A CHEF has progressed to the final stage of the search to find the 2015 Game Chef of the Year.
Karl Martin, of Old Downton Lodge at Downton-on-the-Rock near Ludlow, will compete in the final of the national contest to find the best upcoming, professional game chef in the UK.
In the previous round applicants were required to submit two game based dishes, one starter and one main, with the judges looking for fresh, innovative dishes.
The finalists will each receive £100 each and take part in a cook off at The Cook School Scotland on Monday January 26.
They will be required to prepare, cook and present two game based dishes to the panel of judges consisting of Michelin star chefs Tom Kitchin and Dominic Jack, Braehead foods consultant chef Paul Gayler, Braehead Foods executive chef Joe Queen and Ian McAndrew of the Academy of Culinary Arts.
The overall winner will receive a once in a lifetime trip to Sweden where they will hunt wild boar, courtesy of Highland Game.
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