Eleven-year-old Matty Swink desperately wants to be a famous chef and escape Fenella's Food Fort, the miserable diner where he is the live-in dish washer. One day, the King of Yurp announces a grand Cook-off. Whoever creates a dish so delicious that even the pernickety Princess Meg cant refuse, will be crowned the new Royal Chef. Matty will do anything to win, but little does he know that success can leave an awfully foul taste in your mouth ... especially when the main ingredient is a 500-year-old curse!
Utterly utterly delectable and absolutely moreish. Youngsters from the age of 8 upwards will find this first foray into fiction by Tilney Cotton thoroughly satisfying. I did.
Very imaginative and also very silly, IMHO. I can't think of a kid I would recommend this book to but I can understand that if it grabs someone they might read it with a little more enthusiasm than I did.