A talented chef, whose top quality food is served to residents at a care homein Carmarthenshire, has been shortlisted to be named for National Chef of Wales. Dave Williams will go head-to-head with some of the country's top chefs, including one who works at a Michelin-starred restaurant, in the finals of the Culinary Association of Wales (CAW) annual competition.
The 36-year-old, originally from Merthyr but who now lives in Carmarthenshire, works as head chef at Cwm Gwendraeth nursing home in Tumble and is the first care home chef to have reached the final of the competition in 20 years. He believes that the food served to its residents should be as enjoyable as going out for a restaurant meal would be and in reaching the final wants to highlight that care home kitchens can do this - as well as it being a personal test for himself and his own brilliant culinary skills.
He said: "We are often overlooked, but there is some fantastic talent in care home kitchens everywhere." Dave is up against: Dan Andree, head chef at the Michelin-starred Beach House Restaurant in Oxwich, Swansea; Jamie Tully, executive chef at Chartist 1770 at The Trewythen in Llanidloes; Sophie Rowe, who is the chef de partie at Gaerwen Arms in Anglesey; Matthew Owen, who is the Celtic Manor's head chef in Newport and The Cottage Loaf in Llandudno's sous chef, Dalton Weir.
