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

10th Dec 2011
Junior sous chef Charles Smith wins Craft Guild's Young National Chef of the Year
Steve Munkley, vice president of the Craft Guild of Chefs, said: "Charles showed a great understanding for the ingredients he...
10th Dec 2011
Frederick Forster from Nuovo wins Craft Guild of Chefs National Chef of the Year 2011
His win follows an intense two hour cook off between eight finalists at the Restaurant Show held at Earls Court 2 this week...
10th Oct 2011
Junior sous chef Charles Smith wins Craft Guild's Young National Chef of the Year
Steve Munkley, vice president of the Craft Guild of Chefs, said: "Charles showed a great understanding for the ingredients he...
05th Oct 2011
Philadelphia Young Chef of the Year Crowned
Nuannapa Ratanakitsunthorn faced stiff competition from Nicole Waefler, Zoe Lewis and Danny Hoang, but her imaginative dish...
08th Sep 2011
The Craft Guild of Chefs National Chef of the Year 2011 finalists announced
Following four intense semi final heats– one held at Sheffield College and three at Westminster Kingsway College in London...
04th Sep 2011
The Craft Guild of Chefs announces the candidates for the 2011 Graduate Awards regional heats
Craft Guild vice president Steve Munkley, who pioneered the exams back in 2003, said he was delighted with the increased...
11th Jul 2011
Winnie Myers' teatime challenge
Now in its second year, the competition for students and working chefs will be held at Westminster Kingsway College on...
09th Jul 2011
UK-NZ Culinary Challenge cook off rescheduled for spring 2012
Entries will therefore be accepted after the October 10 2011 deadline, and new cut off dates for applications and the cook...
08th Jul 2011
Four young chefs join the Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate Roll of Honour
They were: Daniel Beech, chef de partie at Simon Radley@The Chester Grosvenor & Spa; Rosa Fothergill, chef de partie at the...
04th May 2011
Winners named in the 2011 Channel Islands Chef of the Year contest
Runner up was Saints Bay Hotel chef Ashraf Elsergany and in third place was chef Guiseppe Cerciello Rega from the Absolute...