Bennett, head chef at Andreas Antona’s latest venture The Cross in Kenilworth, expressed an interest in taking part in the competition for a second time last summer but his position was only confirmed following a cook-off with two other potential...
Plans are now underway for another memorable event, with the focus being more about learning and skills development in 2014. This year a new partnership has been forged between Nestlé and PACE (Professional Association for Catering Education)...
The Disciples d’Escoffier promotes the work of Auguste Escoffier, the French chef who developed the modern kitchen system and penned the seminal work The Complete Guide to the Art of Modern Cookery, which is still referenced today. Godfrey, who in...
While Dominic Chapman's hereditary passion for food comes from growing up with the family business of running the highly acclaimed Castle Hotel in Taunton for more than 50 years, he has picked up valuable culinary knowledge from working overseas in...
Robin Rowland, chief executive of Yo! Sushi; Simon Kossoff, chief executive of Italian restaurant chain Carluccio’s; Tim Bacon, co-founder and managing director of restaurant and bar group Living Ventures; and Ian Neill, chairman of Las Iguanas and a...
Among these teams are first time entrants Richmond upon Thames, Northampton, Leicester, Doncaster and Londonderry. Joining them are the competition’s veterans University College Birmingham, winners in 2011, and Westminster Kingsway College, which...
The finalists are: Adam Rasburn, The Design House Restaurant, Huddersfield Andrew Laycock, Wild Thyme, Perthshire Brian Mcleish, Moonfish Café, Ellon, Aberdeenshire Daniel Bland, Wheatsheaf, Doddington James Foster, Loch Lomond Golf Club, Alexandria...
Entrants must be in full time employment as a chef in the UK and be aged between 22 and 30 on 1st February 2014. Entrants must submit a recipe to serve four people using: One saddle of venison ‘fallow buck’ weighing anywhere between 1.4 kg - 1.6 kg...
Chef Antony Worrall Thompson will conduct a symbolic cauliflower 'funeral', where he will dress up as a cardinal and together with producers from the Real Food Festival, will give the last rites to a 'coffin' of cauliflowers. To sign up to the Real...