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Gourmet lunch menu sees school chef put up for national award

Mushroom Stroganoff with sour cream, organic beef stew and herb dumplings, roast pork loin and red onion gravy, Cajun vegetable pittas.

Mushroom Stroganoff with sour cream, organic beef stew and herb dumplings, roast pork loin and red onion gravy, Cajun vegetable pittas.

The mouth-watering choice sounds straight off a restaurant menu, but school dinners like these have led to a west Yorkshire school catering manager being shortlisted for the Cook of the Year title at this year’s BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards.

Tony Mulgrew, who took charge of catering at Ravenscliffe High School and Sports College in Halifax two years ago, is one of three cooks to be shortlisted in his category – and is the only school chef to make the final.

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