Dublin Cookery School in Blackrock is offering a free place on its three-month certificate course, starting in September and worth €8,500 to a scholarship student. To enter, post a photograph of yourself with what you consider to be your signature dish along with a maximum 50-word pitch using hashtag #dublincookeryschool, explaining why you'd like to be chosen, to the Dublin Cookery School Facebook page.

Entries close at midnight on June 22nd. Owner of the school Lynda Booth (right) will then interview shortlisted candidates before the final cook-off at the school on July 6th.

See dublincookeryschool.ie/scholarship.