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

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18th May 2022
Chef plans to cut honeymoon short to cook for Wales in Abu Dhabi final
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17th May 2022
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16th May 2022
City College Norwich wins A Passion to Inspire competition
The winners Drew Denington, Josh Amos-Terzza (Kitchen) and Jasmin Boughen (FOH) as well as lecturer Paul Smith will now be...
03rd May 2022
Toque d’Or competition announces three winners
The grand finals celebration, with the theme balanced diets and sustainable futures, consisted of a week of challenges where...
29th Apr 2022
A Passion To Inspire announces seven finalists for competition final
The Passion To Inspire competition will take place on 10 May 2022 at West Suffolk College, Bury St Edmunds. Colleges...
25th Apr 2022
Craft Guild reveals Graduate Awards deadline extension & mentoring trip
After this element of the award was put on hold due to the pandemic, the Craft Guild of Chefs has revealed it is bringing it...
25th Apr 2022
Major Chef’s Culinary Challenge crowns winner
Formally known as the Major Series, the Chef’s Culinary Challenge is one of the industry’s longest standing, most prestigious...
25th Apr 2022
The Sheffield College secures Tilda Special Award at Zest Quest Asia
Student chefs Jack Hayes, Max Heath and Rhiannon Siddall won an exclusive trip to Italy with Tilda, along with being named...
25th Apr 2022
CH&CO crowns Ricky Matonti its Chef of the Year 2022
He impressed the judges with his menu of fermented barley & whey risotto, wild garlic ricotta, slow cooked duck egg, wild...
22nd Apr 2022
S.Pellegrino research reveals challenges facing hospitality industry
The S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy, a global initiative which is currently searching for the best chefs under 30, surveyed...