FENCEGATE chef Steven Smith will represent Lancashire on Monday in Manchester during the finals of the Best Young Chef in the North West competition.
The event will be held at Manchester Metropolitan University from 2pm.
Steven, who is the youngest competitor, has already beaten off hundreds of other young culinary talents from around the region.
He and four other contestants will battle it out for the title.
Steven has just returned from Turin after winning a trip to the Salone del Gusto food and drink exhibition.
If he wins the final he will receive £200 and a work experience placement with British Chef John Patterson in the famous Ristorante La Palombara in Umbria, Italy.
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