A teenage catering student named as Yorkshire’s best young chef was stunned to hear of a last-minute addition to his prize – the chance to create a product for one of the UK’s leading supermarkets.
Eighteen-year-old Kurtus Auty was over the moon at winning the title of the Golden Apron 2015 in a keenly-fought final at the Pipe and Glass Inn at South Dalton.
Sponsors ASDA announced that he will be working with them to create a new food product to add to their range.
The competition is run by James Mackenzie, chef/owner of the Michelin-starred Pipe and Glass, and the Yorkshire Wolds Cookery School and farming company JSR, both based at Southburn near Driffield.
Kurtus, a Level 2 Professional Cookery student at Selby College, beat off competition from Zacharias Abbot (16) from Stamford Bridge and 15-year-old Jemima Harpin from Nun Monkton. Each cooked a starter-sized portion of a dish of their own design for 70 guests who then voted ‘blind’ on the three dishes.
Kurtus’s winning dish was herb-crusted fillet of pork, apple and black pudding bon bon, Ampleforth Cider and butternut squash purée.