The overall winner will receive the David Lyell Scholarship, which was set up in memory of the former chairman of Town & Country Fine Foods. The competition is open to pastry chefs aged 23 and under on 1 march 2020. 

The 12 semi-finalists include: 

City of Glasgow College (3 March)

• Abigail Bond - Old Course St. Andrews 
• Robbie John Gray Maitland - City of Glasgow College 
• Ruth Dowie - Ayrshire College 
• Victoria Hollingsworth - The Gleneagles Hotel 

The Sheffield College  (3 March)

• Adam Gough - Hopwood College 
• Chloe Hammond - Claire Clarke Academy - MK College 
• Fern Donovan - Infusions Group 
• Lourdes Callum Shaw- Kings College 
• Holly Jackson - Hopwood College 

Town and Country (3 March) 

• Caitlin Kemp-Powell - Farnborough College 
• Emily Steen - St. David's Hotel 
• Mark Barnes - Grand Hotel Eastbourne

The Young Pastry Chef of the Year final will take place on 7 April 2020 at The Claire Clark Academy in Milton Keynes.