A Prince Henry’s Grammar School student has narrowly missed out on being crowned Yorkshire’s best young chef.

Oliver Robinson, 15, of Otley, proved to be fierce competition when he took part in the final of the Golden Apron 2014 on Tuesday evening.

The prestigious cookery competition is run by Michelin-starred chef James Mackenzie, the Yorkshire Wolds Cookery School, and farming company JSR.

The competition was open to young chefs aged between 14 and 19 from across the county and Oliver, who studies hospitality and cookery once a week on day release at Leeds City College, made it to the final three, along with Jake Fawcett, 18, of Wakefield, and 14-year-old Georgie Smithson-Brown, of Great Hatfield, near Hornsea.

The trio of talented teenagers cooked their own pork dish at the first heat back in early March, reaching a semi-final later in the month. On Tuesday night the three finalists cooked dinner for an invited audience at James’ Pipe and Glass Inn at South Dalton, near Beverley; the guests were then invited to vote for which course they preferred. The winner was Georgie Smithson-Brown.

Georgie tackled a starter of mackerel three ways (smoked mackerel fishcake with tartare sauce, smoked mackerel and horseradish-pate-filled choux bun, soused mackerel with cucumber and beetroot; Jake cooked roast loin of East Yorkshire reared pork with potato and pork pie, wild garlic crumb, black pudding bundle, anise carrot, apple and cider gravy for the main course; and Oliver’s pudding was white chocolate pot with Yorkshire forced rhubarb, ginger popcorn and parkin.

The Golden Apron is an initiative from James Mackenzie of the Pipe and Glass, South Dalton, near Beverley – one of only five Michelin-starred chefs in Yorkshire – and Tim Rymer of the Yorkshire Wolds Cookery School and farming company JSR, both based at Southburn, near Driffield. The competition is sponsored by food suppliers Cranswick plc and Sainsbury’s.

James Mackenzie said: “Considering their age, all the finalists were so calm and collected in the kitchen.”