Chloe hungry for success at cook off

Chloe Kelleher is hoping to have the recipe for success as she carries Irish hopes — and ingredients — into a major international cooking competition this weekend.

Having beaten off the challenge of six other young women and one male chef at the Irish final in Dublin two months ago, the 17-year-old will represent the island at Gloucester College in Cheltenham on Saturday. Thousands of school students aged 11 to 17 have been whittled down to just eight for the final of the Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RIBI) Young Chef 2013 event.

“I’m looking forward to it, although I’m a little bit nervous, because it’s away from home. But my home economics teacher has been giving me good tips,” said the fifth-year student at Regina Mundi College in Douglas in Cork.