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

21st May 2013
2006 Knorr National Chef of the Year Finalists
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21st May 2013
Eight competition finalists confirmed for KNCOTY
The three highest scorers Steve Allen, head chef at The Ritz Hotel, London and Clark Crawley, sous chef at Barclays Wealth...
21st May 2013
Get your tickets for the event now!
Following a series of regional heats earlier in the year, the grand final will be held on 7th October at the Restaurant Show...
21st May 2013
National Chef of the Year finalists announced
Ten finalists were chosen following an intense competition between 40 chefs over two days – September 13 and 16 – at the...
21st May 2013
Craft Guild of Chefs Young National Chef of the Year 2011
The competition is a junior version of the renowned National Chef of the Year contest where the crème de la crème of young...
21st May 2013
The countdown has begun for the 2011 Craft Guild National Chef of the Year challenge
The cook offs take place in August and September at culinary centres in London, Portsmouth and Sheffield and will decide who...
21st May 2013
Craft Guild of Chefs National Chef of the Year 2012 semi finalists announced
Hailing from a diverse mix of foodservice sectors, the line up is now gearing up for the penultimate round of the top...
21st May 2013
Craft Guild of Chefs delighted with standard at National Chef of the Year semi-final
Hosted at Sheffield College, the 12 chefs went head-to-head each creating a starter, main and dessert dish.The overall winner...
21st May 2013
The Craft Guild of Chefs names finalists for the National Chef of the Year 2012 competition
Four highly competitive semi-finals held at two of the UK's top culinary training centres
21st May 2013
Tomato ketchup challenge hits the flavour highs
The competition came into being after Heinz Foodservice joined forces with the Craft Guild, City & Guilds and PACE...