LSE MasterChef Competition
Date
24 Oct 2026
Time
3:00pm - 6:30pm
Price
FREE
Location
Bankside House
Become a student contestant on LSE's cooking competition!
Ready to step into the kitchen and try something new? LSE MasterChef 2026-27 is your chance to showcase your skills, learn new cooking techniques, experience the behind the scenes of your halls' kitchen and have fun in a relaxed, supportive cooking competition, with big prizes up for grabs!
Event Details
📍 Location: LSE Bankside House, Restaurant and Kitchen (ground floor).
24 Sumner St, London SE1 9JA
📅 First Round: Saturday 24 October 2026
⏰ Times: 3pm - 4.30pm or 5pm - 6:30pm (select your preferred time slot when booking your free ticket below)
🎁 Prizes: A dinner experience and shopping voucher worth up to £200!
🎟️ Tickets: FREE!
This event is open to all LSE students. You do not have to reside at Bankside House to be a LSE MasterChef contest.
What You’ll Be Doing 👩🍳
In Round 1, you’ll take on a technical cooking challenge: making fresh spinach and ricotta ravioli completely from scratch.
Don’t worry if you’ve never made pasta before - you’ll be given a recipe, ingredients and equipment will be provided, along with professional guidance from our in-house chef; so this is perfect for beginners as well as confident cooks.
You’ll get a hands-on experience in a real kitchen setting, and its a great opportunity to meet other students along the way!
What Happens Next?
Top participants from Round 1 will progress to Round 2 (Saturday, 14 November 2026), where you’ll create your own dish that showcases your creativity.
From there, the best three cooks will advance to the Final (Saturday 28 November 2026), competing to be crowned the LSE Masterchef winner.
You will get more information about what the rest of the competition looks like on the day of Round 1.
Prizes:
- 1st Place: Dinner Experience
- 2nd Place: Shopping Voucher
- 3rd Place: Shopping Voucher
Whether you’re in it to win or just want to try something new, Round 1 is the perfect place to start. Grab your spot and get cooking!
Book your place
Spaces are limited, so make sure to secure your place early
FAQs
This LSE ResLife event is open to ALL 2026/2027 LSE students.
- Tickets are non-transferable and only for use by the named person on the ticket.
- LSE ID matching your ticket will need to be shown at the start of the event.
- Ticket sales end 48 hours prior to the start of the event.
The London School of Economics reserves the right to modify or cancel any event due to unforeseen circumstances.
Please note the following refund conditions:
- If you cannot attend an event, full refunds will be given to requests submitted within 48 hours of making the booking.
- Refund requests after this will be subject to a fee (per Eventbrite's policy.)
- No refunds will be given to requests made within 24 hours of the event start time.
- Refunds will be processed with 7 working days and may be subject to a booking/cancellation fee.
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