Chip off the old block at Chef v Chef in Bath

The Norton Hill School pupil impressed top chef Stuart McLeod of Zuidam UK, executive head chef of Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons Gary Jones, and TV celebrity chef Martin Blunos, with his two dishes which featured pan fried filet of sea bass followed by poached pears with sponge. Second place went to Alfred Lewis from Ralph Allen School and third place to Joshua Hobbs, also from Norton Hill School in Midsomer Norton. The young Shore proved he was a chip off the old block by putting all the experience he had picked up in his dad's kitchen to good use. Stephen Shore, who has run Michelin starred restaurants and now runs The Moody Goose at the Old Priory in Midsomer Norton, said he helped his son practise for the competition but of course there was nothing he could do on the big day, when the young chef kept his nerve to win the under 16 section of the competition. Chris Emery from The Wheatsheaf at Combe Hay won the gold award in the under 23 section, with James Horwood from Hunstrete House picking up silver, while bronze went to Claire Wilkins from the City of Bath College. Top honours in the over 23's went to Timothy Ashton from the Barceló Cheltenham Park Hotel. Runner up was Kevin Francis from Guyers House Hotel and third was a former winner, Kamil Nawalka Wojciech from the Bowood Hotel. Bath Chef v Chef, a partnership between the City of Bath College, Bath Chamber of Commerce and Initiative, Catering Services International and Woods Restaurant, was set up six years ago aiming to highlight improving skills and to promote high quality, modern cooking, wherever possible using seasonal produce. Sandy Bell of the Chamber of Commerce and Initiative said: "This was another superb competition in which you are lost in admiration for the skills of all those who took part. One particularly pleasing aspect was to see so many former contestants who had gone on to take senior roles in local restaurants attending the awards ceremony to support the next generation. It shows the value of the competition." Steve Benison from City of Bath College, where the event is staged, paid tribute to all the people who worked hard to make the competition such a success: "Without the efforts of all the partners and the continued support of our sponsors, we couldn't possibly run this competition. It just goes to show what Bath can achieve when we all get together."