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 May 2024
Craft Guild invites 36 chefs to take part in Graduate Awards heats
The Graduate Award is a practical and theory exam which is aimed at chefs aged under 25 who are looking to test their skills...
08th May 2024
Hospitality duo named in Team UK WorldSkills line-up
Ruby, who completed a BTEC in Hospitality at Cardiff and Vale College and now works at Lucknam Park Hotel and Spa near Bath...
08th May 2024
Toque d’Or finalists harvest key learnings in ‘farm-to-fork challenge’
Toque d’Or Grand Finals week The challenge was part of an action-packed Toque d’Or Grand Finals week, comprising a series of...
07th May 2024
How can entering the Graduate Awards now help a chef in the future?
The Craft Guild of Chefs recently spoke to Ieuan Davies on an Instagram live. He was the first chef to achieve the pastry and...
07th May 2024
Essential Cuisine partners with Lumina to welcome NCOTY top 3 to Liverpool
The agenda was meticulously crafted to showcase the best of Liverpool's food scene while providing ample opportunities for...
01st May 2024
New Suffolk College wins A Passion to Inspire competition
The trio will be invited to Skills for Chefs 2024 to meet culinary legend Jason Atherton as well as other chefs including...
30th Apr 2024
Stories from the Graduate Awards with Victoria Scupham
What was it that originally made you want to enter the Graduate Awards? My workplace has had chefs enter the competition in...
29th Apr 2024
Craft Guild extends National Chef of the Year entry window
Entries have been extended until Tuesday 28th May. This means chefs still have a month to design and serve up an award...
26th Apr 2024
Final opportunity for young chefs to enter 2024 Graduate Awards
Achievers of this prestigious exam will be seeded directly into the semi-finals of YNCOTY in 2025 and for one chef, straight...
23rd Apr 2024
Stories from the Graduate Awards with Beth Disley-Jones
From working abroad to growing in confidence, this event has given her so many opportunities since she passed the exam. We...