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

06th Nov 2024

The 2025 Roux Scholarship opens for entries

By: Edward Waddell
UK-resident chefs, aged 22-29, are invited to create their own recipe using a range of ingredients as their first step to a potentially ‘life-changing’ experience. Entrants have until midnight on

More Competitions News

16th Jan 2023
Zest Quest Asia reveals 2023 finalists
Teams from Cheshire College South & West, North Hertfordshire College, UHI North Highland College (Dornoch), The Sheffield...
11th Jan 2023
Foster supports team UK at ‘World Cup of Cooking’
Aiming to improve on the UK’s highest ever finish of fourth, over the past few months team UK has been preparing at a purpose...
09th Jan 2023
2023 British Culinary Championships (BCC) opens for entry
This competition and classes are open to both junior and senior competitors. There will be an award each day for hygiene...
09th Dec 2022
Compass experiences success on world stage at 2022 Culinary World Cup
The Culinary World Cup is a five-day event that brings together chefs from around the globe. Over 1,500 chefs competed in...
09th Dec 2022
Former Country Range Student Chef Challenge winner encourages people to enter competition
She said: “It’s been an utterly amazing year with so much happening and so many positives. Competing in and winning the...
01st Dec 2022
Wales starts search for National & Junior Chef of the Year
To enter, chefs must work at an establishment or study at a college for a catering qualification within Wales or be of Welsh...
30th Nov 2022
Young Pastry Chef of the Year 2023 competition opens for entry
The candidate should be working in a hotel or restaurant kitchen, banqueting, college student or within any corporate or...
24th Nov 2022
Country Range extends deadline for Student Chef Challenge
The competition, which is organised in collaboration with the Craft Guild of Chefs, has been running for 25 years and has...
16th Nov 2022
International Salon Culinaire 2023 opens for entries
Next year’s edition of the competition will see the return of popular categories including the NHS 4 Nations Chef Challenge...
14th Nov 2022
BM names Chef of the Year 2022
More than 20 chefs from across the company entered the competition by submitting a seasonal menu for 20 guests. The entries...