THREE young student chefs from The Tudor Lodge Academy owned by Pembrokeshire based training group PRP Ltd. have beaten off stiff competition by becoming three of the nine UK finalists at the 'New Ways with Bramley Apples 2006 Catering Competition'. Dana Rixon, Sean Davies and Tom Palmer were the only finalists picked from Wales and were accompanied by head chef of the Tudor Lodge Jameston, Jamie Bessant, to the final cook-off which was held at Westminster Kingsway College in London, where they had two hours to prepare their dishes, which included Bramley Apple Semi Freddo; pork tenderloin wrapped in Parma ham and sage on a bed of Bramley Apple mash. Adrian Barlow, chief executive of English Apples & Pears Ltd., one of the judges of the competition said: "Once again, the judging panel was impressed with the high standard of entries to the competition. The nine finalists used high levels of creativity and technical skill to produce inspiring dishes that demonstrated clear understanding of the superiority of Bramley apples as an ingredient by making the most of its unique qualities." Operations director of PRP, Claire Lloyd, commented: "We are delighted on the achievements of our PRIDE students for a fantastic effort in participating at finalist level and a great opportunity to wave the culinary flag for Pembrokeshire in a UK wide catering competition. "A student from Birmingham College of Food was the overall winner of the event, but The Tudor Lodge Academy is already in serious preparation as contenders for next year's competition," added Claire.