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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30th Apr 2018
Major Series reaches halfway point, as New College Durham hosts third heat
Another day of “exciting heats” saw catering students from New College Durham and Hartlepool College take to the kitchen, as...
29th Mar 2018
Last chance to enter CGOC 2018 Graduate Awards – deadline extension announced!
Created to “provide formal recognition of young chefs’s culinary excellence,” the Graduate Awards are open to chefs under the...
28th Mar 2018
Craft Guild unveils challenging YCOTY brief
With a hugely anticipated wedding taking place on the 19th May and with the Craft Guild of Chefs being under Royal Patronage...
15th Mar 2018
Major Series crowns 2017/18 winner during Hotelympia grand final
With just one hour to cook and serve two portions of both a pop-up kitchen soup and “modern” chicken dish using Major...
12th Mar 2018
Lexington Catering crowned Tilda Chef Team of the Year
Awarded Silver Best-in-Class, Lexington’s two-man team comprised Tony Stuart and James Garred, who went head-to-head against...
12th Mar 2018
City of Glasgow College celebrates Country Range Student Chef Challenge win
Up against nine other finalists, Glasgow’s winning team consisted of Erin Sweeney, Jordan McKenzie and Lee Christie, who...
01st Mar 2018
Cornwall College wins Major Series round two
Competing for a place in the final were students from South Devon, City College Plymouth, Exeter College and Cornwall College...
27th Feb 2018
Tabasco announces 10 Hot Chef finalists 2018
Now in its sixth year, the competition is run in partnership with the Craft Guild of Chefs and open exclusively to student...
15th Feb 2018
Country Range announces Student Chef Challenge finalists
ollowing three “highly-competitive” semi-finals (1-9 February), where chefs had to produce a three-course, three-cover...
01st Feb 2018
Craft Guild of Chefs officially opens 2019 National Chef of the Year
Following an unforgettable 2017, which saw Lucas Selby take home the highly prestigious title, this year’s competition...