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.

 

Current competitions:

Previous competitions:

Latest Competition News

20th Feb 2025

Search begins for the next National Chef of the Year

By: Edward Waddell
Speaking about the competition, Matt said: “After seeing the exceptional standard of dishes during last year’s extended cooking time, I wanted to retain the three-hour time limit to allow chefs the

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05th Dec 2024
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