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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09th Oct 2012
Craft Guild of Chefs National Chef of the Year and Young National Chef of the Year 2012 crowned
His well thought out menu, paying close attention to authenticity, sourcing, seasonality, timing and wastage, while creating...
08th Oct 2012
Young National Chef of the Year 2012 crowned
Murphy, chef de partie at Koffmann’s at The Berkeley, won with a winning menu consisting of sous vide duck breast, beetroot...
01st Aug 2012
London Hilton chef wins the 2012 Alaska Seafood Recipe Challenge
Alaska Seafood, in association with the Craft Guild of Chefs, had challenged UK chefs to create a recipe design specifically...
05th Jul 2012
Chefs from Westminster Kingsway College and The Savoy win the Winnie Myers' Traditional Afternoon Tea challenge
Now in its second year, the competition challenges students and working chefs to assemble a traditional afternoon tea...
07th Jun 2012
Eight young chefs named for the YNCOTY 2012 finals
Now in its third year, the competition is aimed at 18-23 year old chefs working in any sector of the industry and who are...
01st Jun 2012
Eight chefs make it through to Alaska Seafood Recipe Challenge
The judges decided that the standard was so high they chose to put eight chefs through to the final instead of five as...
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 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 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...