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The event gives chefs up and down the country the chance to get out of the kitchen and rub shoulders with farmers, foragers and growers as well as suppliers, industry insiders and, of course, other well-known chefs. The 2021 event will feature: On...

Despite the extremely challenging time the industry is facing, ambitious young chefs are continuing to enter these awards online, showing huge determination to develop their skills and careers once this crisis is over. To ensure that as many chefs as...

The report highlights some of the major points and offers some insights into how the catering and hospitality industry can adapt to the changes it faces. Andrew Bennett, Chair of the Craft Guild of Chefs, has seen the full report and says: “This is...

Despite the unprecedented times, there has been so much support for NCOTY, with chefs still keen to enter, despite facing uncertainty around their daily lives. The Guild has heard stories about the online entry stage providing inspiration and hope to...

The event will now take place at the same venue from June 30 to July 1 in 2021. David McKown , director of the conference, said: “As you will appreciate, this was an enormously difficult decision to make, one option was to look for a new date in the...

Arwyn Watkins, CAW president, launched the appeal on social media to co-ordinate what he called ‘a practical response from chefs to the pandemic’. He says that demand for the jackets is already far outstripping supply. “Chefs jackets are the perfect...

Why did you decide to enter the Graduate Awards? I wanted to challenge and push myself in my career by seeing if I could achieve the 85% pass mark. The Graduate Awards were created by an industry legend and have developed so much over the years. Just...

Founded in Chappel, Essex in 1995 as an innovative butcher providing a bespoke service as ‘larder chef’ supplier serving some of the finest restaurants, hotels and eateries in the UK, Direct Meats is still a family-run business that that employs 120...

Not only are more signing up to the programme but more are investing their time to complete it, with pass rates increasing by 10 percent. The nationwide lockdown has forced much of the meat industry to shut up shop, however many are taking the...