CITY comedians went head to head in a bid to impress chefs from the Liverpool Food and Drink Festival.

Brendan Riley and Sam Avery took part in a unique culinary challenge at Franklin's Deli to create a number of dishes using items regularly found at the back of a stock cupboard.

The pair were joined by staff from Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority, one of the sponsors of this year’s festival, which launches on September 3 and 4 at Sefton Park.

Brendan and Sam had just 15 minutes to create a dish using items such as beans, dry bread and packets of pasta, before serving it up to willing members of the public.

Helping them to create their culinary masterpieces was former head chef at London’s famous restaurant Daphne's and MD of Franklin's, Adam Franklin.

Adam said: “In times like these, we should be doing everything that we can to save waste and pinch pennies.

Love Food Hate Waste is such a fantastic initiative we wanted to do our bit to show Liverpool what you can do with things you thought were long gone and get them back in the kitchen.”