The cooking success of four Rotorua pupils gave their peers a treat when a TV actress visited their school to see their dish.
Madeline Snell, 16, and 15-year-olds Fisher Wang, Josh France-Meeuws and Ella Campbell were picked for the final of the MAGGI Pop Up Kitchen Showdown thanks to the meal they prepared for former Shortland Street star Lucy Elliott.
Their semifinal entry was put together in front of Elliott and a camera crew in a John Paul College cooking room.
"Everyone was lined up outside the windows taking pictures," Fisher said.
The group were flown to Christchurch this week to compete against the two other finalist teams. The battle will be broadcast next month on The Adam and Eve Show, for which Elliott is a presenter.