A Glasgow student recently returned from Brazil after winning a culinary competition.
Joshua Kerr, a hospitality management student at City of Glasgow College, won Nestlé Professional’s hospitality competition Toque d’Or.
As a prize, he travelled Brazil to experience dining at Michelin-starred restaurants in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, enjoy Brazilian gastronomy at Oro and Japanese cuisine at Imakay, and exclusive pork-only restaurant, Casa da Porco.
He also explored Brazil’s top landmarks by helicopter, boat and foot, including Christ the Redeemer, Copacabana, Guanabara Bay and the world’s biggest urban forest in Rio, Floresta da Tijuca.
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He said: “The food in Brazil is absolutely amazing. They've got such an international array of foods - from Michelin-starred Japanese restaurants to traditional Brazilian barbecues.
“I really enjoyed being at the cocoa farm in Espirito de Santo seeing the farmers harvesting the cocoa.
"I was so impressed by how Nestlé look after the sustainability aspects of the farm and the farmers as well.”
The competition aims to support hospitality and culinary arts students by bridging the gap between classroom learning and the industry and saw almost 400 entries.
It saw participants go head-to-head in a string of thrilling, sustainability-based challenges.
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