ALBERT ROUX had a surprise for the six students competing for the grand prize of a six-month placement at one of his restaurants.
So impressed was he at the standard of their cooking, that he produced another two prizes out of his chef’s hat – two-week placements at La Gavroche in London (run by Albert’s son, Masterchef judge Michel Roux Jnr), and at Gullane.
Here, we chat to the six finalists, who will learn their fate ahead of the Border Union Agricultual Show in July,