Your chance to win a national competition - calling all student chefs!

We are delighted once again to invite you to enter The Young Seafood Chef of the Year competition. The competition is open to your full-time and college based modern apprentice chefs under the age of 25. Now in its seventeenth year, the competition has been backed by some of the best chefs in the UK today including Jean-Christophe Novelli, Tom Aikens, Mitch Tonks, Franck Pontais, Valentina Harris and Atul Kochhar. This year we welcome Cyrus Todiwala to the judging panel.

Previous winners, college tutors and competitors have described this competition as an essential date on the hospitality calendar which provides all young chefs with a platform to demonstrate their flair, understanding, skill and ability using seafood sourced from sustainable sources. The Young Seafood Chef of the Year is proudly sponsored by many major companies and actively supported by Seafish.

Colleges can enter as many teams into the competition as they wish, ensuring each team consists of two student chefs. Using the species listed in the competition rules, the teams must prepare a three-course menu (including costing analysis and full recipe details including method) and submit it by post for paper judging.

Click here for all the competition information you need.

This closing date for entries into this year's competition is Thursday 31 March 2016.

#HellOnHighSeas - Dongfeng update

If anyone is wondering why the skipper of the Sport Relief yacht Dongfeng took the decision to run into Plymouth just after midnight last night... 

the wind recorder on the Sevenstones Lightship tells all - with wind speeds reaching nearly 50 knots...

the current situation by wind direction....

at the same time, those who make a living at sea are still fishing away between the Lizard and Plymouth.

Mid-week storm hits the Western Approaches.

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Shipping forecast Plymouth:

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• Wind

  Northerly or northwesterly 7 to severe gale 9, increasing storm 10 for a time, decreasing 5 or 6 later.

• Sea State

  Rough or very rough, occasionally high.

• Weather

  Occasional rain.

• Visibility

  Moderate, occasionally poor.

Three beasm trawlers for this morning's market as storm force 10 winds push in a few more boats...

like the netter Britannia...

and the beam trawler Resurgam...

being landed by young Roger...

while inside the market the buyers are busy...

bidding on top drawer fish like these red mullet...

megrim...

plaice...

tub gurnard...

and John Dory from the Algrie...

with many of the fleet in prices should be good to cover the expected shortfall...

 two shades of Dover sole...

the mackerel boats were able to fill their boots yesterday...

shore ropes held tight in the strong gusts...

up on the slip for her survey prior to being sold away, the ex-Crystal Sea II is now sporting her new numbers, UL109...

all eyes will be on the No14 shirt in the England team this Saturday as @Nowellsey15 runs out for his country against Wales at Twickenham...

strong clouds over the harbour.

Amazing #HellOnHighSeas live video of the Sport Relief yacht, Dongfeng off the Lizard!

Sport Relief yacht Dongfeng can just be seen in this amazing video as she heads for the Lizard with @MissAlexJones from the @BBCTheOneShow and her celebrity crew on board.

Catch Hook & Net - a new, free online fishing magazine

For all those looking to stay in touch with the latest developments - technological or otherwise it's time to check out Hook and Net. This is an app published for the commercial fishing industry, tailored for your smartphone and tablet. 

Best of all it is free – no strings attached - just download tyhe app to your phone or tablet and keep in touch wherever you are. There is an IOS app in the app store – search for Hook and Net (3 separate words). The Android version is available from Google Play – search for hookandnet (all one word).

The current issue covers a wide range of fishing industry news and information 

the app (iOS) has a simple interface once you have run the installation 

 Hook and Net is published by GlobalOne Press Ltd 

Sport Relief challenge yacht Dongfeng rounds Land's End - NW Storm 10 on the way!

The current wind off the Lizard is around 27 knots...

just as well as six hours later it will be well over 60 knots!

Update at 17:43 as the skipper keeps the crew on their toes with another change of course running before the wind...

Update at 17:30 - a big gybe and heading for the Lizard - don't get too close guys the overfalls in the shallow water deep off the Lizard are just not nice - more like #HellOnHighSeas...

Thirty four hours after leaving Belfast the Dongfeng has rounded Land's End - and after making a steady 10 knots for much of the time she is now making up to 17 knots! - not quite quick enough to catch sight of MFV Algrie heading home for Newlyn...

and with a Nor'westerly 10 forecast she might make even more speed - let's hope the celebrity crew including @missAlexJones from the @BBCTheOneShow enjoy the ride.

#HellOnHighSeas heads for Land's End!

Sixty five feet of pure ocean racing yacht with precious little wind provides two intrepid but nervous novice celebrity sailors with a gentle start to this year's #HellOnHighSeas BBC One Show celebrity Sports Relief Challenge...

as they head south from Belfast, and the leg of their semi-circumnavigation of the UK - the weather having dictated that they avoid the Northerly route around Scotland to avoid putting the two complete novices through too much danger!

With around 280 miles to go and an average speed of 10 knots the boat should sight the Longships around 10pm tomorrow evening...

Wind forecast from EarthNull.orghttp://bit.ly/1R3eI6K

when they will have a vicious little depression giving them a serious push from behind as they round the corner and head east - stay tuned to their progress using VesselTracker AIS!