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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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

02nd Mar 2020
Le Cordon Bleu launches two International Culinary Competitions
All around the world Le Cordon bleu will celebrate the 125th anniversary and their ‘passion for gastronomy’. The Future...
21st Feb 2020
Deadline extended for Oliver Kay Produce vegan competition
The deadline extension enables chefs who have been trialling their new vegan dishes at the start of the year to enter online...
20th Feb 2020
Young Pastry Chef of the Year announces 12 semi-finalists
The overall winner will receive the David Lyell Scholarship, which was set up in memory of the former chairman of Town &...
17th Feb 2020
The British Student Culinary Championships opens for entry
The British Student Culinary Championships will take place on 27-28 May 2020 at Central Bedfordshire College. The event is...
17th Feb 2020
University College Birmingham takes Zest Quest Asia 2020 crown
The team will undertake training in Thai cuisine at the recently launched Le Cordon Bleu Dusit Culinary School and meet five...
17th Feb 2020
New City College wins Tilda’s ‘Best Use of Rice’ at Zest Quest Asia
The chef team from Hackney included Rebekah Samuels, Jenai Julien and Denique Cole Johnson. Their Indonesian street food...
13th Feb 2020
Finalists named for Country Range Student Chef Challenge
The live Grand Final will take place at the Hotel, Restaurant & Catering (HRC) Show at ExCeL London on 4 March 2020. The ten...
11th Feb 2020
S. Pellegrino Young Chef competition announces jurors for Grand Final
The S.Pellegrino Young Chef competition saw 134 chefs from all over the world compete in live-cook offs in the 12 Regional...
06th Feb 2020
Chefs invited to compete for the National Chef of the Year 2021 title
New chair of judges Paul Ainsworth has collaborated in designing this year’s menu criteria. Competitors are required to...
04th Feb 2020
South African fruit growers relaunch young chef competition in UK
Hortgro, South African fruit growers, are calling young UK chefs to submit a main course that showcases the South African...