Schoolgirls from the Wirral and Blackburn have won Junior Compassionate Cook - an ethical cooking competition by RSPCA Assured, the RSPCA’s food label.

Jess Evans (11) from Thornton Hough, Wirral, scooped the ‘Judges’ Choice’ award with her entertaining video of how to make a  ‘sausage and bean one pot wonder’ using RSPCA Assured sausages.

And the People’s Choice award went to Daisy-Mae Everingham (8) from  Blackburn,  who won more than 95,000 online votes  for her 

entertaining video of how to make ‘sausage and apple rolls’ using RSPCA Assured sausages.

Also impressing judges with their culinary skills and charisma were Judges’ Choice runners up:

• 10-year-old Anaya Sodha from Leicester with her video of 'how to make pancakes' using RSPCA Assured eggs
• Nine-year-old Hester Overton from Bolton with her recipe for 'feta and courgette tartlet' using RSPCA Assured eggs.

And the People’s Choice runners up:

• Cooking duo, 11-year-old Ruby Northam and nine -year-old Samuel George from Somerset, won more than 71,000 online votes for their video of how to make 'chicken valentine'
  
• Nine-year-old Zahrah Santos Califano from Woolwich won more than 46,000 online votes for her ‘oven-baked salmon with passionfruit sauce’.

Lucky Jess and Daisy-Mae each won a Hamleys hamper worth £300 and a trophy. The runners up received a Hamleys hamper worth £50 and a medal.  

All winners received a set of cookware for themselves and their school and a subscription to Animal Action magazine.

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