FOUR chefs will compete for the title of top school chef in County Durham today.

The finalists include Lynne Pearson, of Wolsingham Primary, who has won the regional finals for the past three years.

Competing against her will be Ann Clasper, of Lanchester RC School, mobile chef Adrian Watson and Margaret Campbell, of Oakley Cross Primary, in West Auckland.

On the judging panel for the Local Authority Catering Association competition heats, at Tanfield School, near Stanley, will be David Stockton, from Lumley Castle Hotel, near Chester-le-Street.

The contestants have 80p to spend on ingredients for the two-course meal. The winner will join Mr Stockton and his team in the hotel kitchens.