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Four schools have been selected as winners of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall’s competition inviting schools to create a special Diamond Jubilee menu for The Queen.

Mark Flanagan, royal chef at Buckingham Palace, has selected the winning schools from over 200 entries. The four schools are now being invited to Buckingham Palace in June to see their recipes prepared by the Royal Chef and will help serve them at a special reception attended by The Queen and The Duchess of Cornwall.

'Cook for The Queen' is the idea of The Duchess of Cornwall and is her special tribute to The Queen for the Diamond Jubilee.

As part of British Food Fortnight, the national celebration of food that The Duchess supports, schools across the country have been invited to create a special menu for The Queen that celebrates the food produced in their part of the country.

In choosing the winners, Flanagan looked at the amount of class work and extra-curricular research that schools had done; how they had used local produce; whether their menus truly are fit for The Queen; and how the schools planned on incorporating 'Cook for The Queen' into their Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

The winning schools are:
Cape Cornwall School near Penzance
Latimer Arts College near Kettering
St Columba's Primary School from Oban in Scotland
Eastington Primary School from Gloucestershire

Commenting on the quality of the entries, Alexia Robinson, organiser of the competition, said: "We are hugely impressed by the very high standard of the menus that schools have created for Her Majesty. Professional chefs across the country wanting to offer Diamond Jubilee menus in their pubs, hotels and restaurants could draw inspiration from what the children have come up with. Everyone involved is looking forward to seeing the children's menus prepared for The Queen and it is great that the children are coming to Buckingham Palace to help."

For further information about Cook for The Queen, see www.lovebritishfood.co.uk