by working in partnerships with others. The Framework has particular responsibility for rural and heritage issues, special interest groups, forging links with local authorities, other faith groups and with charities.
