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

04th Dec 2025

Craft Guild of Chefs opens entries to 2026 British Culinary Championships

By: Edward Waddell

The Salon, managed by Central Bedfordshire College in association with the Craft Guild of Chefs is fast becoming one of the top salons in the country. This popular event is growing in stature

02nd Dec 2025

Association of Pastry Chefs launches Dessert of the Year competition

By: Edward Waddell

Competitors will be allowed 60 minutes to prepare, cook and present two identical plates of an original dessert suitable for fine dining. Those competing must consider flavours, textures and the

01st Dec 2025

Craft Guild of Chefs starts search for National Chef Team of the Year winner

By: Edward Waddell

Teams of two will be required to produce eight portions of four distinct small bowl dishes. These dishes should be suitable for a stand-up reception for 20+ guests, with enough variety and substance

01st Dec 2025

Tilda opens entries to 2026 Chef Team of the Year competition

By: Edward Waddell

Tilda is inviting chef teams of two to rise to the challenge of creating a nutritionally balanced, high-protein, high-carb main course that reflects the theme ‘Food as Fuel’. The competition is about

More Competitions News

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

The Craft Guild of Chefs' Wessex Salon Culinaire gets underway for 2013

The event takes place from April 3-4 2013 and, for the second year running, will be hosted by Brockenhurst College in...

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

Birmingham chef wins Alaska Seafood Recipe Challenge

The competition, which took place on 15 February in the M&J Seafood development kitchen in London, was organised in...

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

Graduate Awards Finals 2009

8 Finalists battle it out to take top spot in this annual event. Music has been removed from this version.

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...