THERE'S a second helping of Bridport Soup on the way.

The first was in August last year and gave four local projects a chance to bid for on-the-night crowdfunding.

The idea comes from a format developed in Detroit when four enterprises got the chance to persuade an audience, replete with soup, to choose them.

Each group gets four minutes to pitch and audience members can ask four questions.

The audience pays on the door, gets a soup, in this case made by chef Masaki Dew, and the project with the most votes gets the door money.

Jonny Gordon-Farleigh, local supporter of social enterprises and founder of Stir to Action has long been excited by the potential of the Detroit Soup model and worked with Linda Hull from Communities Living Sustainably to bring it to Bridport.

He said: "In five years in Detroit they've raised $127,164 for community projects and in the process helped to develop a local culture of collaboration and democracy that's creative and social."

The youngest pitchers from the first Bridport Soup night Matt McCourtie and Joe Hewetson from the Community Youth Project won and were given more than £600 from the takings on the door that night plus £250 from Stir To Action.

They were up against The People's Pantry project to create a waste food cafe, Refugee Solidarity building community links with the camp in Calais and Kitchen Collective's plans for a prep and teaching kitchen.

Joe said: "We were delighted to receive this support from the first Bridport Soup and as a young organisation it gave us a huge confidence boost - the funds we won will be a big help for the promotion of our networking event this spring."

There was so much positive feedback from the first event Jonny and Linda set about organising Bridport Soup 2.

It's on Thursday February 2 at 7pm at the Women's Institute hall on North Street, Bridport but the deadline for applications to pitch is mid-day on Friday January 20.

Linda said it is a valuable;e experience for all participants whether they win or not.

She said: "The selected projects will receive pitch training from Caroline Walker, chairman of Transition Town Bridport and the event itself is a great chance to make new contacts and sources of support."

Applications can be found on the Bridport Soup Facebook page facebook.com/BridportSoup/ or hard copies obtained from Bridport Library and Tourist Information Centre. Places to attend the Soup can be booked on its Eventbrite page: bridportsoup2.eventbrite.co.uk.