Grace Hynes and Niall Stokes competed in the final of the Apprentice chef culinary competition today on Thursday the 9th of May in IT Tralee. They both created and produced a high quality dish promoting the use of Kinsale’s final ingredients and incorporated the theme of ‘Good mood food’ into their dishes! Grace made a fishy trio consisting on baked salmon with a crab and lemon crust served with colcannon, creamy mussel sauce, roasted asparagus and mint pea purée. Niall was one of few contestants to make a vegetarian dish and produced a beautiful cabbage roulade stuffed with mushrooms, lentils and brown rice. This was served with a sweet potatoe rösti, orange and beetroot purée, roasted cauliflower, bean and lentil salad and a lemon foam. Both students did exceptionally well and enjoyed the experience tremendously!