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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Young Chef Young Waiter 2020 winners announced
The overall winners of the Young Chef Young Waiter UK and China & South East Asia competition for 2020, were: Peter Meechan...
National Chef of the Year competition narrows field to 33
For the next round, these 33 will be invited to present a small signature dish of their choice via video which should reflect...
Chefs challenged to twist ‘Best of British’ in YNCOTY
The criteria for the three courses centres around ‘British themed dishes’ with a twist. Here, the ‘sky is the limit’ for a...
Craft Guild reveals 13 finalists for Graduate Awards
The heats were were observed by former National Chef of the Year winner, Russell Bateman who heads up the Kitchen exam and...
Essential Cuisine crowns ‘turn up the heat’ competition winner
Chefs were tasked with submitting their ‘hero summer dish’ to be in with a chance of winning a commercial kitchen appliance...
YCYW 2021 final to be hosted by UK at Expo 2020 Dubai
They will be joined by judges including Michelin star chef Theo Randall, Theo Randall at the InterContinental and Simon King...
International Salon Culinaire announces winners of Bidfood Lamb Challenge
The Lamb Challenge, sponsored by Bidfood, asked chefs to create and cook a main course lamb dish using any cut of lamb with...
Compass Group wins Tilda Chef Team of the Year competition
The winning team from 14forty- the facilities management multiservice specialist at Compass Group UK & Ireland- included...
Young Pastry Chef of the Year 2020/21 crowns winner
She created a white chocolate bavarois with lemon puree, crisp lemon sponge, dill, pickled cucumber served in a decorated...
Tilda Chef Team of the Year 2021 competition reveals finalists
The finalists will have 45 minutes to prepare four portions of a main course and dessert using rice at the heart of both...