Shoot the Chef and Electrolux Professional organize a series of video contests for all participating schools on the Shoot the Chef platform.

march 2011: first video contest: national dishes

And the winner is….. Croatia!!

In the past 3 weeks, the Shoot the Chef jury panel individually reviewed the 25 video entries for the first video contest and the total result brought us a winner…The Split-based culinary school Oliva Allegra takes home first prize with their interpretation of the ancient recipe Splitska Torta. The recipe is prepared by Chef Tereza Alabanda and can be watched here.

Runner up award goes to Collegg Llandrillo out of Wales, and 3^rd prize to the HRC Culinary Academy in Bulgaria.

We would like to thank the students and instructors from all the participating schools in Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Latvia, Sweden, Wales. A special thanks also to the jury for their participation and evaluations:

Luca Franchi (Electrolux Professional)

Othmar Mueller (Nestle Pro Gastronomia)

Alain Mueller (Culinary Arts Academy Switzerland)

Roberto dal Seno (Sole Cose Buone)

Rupert Dessl (Tourism school Bad Gleichenberg, Austria)

Mr. Othmar Mueller: “It was a great pleasure reviewing the entries by the various schools and watching the students and instructors in action. All in all the quality of the videos was very high. Mr. Luca Franchi adds :”congratulations to all the schools for their hard work and efforts. 2 general tips: first of all always use the right cutting board in each situation (red=meat, green=vegetable and blue=fish). Secondly, consider a good mise en place: the right placement of bowls with food in front of the chef means better organization of the space and efficiency in operations.”

Congratulations to Oliva Allegra. The first prize, the Electrolux 5 liter planetary mixer, will be on its way to Croatia.

janauary 2011:

Participating in this video contest is a great way for your students to learn to work on a project basis and in a team, express themselves in English, and challenge their culinary creativity and skills while being watched by the cameras.

The theme of the first contest is “national dishes”. Each school can contribute 1 or more videos on a national dish in their respective country. Please keep following guidelines in mind:

presentor of the video(s) can either be an instructor or student(s), as per preference of each individual school

please upload your video to the Shoot the Chef platform www.shootthechef.com before February 15, 2011. When uploading your video, list as “name recipe” for national dish contest. Example: “Austrian Sacher Cake for national dish contest”.

After your upload(s), please email info@shootthechef.com and inform us on the titles(s) of your school’s entry(ies)

the more video entries, the better chances to win!

A Shoot the Chef committee of culinary educators will review all video entries and select a winner based on the following criteria:

1. Hygiene

2. Professionalism

3. Authenticity of the recipe

4. Presentation of the dish

5. Clear instructions and recipe provided

Great prize to win!! The winner of the National dish video contest will receive a free 5 liter planetary mixer by Electrolux!

What are you waiting for... An opportunity not to miss! Get your students ready and start filming today. For any questions, shoot us an email at info@shootthechef.com.

Good luck!

The team at Shoot the Chef