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

craft guild of chefs competitions 2020 new dates

30th Apr 2020

Guild announces new dates for events postponed as a result of Covid-19

By: David Foad

Andrew Green, chief executive of the Guild, said: “We pride ourselves on running a full calendar of exciting events every year. Due to the devasting impact of Covid-19 and the measures the Government

25th Mar 2020

Duo impress judges at Tilda Chef Team of the Year 2020

By: Edward Waddell

The Tilda Chef Team of the Year aims to highlight how ‘innovative’ rice can be, helping chefs to cater for a wide range of food trends. In association with the Craft Guild of Chefs, the new 2020

25th Mar 2020

Vice president of the Craft Guild of Chefs releases update on NCOTY and YNCOTY

By: Edward Waddell

In this short video Mulcahy explained: "We are experiencing extremely difficult and challenging times, some of the most difficult in our lifetime. It is early days yet which much to unfold in the

25th Mar 2020

Toque d'Or Finals and Awards postponed

By: Edward Waddell

Earlier this month it was announced that 24 apprentices and college students reached the Grand Final of the Toque d'Or. The theme for the Toque d'Or 2020 is the relationship between food

More Competitions News

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...