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

20th Oct 2025

Entries open for 2026 edition of The Roux Scholarship

By: Edward Waddell
This year’s competition also sees two chefs join the judging panel Lisa Goodwin-Allen of Northcote and Roux Scholar 2011 Mark Birchall. Entrants have until 11.59pm on Monday 19th January 2026 to

More Competitions News

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Ten finalists announced for Wales’ top culinary competitions
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Interview with Young National Chef of the Year Daniel Cornish
David Foad: Now you’ve had a bit of time to take it all in, can you tell us how it felt when you were announced as the winner...
Inspiring Culinary Generations 2021-22 reveals winners
The 2022 National Final winners, include: Aspiring Student Chef (11-13 years): Siyana Kotecha, Leicester Grammar, winning...
Interview with National Chef of the Year winner Thomas Swaby
David Foad: Now you’ve had a bit of time to take it all in, can you tell how it felt when you were announced as the winner...
Country Range Student Chef Challenge reveals finalists
The eight teams who will compete at the grand final at the Hotel, Restaurant & Catering Show at ExCeL, include: Cambridge...
Craft Guild celebrates 20th anniversary of Graduate Awards
Not only will birthday elements feature highly throughout the campaign, but after key parts of the award have had to move...
National Young Seafood Chef competition opens for entries
Nathan Outlaw, Mark Hix, Mitch Tonks and Rick Stein will come together to decide which team will gain the accolade of the...