Two contestants, from the Duchess's High School, Alnwick, and Coquet High School, Amble, will again go head to head for the title of Young Chef of the Year 2007.

The cook-off will take place at the Playhouse from 11am to 12.30pm on the Saturday of the 2007 Alnwick Food Festival.

Pupils from the Duchess’s High School, Alnwick, held their own challenge to find a representative for the final.

This year, the prizes are again sponsored by House and Home, of Alnwick, with a £300 voucher going to the winner and a £200 voucher to the runner-up. Geoff Proudlock, of House and Home also provides all the cooking utensils for the demonstration kitchens in the Playhouse and the Northumberland Hall.

The Young Chef of the Year competition is also sponsored by sanofi aventis, Alnwick, this year.

Tickets for the Young Chef of the Year competition are free and are obtained from the Playhouse box office on 01665 510785, or on the door.

Pictured are the judges and contestants of the 2006 Young Chef of the Year competition. Adam North, right, won the challenge.

Budding chef Adam North, of Coquet High School, Amble, was crowned king of the kitchen at Alnwick Playhouse when he scooped Alnwick Rotary's Young Chef of the Year competition and a £300 voucher for House and Home in Alnwick.

He pipped Duchess's High School champ Gareth Brown to the post with his delicious dish of chicken fillet and white wine sauce served with mixed pepper and mushroom risotto and a selection of fresh vegetables, followed by fresh whipped raspberry double cream on a biscuit base with raspberry sauce. Gareth won a trophy and a £200 voucher for House and Home.

Pictured are judges, chef helpers and contestants from the 2005 competition, with Alf, the Alnwick Food Festival mascot.

A Duchess's High School pupil was crowned Young Chef of the Year 2005 as he fought off fierce competition.
The competition at the Playhouse, organised by Alnwick Rotary Club as part of the 2005 Alnwick Food Festival, saw two budding chefs team up with two local chefs as they cooked their way to success in a kitchen donated and built by Geoff Keenan from the town's Outlook Home Enhancement Centre.
Winner Daniel Wayman, of the Duchess' Community High School, took on his Coquet High competitor Aaron Oliver as they both battled it out in the heat of the kitchen.
Daniel won £300 of vouchers donated by Geoff Proudlock, of House and Home, Alnwick. Aaron won £200 of House and Home vouchers.
One of the judges, Richard Sim, the head chef at the Alnwick Garden Treehouse, praised both young chefs and said the decision was very difficult.

Judgement time!