Finalists for 2008 Craft Guild of Chefs Awards Announced

The finalists for the 2008 Craft Guild of Chefs Awards have been announced.

They are as follows:

Apprentice Chef
Kirsty McIntyre, The Goring Hotel   
Christopher Ritchie, Compass Group
Derek Wright, Sodexo Prestige
 
Banqueting Chef
Stephen Ashburn, Rudding Park
Nigel Boschetti, Royal Lancaster Hotel
Steve Golding, Sodexo Prestige
 
Competition Chef
Richard Bowden, Compass Group
Vincent Cottam, Westminster Kingsway
Steve Love, Cotswold House
 
Contract Catering Chef
Andrew Aston, Restaurant Associates
Robert Kennedy, ESS Support Services
Dennis Mwakulua, Fujitsu Services
 
Cost Sector Chef
Andrew Carver, HM Prison Services
Michael Currie, Bath Spa University
Lynette Tinney, Derbyshire CountyCatering
                  
Development Chef
Ray Lorimer, Unilever Food Solutions
Gary McDowell, Silver Hills Foods
Tony Murphy, Eurest
         
Education Chef
Michael Coaker, Thames Valley University
Norman Robertson, Ayr College
Simon Stocker, Westminster Kingsway

Ethnic Chef
Angelo Collaco, Café Spice Namaste
Jasvinderjit Singh, Brillant Restaurant
Shamim Syed, Durbar Tandoori
 
Pastry Chef
Benoit Blin, Le Manior aux Quat Saison
Stephen Tarling, The Landmark Hotel
Nick Patterson, Claridge's Hotel
 
New Restaurant of the Year
Anthony Demetre, Wild Honey
Marcus Eaves, L'Autre Pied
Glynn Purnell, Purnells
 
Pub Restaurant Chef
Matt Van Wyck, Rose and Crown
Michael Willacy, The White House
Ross Williams, The Wellington
 
Restaurant Chef
Craig Sandle, The Balmoral Hotel
Michael Weiss, Coq D'Argent
Eyck Zimmer, The Lowry Hotel
 
Young Chef
Natalie Culleton, KPMG, Compass Group
Graham Squire, Claridge's Hotel              
Andrew Wilkinson, Black Door

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