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Terms and Conditions for McDougalls YBTOTY 2016
Please read these terms and conditions carefully. You will be legally bound by these terms and
conditions from the time you submit an entry for the McDougalls Young Baking Team of the Year
2016 competition (the “Promotion”).
1. The Promotion is only open to teams consisting of one professional school caterer aged 18
years and over and up to three primary school pupils aged 7 – 11 years old ("Entry Teams").
Entry Teams will represent the UK primary school that the professional school caterer and
school pupils work at and attend respectively.
2. Competing school caterers and school pupils must be UK residents and school caterers must
work at the same UK primary school that school pupils attend. School caterers must be
employed by a UK primary school or work at a UK primary school as an employee of a UKbased catering outlet for the duration of the Promotion Period. School pupils must be the
required age of 7 – 11 years old on the date of the Live Final (i.e. Thursday 7th July 2016).
Should an Entry Team be selected for the Live Final, the school pupils must be
accompanied by two UK residents who are aged 18 years and over and hold valid CRB/DBS
checks (the "Pupil-Minding Reps"). Pupil-Minding Reps will be selected at the discretion of
the school and must be employees of the school the Entry Team represents.
3. All participants of the Promotion are deemed to participate in the Promotion with the full
knowledge and consent of their employer. Participants should therefore seek permission
from their employer before entry into this Promotion. Any tax liability as a result of
participation in this Promotion is the participant's responsibility. Entry Teams should also
ensure that the permission of the parents and/or guardians of the school pupils is secured
prior to their participation in the Promotion. Entry Teams will be expected to provide
written evidence of parents and/or guardians' consent.
4. The Promotion opens at 9am (GMT) on the 2nd November 2015 (the “Opening Time”) and
closes at 5pm GMT on Friday 27th May 2016 (the “Closing Time”). The period between the
Opening Time and the Closing Time is the “Promotion Period.”
5. Entry Teams are required to designate one person as the agent of the team to enter the
Promotion and agree to these terms and conditions on their behalf.
6. Each recipe must contain at least one ingredient of local provenance (within 30 miles of the
school address) and one of the following products:
i.
McDougalls Plain Flour
ii.
McDougalls Self Raising Flour
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iii.
McDougalls Yorkshire Pudding Batter
iv.
McDougalls White Bread and Roll Mix
v.
McDougalls Wholemeal Bread Mix
vi.
McDougalls Brown Bread Mix
vii.
McDougalls Pizza Base Mix
viii.
McDougalls Soft Bap Mix
ix.
McDougalls Plain Sponge Mix
x.
McDougalls Chocolate Sponge Mix
xi.
McDougalls Plain Muffin Mix
xii.
McDougalls Chocolate Multi-Use Muffin & Cake Mix
xiii.
McDougalls Scone Mix
xiv.
McDougalls Standard Crumble Mix
xv.
McDougalls Vegetable Crumble Mix
xvi.
McDougalls Chocolate Brownie Mix
xvii.
McDougalls Plain Cookie Mix
xviii.
McDougalls Chocolate Cookie Mix
xix.
McDougalls Flapjack Mix
7. By entering the Promotion, an Entry Team grants the Promoter a perpetual, worldwide, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferrable licence to use, reproduce,
distribute, and make derivative works of their entry in any media and through any media
channel.
8. Each entry shall be an Entry Team's own work. By entering the Promotion, an Entry Team
warrants that their entry has not been previously published or exploited in any part and will
not infringe any copyright or any other right whatsoever of any third party.
9. Each entry must be suitable for display and publication online and should not be obscene or
indecent or contain defamatory statements or words or symbols that are offensive either
generally or to individuals of a certain race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or socio-economic
group.
10. Each entry must not contain or refer to any branded products other than those of the
Promoter and must not contain or reference any third party trade marks or logos (other than
those of the Promoter).
11. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any entries received outside of the Promotion
Period.
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12. Entry Teams may enter the Promotion once. Entries made through agents, third parties,
organised groups or any entry duplication method will not be accepted.
13. Shortlisted Entry Teams (“Shortlisted Teams”) will be selected from those entries made in
accordance with clause 6 based on the judging criteria detailed at clause 20 below.
