BRADFORD's Radha Kaushal-Bolland is flying the flag for the city on BBC cooking show Masterchef. 

She impressed the judges once again on last night's show and secured a place in the semi-finals.

In the last of the quarter-finals, the contestants had to cook two courses to impress not just John Torode and Gregg Wallace, but also former MasterChef champions Steven Wallis, Kenny Tutt and Thomasina Miers.  

And law graduate Radha, described as a "cookery force to be reckoned with", rose to the challenge. 

"My mum's Indian, my dad's English, so I like to take classic Indian food, but give it the Western twist in the way it's presented," said Radha. 

For her first course, she served up Aloo Tikki served with a tamarind drizzle, mint and corainder chutney, a sweet yoghurt and crispy chickpeas. 

The former champions were blown away by her efforts, with Thomasina hailing it as "off the charts delicious". 

Then it was time for the main course - lentil dhaal, the first dish Radha's mum taught her to cook, with rice and topped with tempura-battered okra. It was served with bhatura bread and cucumber raita.

"To do a dish of dhaal in a Masterchef quarter-final may be the bravest thing I've seen in a long, long while," said Gregg. 

But the judges were impressed once again and she sailed through to the next round, where the competition will become even more intense.

Durham-born Radha spent part of her young life growing up in County Durham before the family moved to Bradford.

Radha boarded at the now closed Malsis School and Repton School, Derbyshire.

She lives with her parents, brother and 14-year-old yellow Labrador, Elsa.

Despite just completing her law degree, Radha has dreams of working in the food industry.