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

craft guild of chefs competitions 2020 new dates

30th Apr 2020

Guild announces new dates for events postponed as a result of Covid-19

By: David Foad

Andrew Green, chief executive of the Guild, said: “We pride ourselves on running a full calendar of exciting events every year. Due to the devasting impact of Covid-19 and the measures the Government

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

Vice president of the Craft Guild of Chefs releases update on NCOTY and YNCOTY

By: Edward Waddell

In this short video Mulcahy explained: "We are experiencing extremely difficult and challenging times, some of the most difficult in our lifetime. It is early days yet which much to unfold in the

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

More Competitions News

25th Mar 2020

North West Young Chef competition postponed

The 20th edition of the competition, held in association with Essential Cuisine, Sous Vide Tools, CHR Equipment and...

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...