Regional finalists for YCYW announced

The regional finalists for the Young Chef Young Waiter (YCYW) competition have been revealed.

The national finals are held at Westminster Kingsway College, London on Tuesday 6 October with the national awards dinner at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in the evening.

Organised by the British Hospitality Association and The Restaurant Association, von Essen hotels is the competition's new headline sponsor.

Chef competitors
North – Darlington College, Wednesday 9th September

Liam Finnegan - The Bath Priory
Rose Greene - Le Champignon Sauvage
Amy Heward - Winteringham Fields
Lahiru Jayasekara - Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons
Jonas Lodge - London Road Restaurant
Daniel Miles - Lucknam Park
Sally Shawarby - Damson
Andrew Stanwix - Manor House Hotel
Mark Stinchcombe - Lucknam Park
Ciaran Sweeney - Le Champignon Sauvage
Daniel Taylor - Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons
Jenny Thoden - The Church Green

South – Thames Valley University, Ealing, Wednesday 16th September

Lee Brandon - The Ritz
Shaun Dickens - L'Ortolan
Tristan Farmer - Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's
Nicholas Hill - The Ledbury
Ben Jacob - Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's
Andrew McFadden - Pied à Terre
Lewis Rowe - Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's
Erik Scheffler - Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
Tom Sellers - Trinity Restaurant
Ben Spalding - L'Autre Pied
Eliza Thomas - Jackson Gilmour
Sally Webster - Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's

Waiter competitors

North – Seaham Hotel, Co Durham, Thursday 10th September

Daniel Campbell - Number One Restaurant
Thomas Garlick - The Highwayman Inn
Catherine Hudson - The Longridge Restaurant
Guillaume Kerherve - Cliveden House Hotel
Mario Kraxner - The Devonshire Arms
Karen Metcalfe - The General Tarleton
Mayta Meza-Cumpa - Hotel du Vin Birmingham
Harald Prock - Mosimann's Dining Club
Matthew Randall - The Fairmount St Andrews
Stephanie Ronssin - Le Champignon Sauvage
Peter Saunders - Northcote Manor
Franz Zimmerman - The Greenway Hotel

South – Cliveden, Berkshire, Thursday 17th September

Chris Aspinall - Skylon
Matthew Balman - Gidliegh Park
Patrick Boisseau - Ambassade de L'ile
Andrew Cleary - The Ritz Hotel
Ludivine Common - The Goring Hotel
Sarah Cooper - The Ledbury
Julie Doig - Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's
Davide Durante - The Ritz Hotel
Marco Fusato - The Ritz Hotel
Elizabeth Lanzl - Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's
Fiachra Martin - Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Peter Welling - Shrigley Hall Hotel

Words: Maria Bracken

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