Hawaii’s youngest cooks can show off their chops at the 2014 Hawai’i Food & Wine Festival, with a recipe contest in which finalists will cook for chef Nobu Matsuhisa, Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai and chef Jason Fox of Commonwealth restaurant in San Francisco.

The festival is seeking original recipes from youths ages 8 to 17 for the Kellogg’s and Foodland Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. Recipes must feature one fresh locally grown or raised ingredient, be healthy and affordable as well as easy to make, and employ no more than 10 ingredients and 10 steps to prepare. The deadline is July 31.

Three finalists will be selected from two age categories, 8- to 12-years-olds and teens 13 to 17. Contenders will prepare their dishes Sept. 6 at the Honolulu Zoo during the festival’s Keiki in the Kitchen: Food, Fitness & Fun! event.

First-place winners will be able to invite nine of their closest friends to a Keiki Night Out party put together by either chef Roy Yamaguchi or chef Alan Wong. Champs will also win a two-night stay in oceanfront rooms at the Outrigger Reef on the Beach in Waikiki.

Keiki in the Kitchen will feature a day of appearances by celebrity chefs, cooking demonstrations, a farmers market and local food from top Hawaii food trucks. Pre-sale tickets for $5 are available at goo.gl/T8EyUS.

For contest rules and entry form, visit hawaiifoodandwinefestival.com/LunchtimeChallenge.