Healthy Home Chef

6th and 7th May 2025

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!

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!

The Healthy Home Chef cookery competition gives students an opportunity to create tasty, nutritious and affordable meals at home.

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.

Closing date for entries is 5th February 2025.

Download the Healthy Home Chef Entry Form 2025