For the second year running Saint Wilfrids has won the title ‘Wakefield Junior Amateur Chef of the Year’, Josh Angell beat four finalists to become the top-placed chef. During a tense final, in which the mayor and the Yorkshire Post food critic judged, Josh producing a winning main dish of ‘Toad in the Air’ (a twist on the traditional Yorkshire dish of Toad in the Hole using Pheasant stuffed with prunes) and a dessert of Rice Pudding with Apricots in a Butterscotch sauce. The final at Brassiere 99 was a close fought battle with Saint Wilfrids very own Billy Roche coming a close runner-up to Josh. 
The winning prize was an I-pod Nano and the opportunity to star in the ‘Wakefield Food and Drink Festival’, which Josh was very eager to take up. On Saturday 8th March, Josh produced his award winning dishes in the food marquee for the festival. Josh said of the experience ‘I have never done anything like this before but its been fantastic, working in a professional kitchen has been hard and I really felt the pressure but I want to take up a career as a chef so its been a great experience’ It has also been great for Brassiere 99, who were so impressed with Josh’s talents that they asked him to work a busy Saturday night cover, Josh is now hoping this will lead to a permanent Saturday job.
If you visit Brassiere 99 in the next month you can sample Josh’s dish, which is now on the menu.
Leigh Wright
