Cooking on full gas - young chef among finalists of 'life changing' competition

APPRENTICE RUBY GOODENS HAS AMBITIONS TO WORK IN FINE DINING

- By TOM KEIGHLEY

A PROMISING young chef who has her sights on working in fine dining has landed a place in the final of a top level cooking competition that has the potential to launch her career.

Ruby Goodens, from Brough, is one of just 16 chefs from a field of 700 to make it to the final of Le Cordon Bleu Scholarship.

The winner of the prestigious programme will scoop a prize package worth £90,000 and including a Grand Diplôme scholarship, mentorship, and a three-month internship at CORD by Le Cordon Bleu - a world renowned cookery school.

The 18 year-old, who studies at East Riding College while working full time in the kitchens of Cave Castle Hotel, impressed London judges in the recent semifinals, where she was put through her paces with taste tests, interviews and quizzes.