Chef competitions
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Chefs from the Welsh National Culinary Team are celebrating today after winning a gold medal at the Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg. The competition was divided into two elements - hot kitchen and cold buffet table - and Wales was up against 24...
Posted: 26 November 2010 | 16:07
The Hell's Kitchen US winner who was set to join the chefs brigade at Gordon Ramsay's Savoy Grill has been denied a UK working visa. Californian single mother Holli Ugalde was due to complete a six-month placement...
Posted: 23 November 2010 | 16:00
This weekend, teams from England, Wales and Scotland will compete for five days at the Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg. Amanda Afiya catches up with England team member Mark Hill, executive chef at the House of Commons...
Posted: 18 November 2010 | 11:07
Hrishikesh Desai has won two of the most prestigious culinary titles in the industry, the Roux Scholarship and, last month, National Chef of the Year. He tells Kerstin Kühn what it takes to be a winner and of his future plans...
Posted: 17 November 2010 | 15:30
Delegates of the 2010 Catering Equipment Suppliers Association (CESA) conference have helped raised over £17,000 to support Team UK’s entry into the forthcoming Bocuse d’Or. At a pre-conference dinner held at Ryder Cup host Celtic Manor last night...
Posted: 12 November 2010 | 10:52
Rositsa Nikolova, who works under executive chef Mark Hill at the House of Commons, has been named British Culinary Federation Young Chef of the Year 2010. In second place was Chris Emery of the Wheatsheaf, Bath...
Posted: 08 November 2010 | 10:30
The School Chef of the Year competition has become the premier event for those working in the sector. Chris Druce talks to past winners about what the contest means to them.
Posted: 21 October 2010 | 13:10
Hrishikesh Desai, head chef at the Brasserie restaurant at Lucknam Park Hotel in Wiltshire, has been named the winner of the 2010 National Chef of the Year competition.
Posted: 11 October 2010 | 21:20
Four talented young chefs were named Craft Guild of Chefs graduates at an awards luncheon yesterday (Tuesday). Jack Allibone, commis chef at the House of Commons...
Posted: 15 September 2010 | 11:49
The semi-finalists for this year's National Chef of the Year competition have been announced. For the first time in the 20-year history of the now annual competition, organiser the Craft Guild of Chefs has introduced categories to encourage more ethnically diverse cuisines to the event...
Posted: 12 August 2010 | 17:08
The semi-finalists for the National Chef of the Year award have been named. This year the Craft Guild of Chefs changed the competition to reflect the increasing diversity of the UK hospitality industry.
Posted: 12 August 2010 | 16:44
The British Culinary Federation has announced the English National Culinary Team which will represent the country at the Culinary World Cup in November. The competition, which takes place from 20 to 24 November in Luxembourg, pits both individual chefs and teams from 25 countries against each other in hot and cold cooking challenges.
Posted: 27 July 2010 | 16:36
The Pilgrim Inn at Marchwood near Southampton has won Fuller's Hampshire Dish of the Year competition, held in conjunction with The Hampshire Food Festival. The aim of the competition was for Fuller's pub chefs to create a dish based on locally sourced ingredients that they would happily serve on their pub menu.
Posted: 27 July 2010 | 16:35
The recent series of the BBC's Great British Menu was all about celebrating the best local produce from around Britain. Kerstin Kühn and Neil Gerrard caught up with the four finalists who cooked a banquet for Prince Charles and the nation's top suppliers.
Posted: 01 July 2010 | 17:03
The second World Food Awards, aimed at celebrating the best in world food, are now open for entries.
Highlighting the growth in ethnic foods, the awards will assess the global food sector across the UK and Europe and will be held at the London Hilton Park Lane on 23 October.
Posted: 24 June 2010 | 15:11
The deadline for this year's Young Chef Young Waiter competition has been extended to 9 July. Now in its 26th year, the competition, which is open for chefs and waiters aged 25 and under, is an award for both front and back of house.
Posted: 24 June 2010 | 14:17
The Academy of Food & Wine has named the finalists of the 2010 Gastronomy Team of the Year competition.
Now in its second year, the competition is designed to highlight the importance of a good working relationship between kitchen and front-of-house staff.
Posted: 22 June 2010 | 14:31
As the closing date looms for the National Chef of the Year 2010 competition, the Craft Guild of Chefs has put out a last call for entries. The deadline for entries to the prestigious competition is Friday 16 July.
Posted: 18 June 2010 | 14:07
Last week, Britain's Simon Hulstone took part in the Bocuse d'Or Europe in Geneva. Not only did he come fourth, securing a place in the world finals in Lyon next January, he also won the prize for best meat dish - helped along by his lively fans. Kerstin Kühn reports
Posted: 17 June 2010 | 18:13
Simon Hulstone, chef-proprietor of the Michelin-starred Elephant bar and restaurant in Torquay, Devon, has secured a place in the final of the Bocuse d'Or culinary competition.
Posted: 08 June 2010 | 18:07
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