Ardnamurchan pupil cooks up a storm in national final
An Ardnamurchan High School pupil has narrowly missed out on a place in the UK finals of a cookery competition.
After winning the Lochaber-wide heat and topping the judges’ poll in the west of Scotland stage, Angus Dunn, 14, from Strontian was a runner-up in the Scotland and North of England heat, narrowly missing out on a place in the country-wide finals.
The competition aims to encourage and develop creative and value-for-money cookery in young people – a valuable and highly employable life skill in today’s world.
Angus, along with his mother Justine and Trish Kennedy from Ardnamurchan High School, joined Lochaber Rotary Club at its evening business meeting on Wednesday June 6 when past president Donald Young, who co-ordinates the Lochaber leg of the competition, presented Angus with his trophy. Club president Donald McCorkindale congratulated Angus and said the club was very proud that a local lad had progressed so far in this national competition.
He added: ‘I know Angus and know him to be a talented young man.’
Angus has benefited from support and training from chef Gary Phillips of Kilcambe Lodge Hotel and encouragement from his mother and Trish. Trish is the young chef mentor at the school and liaises with the Rotary Club in running the popular competition.
On behalf of the school, Trish said: ‘We are extremely proud of Angus’ achievement. He worked extremely hard at home practising and refining his recipes and his wins in the earlier stages and runner-up at this national stage were well-deserved.’