Culinary Arts award

CONGRATULATIONS to Shaun O’Connor of Chapeltown who recently graduated with a two year Higher Culinary Arts Certificate from Tralee Institute of Technology. He will now pursue his bachelor degree. This merit follows on from Shaun’s prestigious Catex Exhibition Award achieved earlier in the year.

The Catex Exhibition provides an opportunity for Ireland’s most talented student chef and hospitality students from colleges throughout the country to go head -to- head in tightly fought contests across a broad variety of competitions. Catex remains the biggest competition of it’s kind in Ireland. IT Tralee had a team of three students competing across three categories and Shaun was awarded a silver medal in the Silver Hill Duck competition and a certificate of merit in the Irish Pork competition

His silver medal for Duck Dish consisted of seared silver duck breast, braised fennel, fig confit, wild muhroom purée and herb polenta with a Madeira jus. His certificate of Merit Pork Dish consisted of herb crusted rack of suckling pig, fondant potato, baked turnips, cider prunes, buttered baby carrot and broccoli, red onion purée, char-grilled leek and salted crackling with a cider reduction.

Shaun was also presented with the Fáilte Ireland Student of the year 2016/2017 by Ray O’Connor Desmond, Head of the Department of Hotel, Culinary and Tourism.

Shaun O’Connor of Chapeltown, Valentia Island,who recently graduated with a Culinary Arts two year Higher Certificate at the Tralee Institute of Technology.