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Student cooking competition: a chance to win £100

News | Posted on Thursday 1 February 2024

Calling students! Cook using your leftovers and participate in Love Student Leftovers' Instagram competition. Be in with the chance to win £100!

Take part in a student competition that aims to tackle food wastage. All you need to do is choose one of the following categories, take pictures or film the process of making the dish, and submit your entry using the form at the bottom of this page.

Competition categories

Category 1 - Whole fruit and vegetable & commonly wasted foods: Create a recipe using entire fruit and vegetables (including the peel that you would normally throw away) and commonly wasted foods, and have a chance to win £100.

Category 2 - Rescued and repurposed food: Reuse your leftovers, use food picked up through food rescue apps or "yellow sticker cooking" from reduced sections at the supermarket, and have a chance to win £100.

Category 3 - Throw-it-all-in cooking: You don't need to go shopping again! Get creative and use up what's lurking in the back of your cupboard, fridge and freezer. Throw it all in for a chance to win £100.

How to enter the competition

  1. Choose one of the competition categories
  2. Make a video or photo series
  3. State the ingredients and steps followed in creating the fish
  4. Upload your files into the Google form (see below)
  5. Follow Love Student Leftovers on Instagram to see the latest updates and winner announcements @lovestudentleftovers

Deadline for entries: 25 March 2024. The winners will be announced on Earth Day, 22 April 2024, at a live webinar event with food waste experts. More details about this event to follow.

Find out more about how you can get involved with this competition by visiting Love Student Leftovers or follow them on Instagram.

Enter the competition

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