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Manx-trained chef scoops award

 

An aspiring Manx chef is cooking up a storm!

Jamie Foy, originally from Castletown, was named Best Young Rising Star in the British Cookery School Awards.

The 29-year old received the accolade at an awards ceremony held at the Vintners' Company in London earlier this month.

Head judge Nigel Barden said they were looking for an individual "who is set to be a cookery school star of the future .. someone who lives and breathes their cookery school and plays a vital role in the business's operations". 

Now assistant manager at the Weber Grill Academy in Oxford, he teaches barbecue skills all year round.

But Jamie says it was at Isle of Man College he realised his passion:

 

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