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Get creative with mushrooms for the Queen's Jubilee

Thursday, 22 March 2012 12:46 PM

Cooking fanatics, aspiring chefs and foodies are invited to create a marvellous mushroom dish, in celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The ‘Jubilee Mushrooms’ campaign is open for applications on the More To Mushrooms Facebook Page, and will be judged by celebrity chef James Martin.

In addition to having their recipe crowned as the Mushroom Bureau’s official ‘Jubilee Mushroom’ dish, the winning chef will also receive a prize of £500 cash and get to meet James Martin himself.

The second and third runners up will also be awarded cash prizes of £200 or £100. The winner will meet James Martin on May 15 in London, where they will also be presented with their £500 prize. Entries for the ‘Mushroom Jubilee’ competition can be made until May 4, by uploading the detailed recipe and an image of the competed dish at www.facebook.com/MoreToMushrooms. The winning recipe will be announced on Friday May 11.

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