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The annual Rotary Young Chef Competition took place recently with budding young chefs competing to win a place in the regional final of the competition.  The Macphie sponsored event was held at both Aberdeen and Dundee colleges.

Contestants from various secondary schools across Scotland, were set the challenge of creating a three course meal within two hours. The event was co-ordinated by Stonehaven Rotarian Mike Robins. Mr Robins said, “The Rotary Young Chef Competition is the only true UK wide cooking contest attracting around 6000 entrants each year in the 11–17 ag…

We eat our way through billions of apples a year and you might be surprised to know that there are over 3,500 varieties! So with so many to choose from, what is the nation’s favourite?  And the answer is, drum roll please... Golden Delicious! Golden Delicious topped the poll as the UK’s favourite (source:Fruitdrop) in a recent survey closely followed by Granny Smith.

In order of preference the apple rank looks like this: Golden Delicious (24%); Granny Smith (21%); Royal Gala (19%); Braeburn (19%); Cox (17%).