Healthy eating in focus at pupils' cookery competition

The pupils at Crags Community School were visited by people including Rotherham Titans rugby players and the chairman of NHS Rotherham as they took part in the contest.

Josh Walker and Jake Davies, both 10, took home the prize of rugby tickets for their "potato rosti burger".

A spokesman for NHS Rotherham, which organised the event, said: "The competition and aims to show that even unhealthy dishes can be turned into quick and simple healthy meals by choosing the right ingredients."

Anne Simpson, from Crags Community School, said the pupils enjoy learning how to make healthy dishes at after-school cookery classes and put their skills to the test in yesterday's competition.

She said: "The aim of the cookery classes is to encourage healthy eating and teach the children a recipe which they can then take away with them and cook at home."

Yesterday's competition was the third in a series of cooking events being held in Maltby up until March next year and aiming to give children the skills to cook "tasty, healthy and easy" meals.