Congratulations to the children and staff of Hemingford Nursery who won the best sandwich in the St Ives heat of the Hunt for the Best Sandwich in Huntingdonshire competition.
The four shortlisted were Louise Weston, Sandy Curr, Hemingford Nursery and Catherine Anderson representing Houghton Tea Rooms . The venue Surf & Turf, Bridge Street, St.Ives provided the use of its kitchens and on Sunday 31 August all four finalists arrived to make their sandwiches. After a flurry of activity, the finished sandwiches were presented to the judges.
Stuart Clements, Angela Dickinson and Ian Cousins, had the difficult task of judging the recipes for their healthy content and use of locally sourced ingredients and judging the four shortlisted sandwiches for taste and presentation.
Judge Stuart Clements said: “That it had been a very difficult decision as the entries were of a very high standard ”.
However, a winner had to be chosen, and the decision went to the children of Hemingford Nursery who had not only created an excellent egg and cress sandwich, but had actually grown the cress and made most of the other ingredients themselves, including the bread, butter and mayonnaise!
St Ives Town Centre Manager Jane Dowd said; “Well done to all those who submitted their amazing recipes. Congratulations to the four who were shortlisted to go on to the second round and make their sandwich for the judging panel”.
The children will make their sandwich again when they represent St Ives in the third and final round at 2.30pm on Saturday 27 September at Saxongate, Huntingdon. They will go head to head with the winners from Huntingdon and Ramsey and all are welcome to watch the eager finalists work their magic.
Prize-giving will take place during the Food Fest 2008 event on Sunday 28 September and all four finalist recipes will be on the menu!
The Huntingdonshire Food and Drink Festival is taking place across the district from Thursday 25 to Monday 29 September. For more details on the events taking place during the five day festival or to download a food and drink festival calendar of events leaflet visit the Food and Drink Festival page by using the link on the right.