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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18th Mar 2019
Glasgow College wins Country Range Student Chef Challenge for 2nd year running
Its three-person team - Alan Coats, Ance Kristone and Andreau Talla – were said to have fought off “fierce” competition from...
15th Mar 2019
Best of the best: hospitality apprentices prepare for WorldSkills final
Having “triumphed” in the regional and national competitions, the skilled young people going head-to-head against the “best...
12th Mar 2019
Craft Guild names HEAT 2019 winner
This year’s contest took place in Jersey, 5-6 March, and saw ‘rising chefs’ from Northern Ireland, Middlesbrough, Farnborough...
05th Mar 2019
Kikkoman Masters 2019 now open
Entries must be submitted by 28 June and detail their two courses made using Kikkoman naturally brewed soy sauce. Alongside...
05th Mar 2019
One week to enter 3 Counties Salon Culinaire
Run in conjunction with Central Bedfordshire College, the annual competition is a fantastic opportunity for student chefs...
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...