Students strapped on their aprons and sold food from across the globe to turn a £10 loan into as much money as possible.

Pupils from Queen Elizabeth Girl’s School, in High Street, Barnet, raised £155 by selling culinary delights in just one day.

The event was organised as part of the Young Enterprise Tenner Relay, and over 25,000 young people from schools across the country too park.

The students at QE spent their £10 on French croissants and pastries which they sold before school began on Friday.

They will then reinvest the money to buy doughnuts representing America to sell at break time, pizzas representing Italy and sweets representing Britain to sell after school.

Supermarket firm Waitrose agreed to donate supplies for the diner day, to ensure the students raised as much money as possible.

Jasmine Leffman, 16, said: “We wanted to have a strong theme for the day to create something people could really identify with so we came up with the foods from around the world initiative.”

Kirsty Thomas, economics and business studies teacher at Queen Elizabeth’s Girl’s School, said: “We’re so pleased with the student’s efforts in buying and selling foods from around the world.

“They really pulled together to raise as much profit as possible and it’s been a great opportunity for them to develop their team working, organization and enterprise skills, something we often encourage here at Queen Elizabeth’s.”