A MasterChef winner who has worked at some of the city's best restaurants wants to "bring Merseyside to the Coronation."
Claire Lara, 42, originally from Moreton and living in Childwall, was just 16 years old when she first started on her journey to become a chef. She later moved to Paris where she worked at Hotel Baltimore, before moving back to Merseyside to work in the likes of London Carriageworks and Panoramic 34.
It was Maggie Rimmer, a tutor on Claire’s Youth Training Scheme, who pushed her to achieve her dreams and she went on to become the first woman to win MasterChef: The Professionals in 2010.
