Welcome to Competitions

The Craft Guild of Chefs is proud to celebrate with them.

Here you will find everything you need to know about the various culinary competitions that take place throughout the year - everything from the flagship National Chef of the Year contest through to the specialist Tilda Chef of the Year Competition.

This section will reveal where each is taking place, how you can get involved and those all important winners and runners up.

 

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Previous competitions:

Latest Competition News

25th Mar 2020

Duo impress judges at Tilda Chef Team of the Year 2020

By: Edward Waddell
The Tilda Chef Team of the Year aims to highlight how ‘innovative’ rice can be, helping chefs to cater for a wide range of food trends. In association with the Craft Guild of Chefs, the new 2020

25th Mar 2020

Toque d'Or Finals and Awards postponed

By: Edward Waddell
Earlier this month it was announced that 24 apprentices and college students reached the Grand Final of the Toque d'Or. The theme for the Toque d'Or 2020 is the relationship between food

25th Mar 2020

North West Young Chef competition postponed

By: Edward Waddell
The 20th edition of the competition, held in association with Essential Cuisine, Sous Vide Tools, CHR Equipment and hospitality training provider CPL Online, was due to stage three semi-finals between

More Competitions News

25th Mar 2020
Springboard’s FutureChef crowns 2020 winner
Jodie, 16, who attends Trinity High School beat 11 other young chefs to win the title. She impressed judges with a main...
25th Mar 2020
Welsh Chefs finals postponed due to coronavirus
The two competitions were due to take place on 30 March 2020 at Cardiff and Vale College City Campus. Arwyn Watkins...
17th Mar 2020
Nine teams progress to UK Young Restaurant Team of the Year final
David McKown, director of the competition, said: “We had a decision to make since our teams might not have been in a position...
16th Mar 2020
Steve Groves reflects on NCOTY experience
Chefs who want to compete should register for a National Chef of the Year account at: www.nationalchefoftheyear.co.uk to...
13th Mar 2020
Heat 2020 names joint winners
The ‘unprecedented result’ was made by the judging panel, which included Henry Brosi, Paul Gayler MBE and Stephen Scuffell...
12th Mar 2020
Finalists revealed for Toque d’Or 2020
There were 78 aspiring hospitality students or apprentices competing at the National Heats, which took place in Glasgow...
10th Mar 2020
Craft Guild of Chefs launches British Student Culinary Championships
The BSCC will be one of the UK’s largest live culinary competitions offering a platform for student chefs to gain their first...
10th Mar 2020
UK Young Restaurant Team of the Year announces semi-finalists
The theme for this year’s competition is French Gastronomy and the guest judge will be Pierre Koffmann. The semi-finals of...
09th Mar 2020
Heat 2020 returns this week
The three Heat 2020 finalists are Farnborough College, South Eastern College from Bangor College and the Jersey team from...
06th Mar 2020
City of Liverpool College wins Country Range Student Chef Challenge
The three culinary students, Chi-Hin Cheung, Talent Sibindi and Beth Disley-Jones, impressed judges with their ‘inventive’...