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Students take part in a Ready Steady Wok in Dine Central to celebrate Chinese New Year in January 2012

The winning dish in the Ready Steady Wok competition to celebrate Chinese New Year in January 2012

Sussex students celebrated Chinese New Year on Monday (23 January) with a ‘Ready Steady Wok’ competition in Dine Central, Bramber House.

Twelve Sussex students were eager to demonstrate their cookery skills to the panel of judges: WeiQiang Huang, President of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA); Marcus Williams, Director of Student Recruitment; and Dean Spears, Housing Services Manager.

The overall winner, Chuan Xiang, impressed the judges with a chicken-based stir-fry dish, which he served with egg-fried rice and decorated with courgettes and bean sprouts.

Recipe cards and the ingredients to make Chuan Xiang’s dish will be available soon from the Co-operative supermarket in Bramber House, which donated all the ingredients for the competition.

The contest was the first ‘Come cook with US’ event, one of a series of student events that Catering Services will be hosting throughout the year.

Chinese New Year was also celebrated in style in Eat Central, where Catering Services put on a Chinese buffet.

One happy customer said: ”I love this evening, as Chinese Spring Festival is very important to me. Although I didn’t go back to China to spend happiness time with my family, I still feel warm in the University of Sussex.”