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Learn more about what happened in the build up to this year's National Chef of the Year and Young National Chef of the Year finals, hear what the experience meant to our finalists and the impact that our sponsors have on the competition.

Following a challenging five-hour Graduate Awards final exam at the University of West London the Craft Guild of Chefs has announced the names of the nine chefs who achieved the all-important pass mark. Take a look at the action from the final exam in both Kitchen and Pastry and learn more about the whole Graduate Awards experience and the impact it has on young chefs, both personally and profe...

Take a look back at the memorable evening that was the Craft Guild of Chef Awards 2024. We celebrated 30 years of this incredible event which celebrates amazing culinary talent.

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At the Craft Guild of Chef Awards 2024, Thomas Keller was revealed as the winner of the prestigious International Chef of the Year Award.

Seen as the UK’s most prestigious and respected culinary content, the National Chef of the Year competition has a long heritage, having helped to launch careers and opportunities for some of the biggest names in the UK’s chef world. The passion, the emotion and the pure blood, sweat and tears you see in a cook-off, shows how much these competitions mean to a chef. It tests more than culinary sk...

You can see what happened at the 2023 Graduate Awards organised by the Craft Guild of Chefs. This successful year has taken the overall number of chefs who have passed the Graduate Award to 102. For the kitchen exam, the chefs completed a paper test focusing on their culinary knowledge before heading into the kitchen at the University of West London for the fishmongery and butchery challenges. ...

Take a look at this inspiring video from Chef Works, creators of the exclusive National Chef of the Year jackets from Continental Chef Supplies (CCS).

Learn the incredible story behind Lumina. It's fascinating to discover the team behind the lamb and it's journey to the plate.

The title of NCOTY was a closely fought battle in 2022 which resulted in a lot of discussion from the judges. This included Kenny Atkinson, Gary Jones, Stephen Terry, James Golding, Aktar Islam, Anthony Demetre, Nathan Davies, James Mackenzie, Nieves Barragán Mohacho and James Petrie. Ben Murphy, chef patron, Launceston Place Restaurant took the most sought-after and prestigious UK culinary tit...

In what has been a year of celebration for the Graduate Awards, the Craft Guild of Chefs has revealed that five chefs have achieved its Kitchen Award and three passed the Pastry exam. The announcement was made at a prestigious 20th anniversary lunch at The Royal Lancaster Hotel in London in front of the finalists, examiners, sponsors, the media and industry friends. Guests received a goody bag ...

Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from 9th to 15th May and Andy Aston shares some of the fantastic work he and the Craft Guild of Chefs have been doing to support their members and the wider hospitality industry.

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Watch what happened at the Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate Awards 2021

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Chef Steve Groves shares his Future 50 Foods Spring Recipe

Chef Nick Smith's Future 50 Foods Spring Recipe

A spotlight on National Chef of the Year

The Craft Guild of Chefs AGM 2021

National Chef of the Year 2021 webinar

Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate Awards 2020

The announcement of the National Chef of the Year and Young National Chef of the Year

Top chef Chris Galvin becomes one of the first chefs to join chefs mentoring scheme

Meet the Young National Chef of the Year Chef of Judges, Hrishikesh Desai

Meet the National Chef of the Year Chair of Judges, Paul Ainsworth

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