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22nd January 2024

Record entries as Wales’ ‘biggest ever’ hospitality skills event returns

Written by: Edward Waddell
Record entries have been attracted for the Welsh International Culinary Championships (WICC) which opens on Tuesday 23rd January at the International Convention Centre Wales (ICC Wales), Newport.

Hundreds of chefs, butchers and front of house workers will be competing over three days at the ‘biggest hospitality skills event Wales has ever seen’.

Showpiece competitions include the National and Junior Chef of Wales Finals, the Welsh Craft Butcher of the Year and Green Chef Challenge. Other competitions include Wales heats of the Major Chefs Challenge and the 2024 Riso Gallo Young Risotto Chef Challenge.

Culinary Association of Wales president Arwyn Watkins OBE, said: “The WICC will become an annual hospitality hub open to the public and hospitality trade, showcasing Welsh food, drink, hospitality and skills over three days and providing a real opportunity to have a conversation with the industry.”