With the bleak early morning rain rapidly giving way to a bright winter's day, Sam Singha, of Sir Thomas Rich's, stepped out the car at a spot in the lovely Devon countryside overlooking a familiar cottage farm.

He was joining the other finalists from all over the South West, as they gathered for the Regional Final of the national Future Chef cooking competition at the beautiful country setting of Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall's River Cottage HQ.

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