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
Channel Islands Chef of the Year 2012 winners revealed
The competition, now in its fourth year, saw Malcolm Meiers from the Bella Luce Restaurant in Guernsey come first in the...
21st May 2013
Craft Guild's Culinary Academy does Britain proud at the Villeroy & Boch Culinary World Cup
Team manager Fergus Martin, who won a silver medal, said they were chuffed to bits to come home with such an impressive haul...
21st May 2013
Young chefs show the wow factor at Wessex Salon Culinair
The two day salon, held for the first time at Brockenhurst College in Hampshire, saw 11 of the golds being won in the cold...
21st May 2013
Devon chef Dez Turland is crowned the Vive le Cheese and the Craft Guild of Chefs French cheese recipe champion
The contest, open to all UK professional chefs across the country, was aimed at finding the best recipe using French cheese...
21st May 2013
North West student crowned FutureChef 2010 winner
Schoolgirl Johansen, who works with Sodexo on match days at Everton Football Club, beat off stiff competition and impressed a...
21st May 2013
FutureChef champion revealed
The 12 finalists were tasked with cooking a main course and a dessert from a selection of ingredients which included English...
21st May 2013
Craft Guild's London Division announces winners of the Winnie Myers Traditional Afternoon Tea Challenge
Westminster Kingsway College (WKC) students Eran Shina and John James-Meneses came second and third respectively, while in...
21st May 2013
CHEF and Tilda get together at Hotelympia to set the Skillery alight
CHEF brand manager Emma Walker said: "This year, we're going about things differently. We're passionate about working harder...
21st May 2013
New additions for the Winnie Myers Afternoon Tea competition
The closing date for entries has been extended until April 12 to allow for latecomers to enter following the Wessex Salon...
21st May 2013
Graduate Awards Finals 2009
8 Finalists battle it out to take top spot in this annual event. Music has been removed from this version.