Winner of Best of British School Food announced

Receiving entries from over 50 British primary schools, the competition was designed to help bring British food into the classroom and offer schools an exciting children's competition to give them food for thought when it comes British food. Open to all primary school children, the competition was launched in the summer to coincide with British Food Fortnight. To enter the competition, children simply needed to draw a picture of their favourite British meal and research and explain where the ingredients came from, and why they think it's important to eat British food. First place winning pupil Dan Bradshaw, aged nine, drew a traditional roast dinner, made of Prime Orston British beef, home grown carrots and peas, Newark roasted potatoes and Yorkshire puddings, served with richly flavoured gravy. Dan described why he thought it was crucial to eat British food; "It's important to eat British food because it supports British farmers plus reduces food miles, so has a better carbon footprint. It's also healthy and tasty." Junior cooking kits worth £650 will be awarded to the winning school Orston Primary School, along with four runner ups: Goring CE Primary School (Reading) Upminster Infant (Essex) St Nicholas Primary School (Oxford) Mapplewells Primary (Nottinghamshire) Dan also wins an MP3 player, and the runners up each receive £50 worth of shopping vouchers. James Armitage, marketing director at Brakes commented: "Now in its second year, the competition has once again proved to be a huge success in getting children thinking about their favourite British food and where it comes from. Brakes place an important emphasis on developing products that meet school food guidelines and the needs of school caterers. By supporting schools with initiatives like the Brakes British school food competition, we can help raise the profile of great British food in schools. "Having received so many fantastic entries from even more schools than last year, we were delighted to have had such a great response from all who took part. Congratulations to Dan on coming first, and thanks to everyone who entered and got involved in the competition, both pupils and teachers."