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Healthy Home Chef
St Angelas
We are bringing back this exciting and always enjoyable culinary event to ATU St Angelas to encourage cooking creativity, learn about nutrition and be in with the chance to win some great prizes!
Thank you to all who entered the 2025 Healthy Home Chef Cookery Competition. Finalists have now been selected. Please note due to the number of entries received, only finalists have been contacted. Congratulations to the following schools/centres who have been selected to take part in both the Junior and Senior categories:
| Junior Category | Senior Category |
|---|---|
| Boherbue Comprehensive School, Cork | Archbishop Mchale College, Galway |
| Colaiste Abbain, Wexford | Clarin College, Galway |
| Colaiste Mhuire Ballymote, Sligo | Colaiste Fionnchua, Cork |
| Gael Cholaiste Luimnigh, Limerick | Coolock Youthreach, Dublin 17 |
| Gorey Educate Together, Wexford | Holy Family Secondary School, Kildare |
| Hartstown Community School, Dublin 15 | Leitrim Community Training Centre, Leitrim |
| Holy Faith Secondary School, Dublin 3 | Loreto High School Beaufort, Dublin 14 |
| Loreto High School Beaufort, Dublin 14 | Loreto Secondary School, Wicklow |
| Malone Integrated College, Belfast | Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School, Kerry |
| Our Lady’s Secondary School, Monaghan | Mungret Community College, Limerick |
| Portumna Community School, Galway | Our Ladys College Greenhills, Louth |
| Presentation Secondary School, Tipperary | Presentation Secondary School, Tipperary |
| Sperrin Integrated College, Magherafelt, BT45 GNR | Schull Community College, Cork |
| St. Louis High School, Dublin 6 | St. Josephs Secondary School, Mayo |
| Strokestown Scoil Mhuire, Roscommon | St. Mary’s College, Derry |
| Tullamore College, Offaly | Youthreach, Kiltimagh, Mayo |
The All-Island Cook Off will be held on Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th May 2025 in ATU St Angelas, Sligo. The final is judged by a panel of experts including award winning chef Neven Maguire of MacNean House and Restaurant.
Prizes (both Junior and Senior 2025 categories):
- Gold category: €300 Dunnes gift voucher for winning student and teacher
- Silver category: €250 Dunnes gift voucher for winning student and teacher
- Bronze category: €200 Dunnes gift voucher for winning student and teacher
- Winning schools- Neven Maguire cooking kit
- Winners will be also invited to attend a Cook Along event with Neven. Details of this will be provided nearer to the time of the event.
“I am looking forward to judging the Healthy Home Chef
Competition again in 2025 and bringing the winning
students to Dublin to spend a day cooking with me.
Good luck everyone!”
Chef Neven Maguire
Mac Nean House
Ambassador for Home Economics
Students are asked to submit their favourite healthy meal (main course dish only) for TWO people.
The competition is open to all students in post-primary schools on the island of Ireland and Youthreach Centres in the Republic of Ireland.