TAUNTON CookAbility students Alex Smith and Mhairi Hall, both 17, have been crowned the Somerset winners of the John West Recipe Challenge.

They both created fish dishes for under £5 to go through to the national final next month.

Pictured. From left, are judge Michelle McCaffrey, from John West, Alex, judge Richard Guest, head chef at The Castle Hotel, Taunton, Mhairi and Tricia Samways, of Cookability.