Stockpot Magazine

As the official publication for the Craft Guild of Chefs, Stockpot provides chefs across the UK with all the latest news and views from the culinary world.

As the key medium the Craft Guild uses to communicate with its members, Stockpot's editorial coverage includes:

  • Culinary competition updates
  • Event reviews
  • Chef profiles
  • Regular focus features on ingredients, training, legislative issues, and masterclasses

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Latest Stockpot

05th May 2026

Craft Guild On the Pass May/June issue

By: Edward Waddell
Highlights include: AGM – Honours and Awards Awards Shortlisted Finalists NCOTY Live semi finals Grads road to the final Chairmans Dinner Culinary Team At Home box with Danny Young Next Stop Amsterdam...

15th Jan 2026

On the Pass - Jan/Feb 2026

By: Rebecca
Highlights include: NCOTY New Chairs of Judges Graduate Awards open for entries Chairman's Charity Dinner Craft Guild Awards 2026 Danny Young on tour Wellbeing – bringing chefs together To receive...

22nd Jun 2025

Craft Guild On the Pass November/ December

By: Rebecca
Highlights include: Meet the new NCOTY and YNCOTY Craft Guild Honours and Awards Fuelling Minds, Bodies and Kitchens Graduate Awards wrap up 2025 HRC 2026 Young Restaurant Team – head to Spain Launch...

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Summer 2014: Welcome
The show this year received an update and makeover to its well known, sturdy and robust platform – this year the overall look...
Spring 2014: Welcome
I started the year in Devon where the Major Series saw an undisputedly large amount of entries culminating in the highest...
Winter 2013: Welcome
Winter 2013: Welcome
The continued success of TV programmes such as MasterChef and Saturday Kitchen, alongside the rise in social media platforms...
Autumn 2013: Welcome
The glitz and the glamour of our 20th awards highlighted just how far the Craft Guild of Chefs, and indeed its founding body...
Summer 2013: Welcome
I have been a member of the Guild for the past 14 years and initially served as support for the culinary team and then as...
Spring 2013: Back to school
“Anyone know why carrots are orange?” quizzed Mark Rigby from the Craft Guild of Chefs. “Because rabbits like them,” came the...
Spring 2012: Culinary Academy News
The Craft Guild’s Culinary Academy team will be out in force in the Salon Culinaire at Hotelympia at ExCeL in London, taking...
Spring 2011: Bocuse d’Or 2011
There may have been no awards for Team UK at the 2011 Bocuse d’Or but this competition between the elite of the Academy of...
Spring 2011: A big fat issue
Every few years or so the issue of obesity raises its head and sends warning signals to the industry and the public at large...
Autumn 2011: Full marks
Another year and another four young talented chefs have been added to the growing Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate Awards roll...