CHEFS at a Teesside hospital are celebrating after scooping two awards in a national competition.

Craig Floate and Simon Lloyd, at the University Hospital of Hartlepool, won the silver medal and the hygiene award for the most outstanding team at the NHS Better Hospital Food Competition.

To win the award the pair had to produce a two-course meal for four people, suitable for hospital patients and to the value of £6 or less.

They opted for pan-fried fillet of pork stuffed with apricots and cumin, served with a bubble and squeak mash and a plum and red wine sauce for the main course, and for desert they served up rhubarb and ginger meringue tart.

Mr Floate said: "We are really pleased to have won the awards. We have an excellent team at Hartlepool and we all work hard towards providing a first class service.

"The award recognises our hard work has paid off."