Wilde Thyme’s Head Chef makes the final of Scottish Chef of the Year

PERTH, Scotland - Feb. 11, 2015 - PRLog -- Wilde Thyme’s head chef and culinary rising star, Andrew Laycock, has booked a place in the final of this year’s Scottish Chef of the Year Awards. Andrew is now one of eight finalists who will all compete for the coveted prize at the live final at the ScotHot Exhibition at the SECC on March 5^th.

Organised by the Federation of Chefs Scotland, Andrew will create a four course meal in front of an audience of leading industry figures and a tough judging panel in his bid to be crowned Scottish Chef of the Year. Andrew is up against some fierce competition including 2014’s Masterchef: The Professionals winner, Jamie Scott from Rocca Restaurant in St Andrews.

Honing his culinary talents at Wilde Thyme, the Comrie-based luxury food and event caterers, has helped Andrew perform at the highest level with some of the best chefs in the country.

Andrew commented:

“I am very proud to have progressed to this year’s final. The standard of the chefs and the quality of the food has been phenomenal and it has been a great experience to be able to use my skills and experience to compete with so many talented people. Now I’m looking forward to the final and will be working hard to create a menu that wows the judging panel.”

Andrew Hamer, Managing Director of Wilde Thyme added:

“The team here at Wilde Thyme are delighted to see Andrew make the final in a notoriously tough competition. He has worked incredibly hard to get to this point and thoroughly deserves his place up there with some of the best chefs in the country. We know he’ll do brilliantly in the final.”

Andrew will battle it out with final finalists: Craig Gibb, Orde Food Co.  Robbie Penman, Houston House Hotel, Alex Thain, Cromlix House, Zoltan Szabo, Cameron House Hotel, Dougal McPherson, New College Lanarkshire, Adam Handling, Restaurant Adam Handling at Caxton as well as Jamie Scott, Rocca Restaurant.

To find out more about Wilde Thyme Catering and Party Design please visit www.wilde-thyme.co.uk

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For further information on this news release, please contact Anna Gunn, Volpa, Tel: 07803589732 or 01738 700135, Email: a.gunn@volpa.co.uk

About Wilde Thyme Catering and Party Design

·        Established in 2003 as luxury caterer, Wilde Thyme is now one of Scotland’s leading catering and party design companies and is based at Cultybraggan near Comrie, Perthshire.

·         Managing Director, Andrew Hamer is a former Executive Chef at Gleneagles where he developed his skills in international cuisine, and a member of the ‘Academy of Culinary Arts’.

·         Wilde Thyme is a regular caterer and event company in prestigious venues such as National Galleries of Scotland, Inveraray Castle and Carlowrie Castle, Isle of Bute and is the exclusive caterer at Glamis Castle.

Andrew has positioned the company to live by its ethos of ‘Delivering the exceptional restaurant experience to an event environment’