Chefs travelling up to 300 miles to be crowned scotch egg champion, all in the name of charity

Tuck in: the competition is hotly contested
David Ellis @dvh_ellis21 February 2018

Tonight Young’s annual scotch egg challenge is set to crown the UK's Scotch Egg Champion, raising money for food charity the Felix Project while they're at it.

The annual event, now in its eighth year, began life seemingly as a simple hunt to find the capital's best scotch egg but has evolved into something far more competitive, with many of the country's top chefs vying to compete. It is free to attend and open to the public.

Last year’s winner Gina Hopkins (formerly of the Drapers Arms) will defend her title at Islington's Canonbury Tavern against the likes of Temper’s Neil Rankin, Calum Franklin from the Holborn Dining Room, Sorella’s Robin Gill and Rambla’s Victor Garvey, among many others. Matt Hunter has come down from York’s Star in the City to compete, while Phil Mason has travelled the best part of 300 miles from the Rat Inn in Northumberland.

Also there will be Eugenia Paiva, head chef of the Guinea Grill, whose manager Oisín Rogers founded the event back in 2010. Rogers will host the evening alongside compère Joe Warwick, and the winner will be judged by a panel including Bob Granleese and Felicity Cloake of the Guardian, editor of Restaurant Magazine Stefan Chomka, and Sunday Times food editor Lisa Markwell.

“The lineup of chefs is extraordinary this year and includes some of the best cooking talent in the country,” Rogers said, “This year we have a special table in the competition zone.

“All of the proceeds from the auction will go to Massimo Botturo’s excellent Food for Soul’s Felix Project.”

For more information, visit foodforsoul.it and thecanonbury.co.uk.

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