COOKING skills were put to the test at a Tiptree school in a Ready, Steady, Cook challenge.

Teachers and pupils teamed up in a battle for culinary kudos at Milldene Primary School, in Barbrook Lane.

The red tomatoes team won by cooking up a storm with pork and ginger patties on hoi sin noodles, while the green peppers whipped up sweet and sour Quorn on a bed of stir fried vegetables and steamed rice.