He will contest the Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the Leader of the Year Award. This year’s winners will be announced at an awards dinner to be held at the Village Hotel Cardiff on July 5th.

Arwyn is a key figure in the work-based learning sector in Wales, having previously served as chairman and chief executive and currently as a board member of the National Training Federation for Wales. In the New Year’s Honours List in 2018, he received an OBE for his services to education and training in Wales.

Passionate about developing chefs in Wales, he coached the Welsh Junior Culinary Team to a Culinary Olympics gold medal in 2004 and was appointed CAW president in 2015. In 2018, he received the Worldchefs Presidents Medal for promoting the advancement and profile of the culinary arts and profession in Wales.

Late last year, Arwyn led a successful Team Wales bid to host the Worldchefs Congress and Expo 2026 at the International Convention Centre Wales, Newport. Wales. It will be the first time this global event has been held in the UK.