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

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12th Jan 2018
Chefs impress at Wessex Salon Culinaire 2018
Located in the heart of the New Forest National Park, Brockenhurst is one of the country's top colleges and has been awarded...
12th Jan 2018
Country Range announces 2017/18 Student Chef Challenge semi-finalists
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17th Aug 2017
Graduate Awards finalists announced in anniversary year
Out of the 36 participants, only 15 will be chosen for the kitchen final and 12 for the pastry, which will be announced...
26th May 2017
Craft Guild of Chefs reveals Semi-Finalists for Kitchen and Pastry Graduate Awards
The heats will take place on Thursday 15th June at the University of West London and Sheffield College. During this stage...
19th Oct 2015
Craft Guild Student Challenge 2015 seeks 'freestyling' teams
The competition targets teams of three full time student chefs studying hospitality or catering college courses and requires...
08th Oct 2015
Craft Guild Student Challenge 2015 seeks 'freestyling' teams
The competition targets teams of three full time student chefs studying hospitality or catering college courses and requires...
08th Aug 2014
Tabasco Student Street Food Brunch Challenge for chefs
This year it is called the Student Street Food Brunch Challenge 2014, giving competitors the task of creating a dish using...
11th Feb 2014
South West Chef of the Year 2014 launches at Source Taste of the West
Cornwell, who is chef de partie at Michelin-starred Lucknam Park near Bath, presented roast loin of venison, squash purée...
27th Jan 2014
National Chef of the Year 2014 open for entries
National Chef of the Year was launched in 1972 and has seen the cream of the UK culinary world take the title. Previous...
27th Jan 2014
Who will become the next Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate Award winners?
Successful candidates will have to pass a number of culinary challenges in a high-pressured environment. Those that reach the...