Welcome to Competitions

The Craft Guild of Chefs is proud to celebrate with them.

Here you will find everything you need to know about the various culinary competitions that take place throughout the year - everything from the flagship National Chef of the Year contest through to the specialist Tilda Chef of the Year Competition.

This section will reveal where each is taking place, how you can get involved and those all important winners and runners up.

 

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Latest Competition News

05th Aug 2025

Glasgow chef wins Gressingham Foods competition

By: Edward Waddell
The winner was Neil Keevill, head chef at the Prancing Stag in Glasgow, who wins £500 worth of Gressingham products along with a £1,000 voucher to buy new catering equipment. The competition, which

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