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03rd Apr 2025

Craft Guild of Chefs extends deadline for National Chef of the Year entries

By: Edward Waddell

In recent weeks, the Guild has reached out to past National Chef of the Year competitors to ensure that chefs are aware of the brief and to answer any questions about the entry process. The response

03rd Apr 2025

School chef Amber Francis wins BBC’s Great British Menu competition

By: Edward Waddell

Her dessert titled ‘Books, the Mind’s Food’ was voted the favourite dish of this year’s show. Francis swapped school lunches like Beef Short Rib Pie, Falafel Plates and Harissa Baked Fish with

31st Mar 2025

Final call for young chefs to enter 2025 Graduate Awards

By: Edward Waddell

It has shaped the future of so many talented chefs including Luke Selby, Ruth Hansom, current Young National Chef of the Year (YNCOTY) Jonny Smith and Great British Menu Champion of Champions Amber

28th Mar 2025

Compass serves up haul of awards at International Salon Culinaire

By: Edward Waddell

Held during Food, Drink & Hospitality Week, the event is a highlight of the three-day Hotel, Restaurant & Catering (HRC) show at ExCeL London. With a total of 63 awards, Compass chefs achieved eight

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08th Oct 2015

Craft Guild Student Challenge 2015 seeks 'freestyling' teams

The competition targets teams of three full time student chefs studying hospitality or catering college courses and requires...

08th Aug 2014

Tabasco Student Street Food Brunch Challenge for chefs

This year it is called the Student Street Food Brunch Challenge 2014, giving competitors the task of creating a dish using...

11th Feb 2014

South West Chef of the Year 2014 launches at Source Taste of the West

Cornwell, who is chef de partie at Michelin-starred Lucknam Park near Bath, presented roast loin of venison, squash purée...

27th Jan 2014

National Chef of the Year 2014 open for entries

National Chef of the Year was launched in 1972 and has seen the cream of the UK culinary world take the title. Previous...

27th Jan 2014

Who will become the next Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate Award winners?

Successful candidates will have to pass a number of culinary challenges in a high-pressured environment. Those that reach the...

27th Jan 2014

Major Culinary Challenge 2014

The first heat takes place on February 7 at South Devon College in Paignton, and the second heat is scheduled to take place...

23rd Jan 2014

First Family Food Appreciation Workshops Hailed a Success

Blossomfield Infant and Nursery School in Solihull was the first of six UK schools to pilot the scheme from the fledgling...

23rd Jan 2014

First Sponsors for 2014 Workshops Announced

Welcoming back Uncle Ben’s and Dolmio, Premier, Marks and Spencer and Reynolds, which all supported last year’s scheme...

22nd Jan 2014

Brakes announces regional heats shortlist for Student Chef Team Challenge

These teams will now compete in a live cook-off at one of seven heats held across the UK, including Northern Ireland where...

04th Dec 2013

AWARD-WINNING CHEFS TO TAKE SPOTLIGHT AT HOTELYMPIA SKILLERY

2013 National Chef of the Year, Hayden Groves and Young National Chef of the Year, Ben Champkin are just two of the high...