Have you Entered the World Irish Stew Competition 2016 yet? Get the cook in your life to enter The World Irish Stew Championships this Saturday 18th June from 1pm at the Italian Quarter, Sligo Town.
There are categories for Professional and Non Professional cooks! Its easy to enter!
Cook you favourite Irish Stew Recipe! The competition is open to professional and non-professional cooks. A professional cook is a cook with over two years’ experience in a professional kitchen or college. A non-professional (amateur) cook is a home cook with no professional experience or less than two years’ experience as a student.
A winner will be chosen in each class – professional and non-professional. An overall World Irish Stew Champion will then be chosen.
The competition will take place at the Competition Tent at Tobergal Lane, Sligo 1pm – 2.30pm Saturday, 18th June 2016. The winner will be announced at 4pm at the same venue.
The Irish Stew should be brought to the venue prepared along with service plates. Two portions of Irish Stew to be plated and served – one for the judges and one for photos. There will be facilities for heating and for plating up at the competition.
Pay the entry fee of €10 which goes entirely to their nominated charity NWSimon and fill out our very simple entry form available here World Irish Stew Competition Entry Form and at the competition on the day.
It's all part of the SoSligo Food Festival which is running from 15th to the 19th June all over Sligo! For full details and the festival program see: http://www.sosligo.ie/events/
I'll be there as one of the judges and there will be lots going on while the judges are deliberating - including a busking competition and cookery demonstration. So get your stew up to Sligo this Saturday and you never know, You could be the World Irish Stew Champion 2016!
See you there,
Zack