Competitions
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The National Chef of the Year 2012 competition is now open for entries as the Craft Guild of Chefs sets about its search for a successor to 2011 winner Frederick Forster. The prestigious competition, which this year celebrates its 40th anniversary, is one of the most sought after culinary titles for chefs in the UK...
Posted: 01 February 2012 | 10:49
The search is on for the 2012 winner of the Olive Barnett Award, presented to dynamic young front-of-house staff. Supported by the Savoy Gastronomes and Springboard, the award - set up in recognition of Olive Barnett, who pioneered excellence at the Savoy - is aimed at hospitality staff under 30 years of age.
Posted: 27 January 2012 | 10:18
Schools are being invited to compete for the opportunity to prepare a Diamond Jubilee menu for the Queen at Buckingham Palace. To celebrate The Queen's 60 years on the throne, British Food Fortnight is running a competition for schools in which students will create a menu.
Posted: 25 January 2012 | 15:11
The British Culinary Federation (BCF) has announced the finalists of its 2012 BCF Chef of the Year competition. The 10 finalists were selected following a cook-off held earlier this week at the University College Birmingham. Competitors were asked to cook a three-course meal for two diners.
Posted: 25 January 2012 | 13:14
There is just one week left to enter the 2012 Roux Scholarship, the prestigious cookery competition organised by the Roux family. Now in its 29th year, the Roux Scholarship is open to chefs working in full-time employment...
Posted: 23 January 2012 | 10:33
Tom McLachlan has been named the De Vere Academy of Hospitality's National Chef of the Year. McLachlan, 24, beat 99 other apprentices to carry off the title. Following eight regional finals, he joined 15 young chefs in the final cook-off in London.
Posted: 19 January 2012 | 14:17
London-based pub company the Draft House has launched a competition for beer-lovers to design, brew, and name their own cask ale. The winner will see 50 firkins (3,600 pints) of their dream beer created, brewed and named by them.
Posted: 17 January 2012 | 18:51
The licensed retail industry's professional body BII has announced the winners of its 2011 training awards, the BII NITAs, at a ceremony held at the Imperial War Museum, London, on Wednesday 30 November.
Posted: 02 December 2011 | 10:46
The UK contestants for the next World Pastry Cup have been announced, with president Martin Chiffers, executive pastry chef at London's Savoy hotel, leading the team. The prestigious biennial competition, known as La Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie, sees 20 countries from around the world compete for the title.
Posted: 28 November 2011 | 15:01
Barman Rui Serra is heading off to Brazil after winning the Bar Cup at the Europe Food & Beverage (F&B) Masters 2011, organised by Hilton Worldwide. Serra impressed the judges with his creation of a Classic Negroni, alongside the gin-based Galvin's Garden cocktail...
Posted: 22 November 2011 | 11:32
Now in its 27th year, Young Chef Young Waiter rewards the best professionals aged 25 and under. This year's winners, Chris Kenny from Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons and Sophie Henderson from Restaurant John Campbell, took part in a hotly contested cook-and-serve competition. Kerstin Kühn reports
Posted: 21 November 2011 | 12:36
Freddie Forster, who won the National Chef of the Year title at the fourth attempt last month, had so fallen out of love with cooking that 18 months ago he was working as a meeter and greeter for Abercrombie & Fitch. Tom Vaughan reports on how he got his second wind
Posted: 16 November 2011 | 12:15
Koffmann's commis chef Ben Murphy is on top of the world after being awarded a gold medal for cooking at WorldSkills London 2011. Lisa Jenkins asks him about the challenges involved in the competition
Posted: 11 November 2011 | 17:39
Chris Kenny from Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Oxfordshire and Sophie Henderson from Restaurant John Campbell at Coworth Park in Berkshire have won the 2011 Young Chef Young Waiter competition. The pair were announced as the winners at an awards ceremony held at London's Landmark hotel.
Posted: 20 October 2011 | 09:42
The British Culinary Federation (BCF) is inviting chefs from around the UK to enter its 2012 Chef of the Year competition. The event, which has become a showcase for the UK’s finest culinary skills, is offering a share of £4,000 prize money,
Posted: 19 October 2011 | 16:44
Hotelympia's world-renowned Le Salon Culinaire International de Londres will be hosting over 80 competition classes throughout the five days of the show,...
Posted: 18 October 2011 | 15:23
Frederick Forster, head chef at Nuovo Restaurant, has been crowned National Chef of the Year 2011 by the Craft Guild of Chefs. Forster won over the judges after a two-hour cook-off at the final stage of the competition, held at this week's Restaurant Show.
Posted: 11 October 2011 | 20:56
Charles Smith, junior sous chef at Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley, has won the Craft Guild of Chefs' Young National Chef of the Year 2011. Steve Munkley, a vice-president of the Craft Guild of Chefs, said: "Charles showed a great understanding for the ingredients he worked with on the day."
Posted: 11 October 2011 | 20:49
Commis chef Ben Murphy of Koffmann's is on the top of the world after being awarded a gold medal for cooking at WorldSkills London 2011. Murphy, 20, was one of three hospitality contestants competing in the event, which came to a close last night with a presentation ceremony at the O2.
Posted: 10 October 2011 | 11:33
Adam Bennett, head chef at the Michelin-starred Simpsons restaurant in Birmingham, has been selected as the next candidate to represent Britain at the prestigious...
Posted: 30 September 2011 | 09:28
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