\n Duncan Edwards, from Barchester\u2019s South West Division, won the Barchester Charitable Foundation Cook Off 2026 alongside his team, the Pressure Cookers.\n<\/p>\n
\n The group, made up of managing directors and a hospital director from five of Barchester\u2019s divisions, competed against members of Barchester\u2019s executive team, the Rolling Scones.\n<\/p>\n
\n Their culinary efforts raised \u00a353,000 for the Barchester Charitable Foundation, which supports disabled and vulnerable people by funding mobility aids and community group access.\n<\/p>\n
\n Duncan Edwards’ team, the Pressure Cookers, made up of managing directors and a hospital director from five of Barchester\u2019s divisions (Image: Barchester Healthcare)\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Edwards said: “I absolutely loved being a part of this, it was a fantastic team effort and I am so proud of what we all achieved, it just goes to show you can do anything when you all pull together.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The icing on the cake was the amount of money we raised thanks to the support of all our homes so I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The Pressure Cookers impressed judges with a menu that included lobster bisque, cod loin with beetroot and asparagus, sweet potato and chickpea curry, and a sausage plait with red onion chutney.\n<\/p>\n
\n The funds raised will help the foundation continue its work supporting individuals, small community groups, and charities across England, Scotland and Wales.\n<\/p>\n
\n In 2025, the foundation achieved a donation milestone of \u00a3424,000 which enabled the charity to provide vital help to 262 small groups and charities, plus 123 individuals.\n<\/p>\n
\n Sohail Daneil, general manager of Trinity Manor, said: “We are all in awe of chef Duncan, is there nothing he can\u2019t do!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Duncan Edwards, from Barchester\u2019s South West Division, won the Barchester Charitable Foundation Cook Off 2026 alongside his team,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-592885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}