Win a Roband six-slice grill station from Metcalfe Catering

If you have ever tried cooking a steak using a traditional method such as a skillet or salamander grill, then you will know just how difficult and labour intensive this is. First you have to keep checking it's not burning, and then you have to keep turning it over to make sure it's cooked the same on both sides. And, while you are doing that, most of the nutritional value is disappearing in the juice dribbling out of it. And to cap it all you end up with a product that has lost anywhere between 15 to 20% of its original weight.

If this sounds familiar to you then you need to think seriously about a contact grill. Contact grilling consigns all of these issues to the past, because it cooks both sides of the meat simultaneously, sealing in the juice and goodness instantly before they have a chance to escape. So what you end up with is a perfectly cooked, juicy steak that is packed full of flavour and weighs almost as much as it did before!

And, as if that wasn't enough, the cooking time is reduced to a fraction of normal because the heat, normally lost to atmosphere, is retained within the product, helping to speed up the cooking time. And it doesn't just work for meat either. Fish fillets; turkey breasts; hamburgers; pork chops; omelettes and even pancakes, can all be cooked to perfection in minutes saving both time and energy.

THE PRIZE
The Roband 6 slice Grill Station can produce perfect paninis in just 70 seconds and makes light work of grilled sandwiches, meat, poultry and fish.

The elements, which are embedded into the smooth die-cast aluminium cooking surfaces, make for accurate and rapid heat distribution. They are designed to produce an even, efficient heat transfer both across each plate and between the top and bottom plates, ensuring that food is cooked thoroughly with uniform colouring. The Grill Station cleverly does away with the bane of every Panini grill user's life, the cable that runs between the top and bottom plates and often gets snagged, broken or detached. The compact, table top unit can be operated with top and bottom plates together, or bottom only for added flexibility. The counter-balanced top plate and arched handle make it easy to load and unload the grill station with one hand, while the precise thermostat and five-minute timer with warning bell add to its ease of use.

HOW TO ENTER
One lucky reader who can answer the question correctly will win this fantastic prize.

All entries must be submitted on a postcard by midnight on Friday 27 July 2012. Entrants should include their name, job title, company name and address, email and telephone number. Send entries to Roband Competition, Caterer and Hotelkeeper, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS. You can also participate by filling in the electronic entry form below.

AND THE WINNER IS… The winner of the [April competition to win £1,500 of LED lighting ](http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/26/04/2012/343427/Win-LED-lighting-worth-1631500-from-Verbatim.htm)from Verbatim is Raman Julka, general manager, Ibis Hotel Wembley, Middlesex.TERMS AND CONDITIONS 1. This competition is not open to employees or agents of Reed Business Information or Roband. 2. We reserve the right to change the prize without notice and no cash alternative will be offered. 3. The winner will be selected at random from correct entries, and the publisher's decision is final. 4. Reed Business Information will use the contact information you provide to communicate with you on behalf of Caterer and Hotelkeeper. We may also use the information you have provided to send direct marketing material from ourselves relating to other products and services that may be of interest to you. Your information may also be disclosed to other companies who wish to send you information about their products and services including our sponsor, Roband. This could involve data transfer to countries outside the European Economic Area. For further information and choices please visit our data protection page at [www.reedbusiness.co.uk/dataprotection](http://www.reedbusiness.co.uk/dataprotection) or write to us at RBI, Freepost RCC2619, Haywards Heath, RH16 3BR, UK. 5. The winner's name will appear in *Caterer and Hotelkeeper* and on [www.catererandhotelkeeper.com.