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

21st Feb 2019
Country Range announces Student Chef Challenge finalists
This includes: Ayrshire College Carlisle College City of Glasgow College Coventry College Loughborough College Newcastle...
08th Feb 2019
Major Series 2019 kicks off
Co-run by Major Series and the Craft Guild of Chefs, each of the challenges, including the chicken, street food and pasta...
08th Feb 2019
Craft Guild announces 2018 Major Series winner
Having competed against seven other ‘talented’ finalists, Royle impressed judges with her butternut squash and cumin soup...
06th Feb 2019
Craft Guild opens entry for National Chef of the Year 2020
Despite the cold British weather, organisers are focusing on warmer times as competitors are required to produce a creative...
28th Jan 2019
Craft Guild opens 2019 Graduate Awards, urging employers to spotlight young chefs
Since launching in 2002, we have thus far seen 69 chefs pass the Graduate Award with former achievers going on to win Young...
24th Jan 2019
HEAT competition finalists revealed
Open to culinary colleges across the UK, the 11-man teams (comprising kitchen and restaurant students) will now go head-to...
15th Jan 2019
National Chef of Wales finalists revealed
Going head-to-head to be named National Chef of Wales 2019 are colleagues Matthew Ramsdale (26), Sam Griffiths (24) and...
10th Dec 2018
Christopher Basten calls for last minute Country Range Student Chef Challenge entries
As Craft Guild chairman of judges, Basten is heavily involved in the annual contest and said the organisers wanted to make...
10th Dec 2018
County Range extends Student Chef Challenge deadline
Open to full-time hospitality and catering students across the UK, the company said the extension will allow entrants to...
10th Dec 2018
Country Range opens 25th Student Chef Challenge
Run in collaboration with the Craft Guild of Chefs, the annual contest is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and the...