Win a place at a top cookery school (From This is Hampshire)

Win a place at a top cookery school

2:54pm Wednesday 28th July 2010 in

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South East Seafood is calling on shoppers in Southampton to ask for the ‘local catch of the day’ and support local fishermen and fishmongers in the city.

To support the campaign, celebrity Chef Tom Aikens, who recently appeared on TV programmes Iron Chef and Junior Apprentice, has launched a competition, offering the person who sends in the best sea bass recipe, the prize of a fantastic fish preparation and cooking course for two at Billingsgate Fish School in London.

“We have wonderful, fresh fish caught from local waters, but so much of it is shipped elsewhere and people are beginning to really appreciate buying local. We have created a list of accredited fishmongers who sell local fish – in Southampton these include Atkinson’s Fresh Fish, Bradley’s Fish, Johnies Fisheries and Southern Seafoods and we are promoting it on our website – ” said Henriette Reinders.

“We have also started a fish tagging scheme, focused on three very important and sustainable fish from our local coastal waters, sea bass, Dover sole and lobster, so that people know exactly which fishing boat caught each fish and that it was caught with as little impact as possible – and we want to encourage local fishmongers to sell sustainable, locally-caught fish as much as possible.”

The south-east boasts 26 landing points and the majority of these ports land their catch from day boats or ‘under-ten metre’ boats. Day boats fish mainly within a 12-mile limit along the coast. This means that if the weather is bad, it is very difficult for them to go out and supply fresh seafood to the market and shops.

Recipes should be sent to by August 1, 2010.