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

12th Mar 2018
City of Glasgow College celebrates Country Range Student Chef Challenge win
Up against nine other finalists, Glasgow’s winning team consisted of Erin Sweeney, Jordan McKenzie and Lee Christie, who...
01st Mar 2018
Cornwall College wins Major Series round two
Competing for a place in the final were students from South Devon, City College Plymouth, Exeter College and Cornwall College...
27th Feb 2018
Tabasco announces 10 Hot Chef finalists 2018
Now in its sixth year, the competition is run in partnership with the Craft Guild of Chefs and open exclusively to student...
15th Feb 2018
Country Range announces Student Chef Challenge finalists
ollowing three “highly-competitive” semi-finals (1-9 February), where chefs had to produce a three-course, three-cover...
01st Feb 2018
Craft Guild of Chefs officially opens 2019 National Chef of the Year
Following an unforgettable 2017, which saw Lucas Selby take home the highly prestigious title, this year’s competition...
01st Feb 2018
National Chef of the Year 2018
Taking home the title of National Chef of the Year, Luke Selby – Graduate Award winner in 2013 and Young National Chef of the...
01st Feb 2018
National Chef of the Year 2018
Taking home the title of National Chef of the Year, Luke Selby – Graduate Award winner in 2013 and Young National Chef of the...
24th Jan 2018
Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate Awards 2018 now open for entry
Founded by executive chef at The Royal Garden Hotel, Steve Munkley in 2002, the culinary awards look for young chefs (aged 23...
22nd Jan 2018
Major Series 2018 kicked off at Bournemouth and Poole College
With three kitchen challenges – chicken, street food and pasta - as well as the restaurant plated mains, gateaus, bread rolls...
12th Jan 2018
Seven chefs make the grade at 2017 Graduate Awards
After undergoing a series of tests in the full day graduate examinations held at University College Birmingham, five chefs...