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

31st Jul 2025

10 chefs in running for National Chef of the Year culinary title

By: Edward Waddell

With an exceptionally high standard of entries this year, the competition has once again proven why it remains the title every ambitious chef aspires to win. From creativity and technical skill to

21st Jul 2025

Sixteen young chefs lined up for Le Cordon Bleu London Scholarship final

By: Edward Waddell

A spokesman said that following ‘incredibly competitive semi-finals’, 32 candidates were whittled down to just 16 finalists. “The level of passion for the culinary arts demonstrated by the semi

11th Jul 2025

Rebecca Britton claims Best in Show accolade at 2025 Finishing Touches

By: Edward Waddell

Finishing Touches, which is sponsored by McDougalls, is a competition organised by LACA in association with the Craft Guild of Chefs. The competition is aimed at staff employed in any aspect of

10th Jul 2025

Kraft Heinz launches its first-ever culinary competition with James Cochran

By: Edward Waddell

The competition will give five chefs the chance to receive one-on-one mentorship from Cochran, developing their business acumen and culinary skill before competing in a two-round cook-off. The overall

More Competitions News

04th Jan 2021

Nestlé Professional launches 2021 Toque d’Or competition

The competition aims to inspire the industry’s next generation and provide them with key skills required to succeed in their...

17th Dec 2020

Craft Guild of Chefs celebrates five graduates

In total 12 young chefs competed in the Graduate Awards finals in either the kitchen or pastry exam. To join the Graduate...

17th Dec 2020

Sam Griffiths secures National Chef of Wales title

Having finished third in the final last year Griffiths was delighted to receive the news and trophy from Culinary Association...

17th Dec 2020

Young chef wins Junior Chef of Wales title

Osborne received a visit from Arwyn Watkins, president of the Culinary Association of Wales, who presented the young chef...

16th Dec 2020

Young Chef Young Waiter announces finalists

The 16 UK finalists and nine China/South East Asian finalists were selected by UK head judge Theo Randall, UK head waiter...

10th Dec 2020

Register to watch the Graduate Awards 2020 presentation

On 8 December 12 young chefs completed the final exam in kitchen or pastry at the University of West London. The competition...

09th Nov 2020

Wales to host Worldchefs Global Chefs Challenge

The Culinary Association of Wales (CAW) and its partners, the International Convention Centre Wales (ICC Wales), the Celtic...

04th Nov 2020

Student Watercress Challenge announces winner

The competition aimed to engage students with their lecturers to have fun with watercress and to ‘inspire’ their culinary...

03rd Nov 2020

British Student Culinary Championships reveals award winners

The cooking competition took place on 27 October 2020 and aimed to give young chefs a taste of competition experience. There...

03rd Nov 2020

Compass announces Chef of the Year winner

Operating in a Covid-19 safe format chefs from across the business pitted their skills against one another at West Herts...