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

11th Nov 2013
Blue Arrow Chef of the Year 2013 announced
Runners up were Luke Smith, head chef at the Level 39 restaurant in Canada Square for CH&Co, and Gareth Ruck, sous chef at...
11th Nov 2013
College chef wins Major Cambridge University Culinary Cup
Now in its fourth year, the all day event sponsored by Major International was held at Cambridge Regional College on October...
08th Nov 2013
Jersey culinary team wins Inter Island Challenge
The competition, organised by the Craft Guild of Chefs and attended by vice president Steve Scuffell, was held in the Academy...
18th Oct 2013
Inter Island Challenge 2013
Last year Guernsey’s team lifted the Peter Queree trophy, named after well-known former head of catering at the Highlands...
16th Oct 2013
Winnie Myers Afternoon Tea Challenge
Now in its third year, the competition created as a tribute to the late Winnie Myers, a well respected member of the Craft...
10th Oct 2013
Extra time for Tabasco’s ‘hottest chef’ competition for student chefs
Tabasco, owned by the US based McIlhenny Company, in association with the Craft Guild of Chefs is holding the Student Street...
10th Oct 2013
South Asian Chef Competition 2013 winners crowned
Judges from the Craft Guild of Chefs, the catering industry and the catering education sector, represented by chair of judges...
10th Oct 2013
Brakes Student Chef Team Challenge 2013/14 open for entries
The annual competition, which for the first time welcomes new sponsors BD Foods and ABP Food Group for this year’s challenge...
09th Oct 2013
BaxterStorey executive chef wins National Chef of the Year 2013
Groves, executive chef at BaxterStorey, won the crown after producing outstanding dishes at the final at the Restaurant Show...
09th Oct 2013
Young National Chef of the Year 2013 revealed
He impressed the judging panel, which included the competition’s chef ambassador Mark Sargeant, a former National Chef of the...