Meat & Livestock Australia unveiled Singapore winner

The first ever Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Young Chef Pencil Box Culinary Challenge was held in Singapore earlier this month.

This iron chef style battle consisted of students from different culinary institutes who created innovative and inspiring dishes of Australian beef and lamb.

The winner for the inaugural event went to Karolyn Chua, a trainee student from At-Sunrice GlobalChef Academy, who is currently attached at Mandarin Orchard Hotel.

Held previously only in Korea, the MLA has brought this competition to Singapore to recognize the culinary institutes and skilled chefs here.

The challenge aims to encourage creativity amongst young chefs to prepare a main sized portion of Australian beef and lamb, as the centerpiece ingredient, in a competitive environment.

The judges included Alan Palmer, MLA's official Young Chef Pencil Box Culinary Challenge coordinator, Yen Koh, executive chef of Unilever Food Solutions and William Gibb Taylor, course manager of ITE.

The sponsors for the challenge include Stanbroke Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore Chef Association, Shatec Institutes, and Unilever Food Solutions.