Westminster Kingsway College student George Oakes scooped top prize at this year’s British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and Highland Game Colleges’ Cookery Competition.

The third-year student impressed the judges with his show-stopping venison anticucho with nori and puffed wild rice canapé dish.

The competition saw more than 70 catering students from across the UK enter their original venison canape recipes, with the number of entrants whittled down to five students who cooked for the judges on the day.

On being announced victorious, George said it was great to have won and that he had been looking forward to the event for some time.

George will now go on to cook the Peruvian street-food inspired canapé for more than 250 people at next month’s Eat Game Awards.

He said: “It will be a great opportunity to continue creating food under pressure. The dish can be scaled up and I am excited at the prospect”.

Judging the competition this year was food and drink broadcaster Nigel Barden; actor, singer, farmer, presenter and Game Fair guest JB Gill; chef and consultant Paul Gayler; chef, author, lecturer and Game Fair cookery expert José Souto and BASC’s head of wild food, Annette Woolcock.

Annette praised all five of the chefs who made it to the final. She said: “With more than 70 entrants to this year’s competition, the level of cooking and skills show by the final five was unbelievably impressive and the final decision incredibly close.

“George perfected the brief and created a superb canape that highlighted venison’s versatility and sensational taste. The canapé will go down fantastically at the Eat Game Awards.”

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