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19th April 2012

Nominees for the 2012 Craft Guild Awards are announced

Written by: Admin
An elite line up of judges has whittled down a record number of entries for the 2012 Craft Guild of Chefs Awards to reveal the nominees for 15 categories.
They will now have to wait until the special awards ceremony on Wednesday, June 13, at Wembley Stadium to find out which of them has won these coveted prizes. There are 16 awards in total, 14 open to nominations, and two in the hands of a special team of Craft Guild member judges. The latter includes the Special Award, chosen by the committee of the Craft Guild of Chefs, which is presented to the person who above all has made an enormous contribution to the industry. The Craft Guild's committee also judges the New Restaurant of the Year Award. The nominees for each award category are: Apprentice Chef Award Conor McLean, The Savoy Lyndsay Michie, La Gavroche April Partridge, The Ivy Armed Services Chef Award Alun Davies, Royal Air Force Mark Sweeney, Royal Air Force Laura Willison, Royal Navy Banqueting & Event Chef Award Darren Deadman, Leiths Phil Herd, Levy Restaurant Tom Parry, Sodexo Prestige Competition Chef Award Mark Hill, House of Commons Javier Mercado, Westminster Kingsway College Adam Smith, The Ritz London Contract Catering Chef Award Mark Crowe, Elior UK Glynn Lawrence, Sodexo Prestige Danny Leung, Lexington Cost Sector Chef Award Mark Hancock. University of West Sussex Sheila Mingay Sales, Crocus Fields (Nottingham City Council) Ryan Wilson, Sodexo Development Chef Award Antony Bennett, La Tasca Robin Turner, Sodexo Andy Twells, Marks & Spencer Education Chef Award Ian Baillie, South Downs College John Crowe, North West Regional College Gary Hunter, Westminster Kingsway College Ethnic Chef Award Mehernosh Mody, La Porte des Indes Rakesh Ravindran Nair, The Cinnamon Club Sudha Shankar Saha, Saffron New Restaurant of the Year Award Pollen Street Social, London – Jason Atherton Rocksalt, Folkestone – Mark Sargeant Roganics, London – Simon Rogan Pastry Chef Award Cherish Finden, The Langham Martin Powell, RAC Club Yolande Stanley, Westminster Kingsway College People's Choice Award Geoff Acott, Craft Guild of Chefs Paul Gayler, The Lanesborough Peter Hazzard, Chaddlewood Consultancy Michael Kitts, Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management Pub Restaurant Chef Award Jean-Philippe Bidart, The Millbrook Inn Rob Hartwell, The Peach Pub Company Gary Witchalls, The Mole Inn Restaurant Chef Award Richard Allen, Grand Jersey Hotel and Spa Morgan Meunier, Morgan M Ltd Paul Shields, The Covent Garden Hotel Young Chef Award Rosa Fothergill, The Rhinefield House Hotel Ben Murphy, Pierre Koffmann at The Berkeley Andrew Tomkinson, The Dorchester Special Award • To share in this amazing experience, book now for the Craft Guild Awards by visiting http://www.craftguildofchefs.org/competitions/craft-guild-of-chefs-awards-2010/3