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

10th Jun 2025

Nestlé Professional crowns 2025 Toque d'Or champions

By: Edward Waddell
Thomas Brassington from Loughborough College has been crowned back-of-house (BOH) champion and Katie Blundell from Hugh Baird College has taken the front-of-house (FOH) title, after an action-packed

04th Jun 2025

NACC names 2025 Care Chef of the Year regional finalists

By: Edward Waddell
Throughout June and July, regional heats will be held across five of the NACC Regions – Midlands, North, Scotland, South East and South West – with care chefs demonstrating that they can compete with

More Competitions News

18th Nov 2021
Young Chef Young Waiter (YCYW) competition reveals 2021 winners
The competition took place at the Aloft Dubai Creek with Head Chef Judge Adam Handling and Head Waiter Judge Simon King...
17th Nov 2021
Tilda Chef Team of the Year competition returns
The competition is run in conjunction with the Craft Guild of Chefs with teams competing for the iconic blue trophy and an...
16th Nov 2021
Cyrus Todiwala reveals Zest Quest Asia Panasonic Autumn Challenge winner
Simkins, a level 2 catering and hospitality student at North Herefordshire College, emerged as the winner after cooking her...
15th Nov 2021
Deadline approaches for Country Range Student Chef Challenge
The competition, which is run in conjunction with the Craft Guild of Chefs, is regarded as the ‘pinnacle for catering...
01st Nov 2021
Zest Quest Asia names finalists for Panasonic Autumn Challenge
The competition is the latest online spin-off of the popular student culinary competition, Zest Quest Asia. The three...
29th Oct 2021
Celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli searching for FutureChef competitors
As head judge of FutureChef Northern Ireland, Novelli will oversee the development of young chefs (aged 12-16) across...
26th Oct 2021
Chairman of Judges urges lecturers and students to get competing again
With much of the practical teaching in college kitchens and competitions disrupted these past few years due to Covid-19, the...
22nd Oct 2021
Thomas Swaby wins National Chef of the Year crown
This year’s NCOTY winner finally got to celebrate on October 21st at a VIP red-carpet premiere at the Everyman Broadgate...
22nd Oct 2021
Daniel Cornish secures Young National Chef of the Year title
Cornish took the title by serving up an impressive menu of Scotch broth served with a spelt bread and celeriac purée, fish...
13th Oct 2021
Sodexo head chef takes home meat-free StrEATfood Awards title
The StrEATfood Awards aim to find the UK’s most creative street food chef from the workplace and event catering industries...