The young people involved were given a list of ingredients prior to the event and were asked to create at least two dishes – one main course and one dessert.

There were four teams – Red Tomatoes: Sabrina Miller and Kara White; Green Peppers: Cory O’Neill and Daniel Hutchison; Yellow Bananas: Daisy Russell and Megan Suttle; and Orange Carrots: Tamsin Budge and Skye Jefferson.

The teams were given one hour to cook their dishes. The ingredients included: 250g minced beef, one onion, one carrot, one potato, one sweet potato, one can of tomatoes, one can of baked beans, one can of pineapple rings and one small bar of chocolate.

The Red Tomatoes cooked shepherd’s pie, and fruit kebabs with chocolate dip.

The Green Peppers went for meatballs placed on potato fritters with sweet potato wedges, and pineapple and chocolate dessert.

The Yellow Bananas cooked up chilli with carrot salad and mixed potato wedges, and pineapple pancakes with chocolate sauce.

The Orange Carrots elected to produce spicy meat kebabs with salsa, baked beans and sweet potato dips and spicy mixed potatoes wedges, and chocolate croissants and chilli pineapple.

Kerry Waddel from Oblos Bistro in Eyemouth judged the food and was very impressed with each dish and found it very difficult to decide a winner.

After much tasting by all involved, Kerry finally chose the Yellow Bananas team as the winners and awarded Daisy Russell and Megan Suttle each a £10 voucher to spend on Giacopazzi ice-cream in Eyemouth.

The event was fantastic and enjoyable – it allowed the young people to be very creative.

Kirsty Page,

project worker