As part of HRC’s Salon Culinaire and in conjunction with the Craft Guild of Chefs, the live final will take place on Tuesday 22 March 2022. One chef team will win the iconic blue trophy as well as an all-expenses paid gastro trip to Italy later this year.

The finalists include:

• Thomas Frost & Nino Addio from Aspens/Craft Guild of Chefs
• Gerrard Madden & Pawan Khatiwoda from Delaware North
• Robert Garcia & Luke Rodrigues from Intercontinental London Park Lane, an IHG Hotel
• James Unwin & Frankie Brant from The View Restaurant
• Darian Nabaz & Edigo Oskar-Costa from Richmond upon Thames College
• Marco Roxo & Ben Saggers from the House of Commons
• William May & Tarisa Reid from Google RA
• Jordan Thomas & Krishan Makol from Lexington

This year Tilda is challenging chef teams of two to embrace a festival of flavour, from Diwali and Day of the Dead to Carnival and Chinese New Year, the sixteen chefs will be showcasing their skills and fantastic Tilda rice inspired menus during the 45-minute live final.

Annette Coggins, head of foodservice at Tilda UK, said: “Congratulations to all of our finalists! We are looking forward to welcoming our eight talented chef teams to the Salon Culinaire and seeing them shine at the final. With the Festival of Flavour theme we can’t wait to see what is cooked up, and can’t wait for a thrilling live final.”

Tilda Foodservice will be joined by an esteemed judging panel which includes Café Spice Namaste chef patron Cyrus Todiwala; National Chef of the Year winners, Nick Smith and Steve Groves as well as vice chair of the Craft Guild of Chefs Mark Reynolds.