The Lymington Seafood Festival has teamed up with Careys Manor to find the best local amateur chef with the return of the Big Careys Cook Off.  Last year’s cook off finals were one of the highlights of the festival with crowds cheering on the eight budding chefs in the festival cookery school.

Frustrated foodies who fancy themselves in the kitchen are invited to send in pictures of their best kitchen creations with 8 finalists then selected to show off their skills at this summer’s festival. Guest judges led by Dylan James, Cambium’s head chef will then whittle down the winners for a grand final taking place on Saturday 11th July.

Not only will the winning chef scoop the Big Careys Cook Off trophy they will also win an overnight stay at Careys Manor in an Oakwood Garden room for two, dinner at Cambium, a bottle of Hattingley Valley Classic Cuvee and further sharpening their skills with a three-piece Flint & Flame Pro Series chef’s knife set. A prize pot worth over £850.

Entries will open from Wednesday 6th May and close at midnight on Sunday 24th May giving everyone lots of time to perfect and send in a picture of their signature dish by emailing [email protected] . Entrants must be ages 18 years and over.

 

Terms & Conditions

This photo competition (the “Competition”) is run by Lymington Seafood Festival (Lighthouse Marketing Ltd)

To enter the Competition the entrant must send their photo submissions to [email protected]

By submitting an entry, you are giving your permission for Lymington Seafood Festival to publish the image on our website, social media channels and agree to submitting your email address to Lymington Seafood Festival.

Entrants must be aged 18 years and over and a resident of the UK.

Maximum of two entries per person.

No purchase of festival tickets necessary.

THE PRIZE; The winning chef will scoop the first ever Big Careys Cook Off trophy, an overnight stay at Careys Manor for two people in an Oakwood Garden room, dinner for two at Cambium restaurant, a bottle of Hattingley Valley Classic Cuvee and a three-piece Flint & Flame Pro Series Chef’s knife.

The prize must be claimed entirely and there is no cash alternative.

The overnight stay at Careys Manor and dinner at Cambium excludes bank or public holidays and must be taken by 31st Dec 2026.

The Competition is not open to employees or employee’s family of Careys Manor or Lymington Seafood Festival.

Careys Manor will choose eight winning entries from all the valid Competition entries received in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

You own the copyright to your Competition entry as its author.

But your entry must be your own work, must not be copied, must not contain any third-party materials and/or content that you do not have permission to use.

Entries must not include any trademarks or show inappropriate behaviour including obscene, defamatory, distasteful, offensive, or in breach of any applicable law or regulation.

If we have reason to believe your entry is not your own work or otherwise breaches these Terms and Conditions, then we have the right disqualify it.

Entries open from Wednesday 6th May at 2pm and closes on Sunday 24th May at midnight.