Your Harrogate Podcast - Episode 389

Your Harrogate Podcast

Friday, 23 May 2025 - 17 minutes

In this episode of the Your Harrogate Podcast, presenter Pete Egerton speaks to the Harrogate and Knaresborough toy library, plus Harrogate College pop by for a chat too.The Harrogate and Knaresborough toy library is a local charity that offers a toy borrowing service. It is continuing to thrive as it enters its 31st year - and it's still open for new members.They provide a toy borrowing service alongside regular play sessions from the base in Knaresborough.With currently over 150 members, including families, childcare settings and schools, there's room for more!Plus volunteers and trustees are needed too, as Laura Chandler and Natasha Bromhall explain...Meanwhile, Harrogate College hosted a high-pressure cook-off that saw four of the town's most promising chefs compete for the prestigious 'Chef of the Year' title.Part of the 2025 Harrogate Hospitality & Tourism Awards (HHTA), the event was held in the college’s professional-standard training kitchens and gave Harrogate College’s hospitality students the opportunity to support the event through logistics and food preparation.They worked closely with the competitors - observing, assisting, and learning from the region’s culinary elite - gaining valuable insight into real world culinary environments.The finalists were challenged to create two standout dishes - a refined amuse-bouche and an impressive main course - under the watchful eyes of industry judges and with just 90 minutes on the clock.We hear from college principal, Danny Wild and programme manager Jason Parry...

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Your Harrogate Podcast - Episode 389