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Peter Bishop, a Year 8 student from Francis Combe Academy, has won a national ‘You’re The Chef’ recipe competition run jointly by the Love British Food organisation and school catering firm Cucina Restaurants.

This competition involved students from schools across the UK designing original British recipes, with winners eating free in their school restaurants for a fortnight and having their dishes cooked for the entire school.

Peter, whose dish ‘Roast Beef Bites’ won him first place in the school round of the competition, then went onto win the National Final ,which was judged by two Michelin Star TV chef Phil Howard, co-owner of Mayfair’s gourmet restaurant The Square.

Academy head chef Aaron Oliphant of Cucina, said: “You’re The Chef has been a fantastic national competition and Peter is a very worthy winner. We are not just caterers - we work to involve students in food at every level - growing, cooking and presenting. I should also mention Year 8 student Luke Bird, who was our Francis Combe runner up.”

Peter’s prize for winning the national competition was £100 in vouchers and a signed copy of Phil Howard’s book ‘Savoury’.