Gennaro Adaggio

(photograph courtesy of Welsh Culinary Association)

Gennaro studied food and catering at Radbrook College and developed a taste for winning awards when Gennaro represented Radbrook College in the Nestlé Toque d'Or competiion - winning the Best Dessert, Best Coffee heat.

Gennaro has continued to progress and is now a member of the Welsh Culinary Team which is ranked 6th in the world. Since its formation in 1993, the team has assembled the country's finest exponents of the culinary art to promote and compete for Wales at the world's premier gastronomic contests.

The talented chefs have achieved outstanding success, gaining a reputation as one of the world's top international culinary teams. The team has cooked for Royalty, heads of state, senior politicians and celebrities and is very proud to count on HRH the Prince of Wales as its very supportive and enthusiastic patron.

(photograph courtesy of Welsh Culinary Association)

Recent achievements

(photograph courtesy of Welsh Culinary Association)

• Gold Best in Class award for his game main course and the best senior chef at the 2007 Welsh International Culinary Championships.
• Runner up in the 2007 Welsh Food Scholarship.
• Two silver medals at the Culinary Olympics held in Germany in October 2008
• The Welsh Culinary team claimed a gold medal in the culinary skills studio and bronze medals in the hot kitchen and cold table elements of the Knorr World Culinary Grand Prix contest when taking on the best in the world in Glasgow in March 2009.
  Gennaro was singled out for special praise because it was his first time making the desserts (chocolate and apple souffle, chocolate and coffee cup, apple and vanilla pastels, apple sorbet and apple crisps), which were regarded as “outstanding” in the culinary skills studio and hot kitchen.