Apprentice chefs savour their success

Getting hot under the collars of their tunics and neckerchiefs were 27 young chefs from second-level schools throughout Munster, bound by their passion for food and their ambition to take part in the 2016/17 Flogas Ireland and Fáilte Ireland Apprentice Chef Programme.

Devised by Mark Murphy, senior lecturer in culinary arts at the Institute of Technology Tralee, and Mark Doe of Just Cooking cookery school in Firies, the programme aims to promote the importance of healthy eating to enhance physical and mental wellbeing, while developing confidence and self-esteem.

It also encourages second-level students to consider a career in the culinary industry, to combat the current chef shortage crisis.