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.

 

Current competitions:

Previous competitions:

Latest Competition News

10th Jun 2025

Nestlé Professional crowns 2025 Toque d'Or champions

By: Edward Waddell
Thomas Brassington from Loughborough College has been crowned back-of-house (BOH) champion and Katie Blundell from Hugh Baird College has taken the front-of-house (FOH) title, after an action-packed

04th Jun 2025

NACC names 2025 Care Chef of the Year regional finalists

By: Edward Waddell
Throughout June and July, regional heats will be held across five of the NACC Regions – Midlands, North, Scotland, South East and South West – with care chefs demonstrating that they can compete with

More Competitions News

01st Mar 2022
Craft Guild of Chefs celebrates 20 years of the Graduate Awards
Known for accelerating the careers of ambitious and talented young chefs, the Graduate Awards have seen its alumni going on...
28th Feb 2022
North Wales Chef ‘over the moon’ to win Junior Chef of Wales cook-off
Weir, head chef at Watson’s Bistro in Conwy, won the Dragon trophy as well as a trip to the Worldchefs Congress 2022 in Abu...
25th Feb 2022
British Turkey & Duck Young Chef Challenge opens for entry
The competition is open to student and apprentice chefs aged 23-years-old or under as of 12 April 2022, with the final taking...
25th Feb 2022
National Chef of Wales announces winner
The 24-year-old chef de partie received the coveted Dragon Trophy from Wales’ Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales...
24th Feb 2022
Students from Lincoln College win Rational cooking competition
Rational is committed to supporting educational initiatives that can provide students with training on its cooking systems to...
21st Feb 2022
S.Pellegrino launches search for brightest young UK chefs
Taking part in the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition is a ‘unique opportunity’ for UK-based chefs to enter a...
21st Feb 2022
UK Young Restaurant Team of the Year announces heats line-up
The judges will now visit the colleges selected with teams cooking and serving a French themed menu for the competition...
16th Feb 2022
Craft Guild Team of the Year competition opens for entries
The competition will be held at HRC on Tuesday 22 March between 14.00–15.30pm and seeks entries from teams consisting of...
11th Feb 2022
‘A Passion to Inspire’ launches competition
The competition supports all skills from produce to kitchen preparation as well as cocktails and wine service. Two heats have...
10th Feb 2022
Last chance to enter Tilda Chef Team of the Year competition
As part of HRC’s (Hotel, Restaurant & Catering) Salon Culinaire and in conjunction with the Craft Guild of Chefs, Tilda Chef...