Shortlisted Teams will be invited to compete in a live final (“Live Final”) that will take
place at LACA – The Main Event on Thursday 7 th July 2016, at The NEC Birmingham.
14. Shortlisted Teams must make themselves available to appear in the Live Final. The
Promoter will cover travel costs up to a value of £100.00 per Shortlisted Team. Any other
costs incurred (including other travel costs) must be paid for by the Shortlisted Teams.
15. The Promoter, the schools that the Entry Teams represent and their representatives and
the employer of the professional school caterer are responsible for the safety and wellbeing
of participants and will work together to ensure they fulfil any applicable Health & Safety
regulations.
16. Shortlisted Teams will be notified by email (via the email address provided in accordance
with clause 6) no later than Friday 10th June 2016. Shortlisted Teams must then confirm
that they can participate in the Live Final by no later than Friday 17th June 2016.
17. All recipes submitted will be presented to our panel of judges (the “Judges”) including a
culinary advisor from Premier Foods and representatives from the Lead Association for
Catering in Education and the Craft Guild of Chefs.
18. The winning team (the “Winning Team”) will be chosen at the Live Final by the Judges and
the primary school that the Winning Team represented (the "Winning School") will be
awarded kitchen equipment or food technology accessories which will be worth up to
£1,000 in value and chosen by the Promoter in consultation with representatives from the
Winning School (the "Prize").
19. Both the Shortlisted Teams and the Winning Team will be selected based upon the quality
of their recipe submission, as judged by the Judges. The judging criterion includes
creativity, presentation, innovation, texture and taste.
20. If the Winning School is unable to accept The Prize for any reason, then the Promoter
reserves the right to select an alternative winning team, selected from all remaining
Shortlisted Teams in accordance with the judging criteria at clause 20. Likewise, if a
selected Shortlisted Team cannot attend the Live Final for any reason, the Promoter
reserves the right to select another entrant in accordance with the judging criteria at
clause 20. For the purpose of these terms and conditions, an alternative winner shall be
deemed a Winner.
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21. The Promoter will send the Winning School the Prize within 28 days of the Live Final.
22. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entries that are incomplete, delayed, not
received, lost, damaged or unreadable, whether due to failure or non-availability of
any website or otherwise, the submission of incomplete information or any other
reason.
23. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any entry that is not made in accordance
with these terms and conditions. Any decision of the Promoter as to eligibility to take
part in the Promotion or the result of the Promotion will be final and no
correspondence will be entered into.
24. There is no cash alternative to the Prize. The Promoter reserves the right to award an
alternative Prize, of equal or greater value, should reasons outside of the Promoter's
control make this necessary.
25. The Promoter reserves the right to delay, postpone or cancel the Promotion in the event of
circumstances outside its reasonable control, which it considers make it necessary for it to
do so.
26. The Winning Team and all Shortlisted Teams will be required to take part in non-paid
publicity or advertising relating to the Promotion. The Promoter reserves the right to
feature the name, photograph and location of the Winning Team in any future
marketing materials, website publications, promotions and/or prize draws. The winning
recipes and all shortlisted recipes will be printed within a recipe guide, which will be
available to download via the Premier Foodservice website. No further remuneration
will be received by the Winning Team or the Shortlisted Teams for the recipes featuring
in the recipe guide.
27. To receive name and county of residence of the winner, send a stamped, self-addressed
envelope to: Vicki Rainbow, Cirkle, Canon House, 27 London End, Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9
2HN.
28. By entering the Promotion, all entrants consent to the transfer of their personal data to
the Data Controller and its agent Cirkle (Cirkle, Canon House, 27 London Ends, Old
Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9 2HN) for the purposes of the administration of this Promotion
and the winner consents to the transfer of its name and location to the Data Controller
for the purposes of advertising, promotion and/or publicity in connection with the
Promotion and the Premier Foods brand.
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29. Promoter: Premier Foods Group Limited, Premier House, Centrium Business Park,
Griffiths Way, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 2RE.
30. Data Controller: Premier Foods Group Limited (address provided in clause 25).
31. The Promotion and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it, including
contractual and non-contractual disputes or claims shall be governed by and subject to
the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes must be referred to the English courts.