PRIME Minister Tony Blair and Manchester United's David Beckham are just two famous names who have contributed to a celebrity cookbook compiled by budding business tycoons in Guiseley.

The would-be Richard Bransons at Guiseley School are running their own business, called LS20, as part of the Young Enterprise Scheme, which encourages school pupils to set up their own companies and run them as a proper business.

And according to LS20's 16-year-old managing director, Richard Napoli, the stars have been more than willing to support his company's initiative to produce a cook-book of favourite recipes of the rich and famous.

Prime Minister Tony Blair sent his recipe for an all-in-one chocolate sponge, while actress Joan Collins sent a special pasta recipe for dieters - Pasta Primavera - and former Prime Minister Ted Heath sent his special recipe for tomato soup.

Manchester United player David Beckham said fish bake was a recipe he liked his wife 'Posh Spice' Victoria to cook for him, while his manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, was on similarly fishy ground with his favourite pasta dish, grilled sea bass with fettuccine and ratatouille.

Author Jeffrey Archer sent his recipe for traditional Shepherd's pie.

Richard said he hoped that his company - made up of seven Guiseley School sixth formers - would go from strength to strength.

He said: "Many of the stars who sent recipes have written, wishing us good luck. We sent out 250 letters to celebrities before Christmas and we've had a great response so far - nobody has knocked us back yet and we're aiming to get at least 20 celebrity recipes.

"We originally came up with a number of ideas for the business, but we thought a celebrity cook-book was one of the better ideas.

"I hope this is a stepping stone to other projects like this and that we can build up a decent reputation."

Richard said that money to support Young Enterprise ventures came from selling shares in the company to school pals and securing a bank loan.

The students hope to have the cookbook printed and on sale by the end of March.

Other groups at the school which are taking part in Young Enterprise include Splash Music, which is hoping to make a profit through running concerts and discos for lower school pupils, and Tramp, which is producing denim products, such as bags, from second hand jeans.