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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Latest Competition News

16th Jun 2026

Nestlé Professional crowns 2026 Toque d’Or champions

By: Edward Waddell
Nathan Derek Short from City of Glasgow College has been crowned back-of-house (BOH) champion and Declan Sloan from Ayrshire College from has taken the front-of-house (FOH) title. The winners were

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