TWO pub chefs have made it to the finals of a national culinary contest.

Corin Earland and Rob Hartwell of The Fishes, in North Hinksey, competed in the Team category cook-offs in the PubChef Food Excellence Awards.

The pair were selected from hundreds of entries.

The awards are run by PubChef magazine, part of the pub trade newspaper, the Morning Advertiser.

Winners will be announced at the Dorchester Hotel, in London, on February 28.