Duchy chef LTD

26/07/2024

Exciting news! ✨

Our 2023 National Finalist and 2024 Runner Up, Freya Barrett, has just started her work experience Ugly Butterfly, one of the renowned restaurants from our Head Judge, Adam Handling!

We couldn't be prouder. Go Freya! 👩‍🍳

25/07/2024

Me arriving to cook a client’s food

23/07/2024

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Current South West Junior Chef of the Year, Freya, is doing her Penrice Academy work experience this week at The Ugly Butterfly at Carbis Bay, where she will be working with Adam Handling, Aiden Blakely-May and the team. What a fantastic opportunity for her! Enjoy your week Freya!

09/07/2024

Fabulous interview this morning by joint winners of Cornwall Junior Chef of the Year, Freya and Sam, who spoke to Julie Skentelbery on BBC Cornwall about their win and their love of cooking. They are both students at Penrice Academy and you can listen to their interview at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00mcq85

28/06/2024

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Who will take the title of Cornwall Junior Chef of the Year today at Cornwall College? Good luck to all of the following finalists, hoping it will be them:

- Alex from Helston Community College
- Freya from Penrice Academy
- George from Truro School Community
- Jack from Richard Lander School
- Sam from Penrice Academy
- Tom from Truro School

Making the decision will be judges Aiden Blakely-May from The Ugly Butterfly, Tim Kendall from The Rising Sun and The Barley Sheaf, Stephane Delourme and Clyde Connellan from Cornwall College

Pictured here is last year's winner, Freya, who went on to win overall South West Junior Chef of the Year and who is returning to try to defend her title this year!

05/06/2024

lamb rump, spring vegetables risotto , courgette & pak choy with gremolata

01/06/2024

Last nights menu in Fowey for Claire’s birthday meal. With help from my little commis chef for the evening Rey. She was amazing and tried and eat everything I gave her. She really has a passion for food

Starter - cured hake,chilli,beets,salty fingers,nasturtiums, tarragon emulsion & wild garlic oil

Maincourse- lamb rump,smoked mash,lamb fat carrot and oats,aubergine puree,lamb belly jus

Dessert- crème brûlée, macerated strawberries, ginger crumb,honeycomb, red vein sorrel

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28/05/2024

Tonight’s 3 course menu the paddock in trebarwith strand.
Starter - Cornish king crab,avocado puree,Bloody Mary baby tomatoes, charcoal crackers, sea vegetables, 3 cornered leak flowers, wild garlic oil
Main course - duck breast and leg Bon Bon’s,blood orange,fondant potato, tenderstem, Jerusalem artichoke, red wine jus
Desert- tonka bean crème brûlée, macerated , ginger crumb, red vein sorrel

27/05/2024

Client- “I know it’s spring but I like pork and mash what can you do?”

12 hour Kilhallon farm pork belly, crushed Cornish new potatoes, pork skin quaver, smoked apple, Cornish kale, pork skin popcorn, pork jus

27/05/2024

Scallops & onion elevated !!!
Fowey scallops, burnt onion ketchup, creamed onion puree, crispy onion, oyster leaf, rock samphire

15/05/2024

So proud of Freya !!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️

12/05/2024

Spring has sprung with Cornish asparagus,wild garlic emulsion and oil,3 cornered leek flowers, slow cooked and Parmesan crisp.

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12/05/2024

Black Forest gateaux vibes with this Dark chocolate delice, kirsch marinated cherries,cherry gel and jelly, aerated chocolate sponge,cookie crumb,red vein sorrel

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11/04/2024

Meet our Brian Turner Award for Taste Winner, Freya! 🏆

Freya, representing South West England, took home not one, but two awards at our National Final competition! ✨

Courtesy of Wellocks, Freya will be treated to an experience at a Michelin star establishment up to the value of £1000 👏

09/04/2024

Meet our 1st Runner Up, Freya! 🏆

This was Freya's second year at the National Final, where she represented South West England 👏

For Freya's prize, she will enjoy a special day with the on-site Chef Brigade, participating in the preparation of the menu. Following this culinary experience, she will have the opportunity to join up to three guests of her choice in a hospitality box/area to immerse themselves in the atmosphere. As part of the prize package, Compass Group UK & Ireland will also cover travel and accommodation expenses for Freya and one additional guest ✨

09/04/2024

Everytime! 😂

23/03/2024

Absolutely stunning meal this evening by Duchy chef LTD and his super talented daughter Freya.

