High-profile TV show judge joins Culinary Challenge panel

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-1035" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;09&sol;SND07-wk1-Culinary-Ben-Bayly&lowbar;&lowbar;300x225&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SND07-wk1-Culinary-Ben-Bayly 300x225" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"225" &sol;>One of the high-profile judges from TVNZ&&num;8217&semi;s newest cooking show will join the judging panel for the final of Junior Masterchef at MIT this month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ben Bayly of MKR &lpar;NZ&rpar; will join chief judge from Caterplus&comma; Mark Wylie&comma; and three other professional executive chefs tasked with determining which secondary school team will take the 2014 National Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge title&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;This has been a three-month journey from the first regional event to the nationals in September&comma;&&num;8221&semi; City &amp&semi; Guilds Pacific Manager&comma; Glenn Fulcher says&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We have witnessed some amazing dishes&comma; creative designs and very committed students and trainers&period; The benchmark has been set and we expect the standard to be very high indeed for the grand finale at the Manukau Institute of Technology on the 12th of September&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Regional finalists<&sol;strong><br &sol;>Northland &&num;8211&semi; Northland Trades Academy &lpar;Whangarei&rpar; – Hayden Rodgers &lpar;Whangarei Boys&rpar; and Mataroria Rawhiti &lpar;Tauraroa Area School&rpar;&semi;
 Auckland &&num;8211&semi; Long Bay College &lpar;North Shore&rpar; – Kiwon Lee and Minseop Kim&semi;
 Waikato &&num;8211&semi; Sacred Heart Girls&&num;8217&semi; College &lpar;Hamilton&rpar; – Melissa Petrin and Hannah Ralph
&semi; Hawkes Bay &&num;8211&semi; St John&&num;8217&semi;s College &lpar;Hastings&rpar; – Jake Ireland and Sam Heaven
&semi; Taranaki &&num;8211&semi; Spotswood College &lpar;New Plymouth&rpar; – Bree Paton-Courtney and Shardae McGoven
&semi; Wellington &&num;8211&semi; Heretaunga College &lpar;Upper Hutt&rpar; – Tyler Langerveld and Grace Cunningham&semi; 
Nelson&sol;Marlborough &&num;8211&semi; Nelson College – Chakkapong Klahan and Louis Clark&semi; 
Canterbury &&num;8211&semi; Burnside High School &lpar;Christchurch&rpar; – Kimberly McLeod and Sharon Cao
&semi; Southern &&num;8211&semi; Queen&&num;8217&semi;s High School &lpar;Dunedin&rpar; – Lauren Wright and Abby Johnson&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The two students who win the National Title will receive a gift pack each from vegetables&period;co&period;nz&comma; an iPad mini and a &dollar;2000 scholarship each towards their study of a City &amp&semi; Guilds International Catering Qualification&comma; in a City &amp&semi; Guilds approved training centre of their choice&period;
The winning school will receive a &dollar;1000 voucher from Bidvest and a E32D4 Blue Seal Turbofan Oven and Stand from Moffat New Zealand worth &dollar;7000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The annual National Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge is made possible by support from the following sponsors&colon; City &amp&semi; Guilds&comma; NZ Chicken&comma; Southern Hospitality&comma; Vegetables&period;co&period;nz&comma; Potatoes New Zealand&comma; 5&plus;A Day&comma; Bidvest and Moffatt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;