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

04th Oct 2013
Finalists named for South Asian Chef Competition 2013
The finalists are: Saurav Nath head chef at the Colony Bar & Grill in London Kevin Hughes head chef at Leeds College’s...
25th Sep 2013
Tabasco’s ‘hottest chef’ competition for student chefs
The competition is aimed at student chefs of any age working in the UK, who will be tasked with creating an original and...
17th Sep 2013
Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate Award winners for 2013 announced
As well as Bingham, four other chefs graduated. These were Luke Selby also from Le Manoir Aux Quat’ Saisons, Claire Willett...
17th Sep 2013
Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate Award winners for 2013 announced
As well as Bingham, four other chefs graduated. These were Luke Selby also from Le Manoir Aux Quat’ Saisons, Claire Willett...
16th Jul 2013
Claridge’s chef announced as final contender for the Young National Chef of the Year challenge
This follows Ambrose being named as the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts Young Chef of the Year at the academy’s Awards of...
09th Jul 2013
Taylors of Harrogate sponsors Craft Guild of Chefs Winnie Myers Afternoon Tea Challenge 2013
The family-owned business is perfectly placed to be the tea sponsor as it has been supplying tea from the best tea gardens...
08th Jul 2013
Outstanding young chefs gear up for the Young National Chef of the Year final
Organised by the Craft Guild in partnership with Unilever Food Solutions’ brand Knorr and in association with Churchill and...
08th Jul 2013
Craft Guild of Chefs National Chef of the Year 2013 finalists announced
The finalists were chosen out of 44 of the UK’s top chefs following four nerve-racking semi-final heats in London and...
06th Jul 2013
Outstanding young chefs gear up for the Young National Chef of the Year final
Organised by the Craft Guild in partnership with Unilever Food Solutions’ brand Knorr and in association with Churchill and...
01st Jul 2013
Eight young chefs are on their way to the Graduate Awards final
As testament to celebrated chef Raymond Blanc, two of the chefs making the final are Luke Selby and Josh Bingham who both...