We had the privilege of enjoying Freya’s award winning tiramisu desert after a beautifully cooked lamb accompanied by red lentil dhal, coconut and carrot puree, pickled carrot and an onion bhaji.

22/03/2024

19/03/2024

This is what 2 years of hard work,dedication and practice gets you when you start at 13 and want to be the best you can be. . Thank and for giving my daughter the platform to compete and fan the flames of her passion at the start of her love affair with food . None of this could have happened without her adopted chef uncles that have treated her like their own since she was 8 my friends and brothers in arms you know who you all are . Most importantly thank you for mentoring her through the last 3 competitions and just being you and supporting her every step of the way. A big thank you to for allowing freya the space and time she needed every time she prepares for her competitions and supporting her through stages
I am and always will be immensely proud of you. You’re going to do great things in this industry. Just stay you and never change.

28/02/2024

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✨ MEET THE FINALISTS ✨

South West Winner: Freya
Mentor: Tim Kendall

💬 Here's what Freya had to say:
"Winning the South West Regional Final again and retaining my place in the National Final in London feels utterly amazing. I worked so hard all year to get here."

23/01/2024

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The 25th anniversary Regional Finals have begun!

The first of these finals took place in the South West at Bridgwater & Taunton College🍴

A massive well done to everyone who took part, and to our winner Freya, who is our first National Finalist! 🏆

Congratulations Freya on winning your Regional Final two years in a row! Freya will be mentored by Tim Kendall, ahead of the National Final in March ✨

17/01/2024

There’s not a chef out of college that hasn’t used his recipe over the last 40 plus years RIP chef

Tributes have been paid to Ron Kinton, chef and author of the seminal title Practical Cookery, who has died age 102.

➡️ https://www.thecaterer.com/news/tributes-paid-ron-kinton-dies

15/01/2024

She did it again 2 years in a row Springboard FutureChef southwest regional final winner and off to the London final in march. Freya Barrett is amazing. We are so proud of her as a family

28/11/2023

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24/10/2023

Well it’s another proud dad post again … sorry!. was presented with her junior chef of the year award for 2023 . She had a great evening, met loads of food heroes. Who had nothing but kind words for her. She was totally buzzing on the hour drive home 🙄😂. Well done To our baby girl you are amazing and make it very easy to be proud of you. 2023 you excelled on 2022, so watch out 2024!

Thank you to for everything you have done to motivate Freya to be her best

12/10/2023

At this rate the business name may change to Duchy chef & daughter 🙄😂 well done freya we are all so proud of you

Freya from is crowned South West Junior Chef of the Year 2023! Report and pictures from Saturday's Junior and Home Cook finals now available at https://www.southwestchef.co.uk/freya-crowned-south-west-junior-chef-of-the-year-2023/.
With many thanks to for his photography.

07/10/2023

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The new South West Junior Chef of the Year, sponsored by , is Freya from ! Many congratulations Freya!
Freya cooked Creedy Carver chicken breast boudin, smoked mash, carrot purée, Roscoff onion, tenderstem broccoli, red wine jus & chicken skin crisp.
Since becoming the joint winner of Cornwall Junior Chef of the Year in June, Freya has been mentored by judge, in preparation for the final.
Thank you very much to for the lovely pictures.
Freya will be presented with her award at our dinner on 24th October when the winner of the Home Cook final that also took place today will be announced.

07/10/2023

Freya Barrett junior southwest west chef of the year 2023!!! 😍😍😍 we are immensely proud of her drive and focus to be the young amazing chef she is.

06/10/2023

Tomorrow Freya Barrett does her thing, practice is in the past she’s just needs to reproduce what’s she’s been doing.
Let’s go Boo!!

Joint Cornwall Junior Chef of the Year, Freya from Penrice Academy has been mentored by judge and twice winner of South West Chef of the Year, Tim Kendall at The Barley Sheaf at Gorran, in preparation for tomorrow's final.

Good luck Freya and thank you, Tim, for your support.