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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:

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13th Oct 2022
Now on its ninth year, the competition is open to all full-time catering students with permanent residency in the UK. There...
27th Sep 2022
The announcement was made at a prestigious 20th anniversary lunch at The Royal Lancaster Hotel in London in front of the...
27th Sep 2022
The overall winner will not only pick up the culinary award, but they will also receive an ‘incredible prize’ of a trip to...
27th Sep 2022
Basten believes competitions such as the Country Range Student Chef Challenge are vital for aspiring chefs as they not only...
14th Sep 2022
Given the national importance and impact of the state funeral on Monday 19th September, we have postponed the cook-off and...
08th Sep 2022
He will be working as a mentor alongside other hospitality industry heavyweights, including Jean-Christophe Novelli, Chris...
26th Aug 2022
Run in collaboration with the Craft Guild of Chefs, who provide competition-standard judging and vital feedback to the...
17th Aug 2022
Throughout the day, the finalists have been receiving their official and exclusive YNCOTY branded jacket from Continental...
12th Aug 2022
After being whittled down to 40 semi-finalists, the chefs have been creating an amuse bouche style signature dish that...
11th Aug 2022
Wayne Harris, chairman of judges for the Craft Guild of Chefs, said: “It gives me great pleasure to be part of this...