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Fifty years after the first ever National Chef of the Year was crowned, ten chefs have been given the opportunity to take this prestigious culinary title in the event’s golden anniversary. After being whittled down to 40 semi-finalists, the chefs have been creating an amuse…

THE ULTIMATE CHEF & SOMMELIER CHALLENGE The search is on to find the UK’s best sommelier and chef team to win the UK Copa Jerez 2022 competition. Chefs and sommeliers at restaurants across the UK are invited to enter the world’s top competition for Sherry. To take…

After she competed and won the Nestle Toque D’Or competition, Chef Samantha Watkins was hungry for more. Her tutor from Loughborough College, Darren Creed called us. Would there be any way we could get Samantha some work experience in a London kitchen? Having chatted with…

Riso Gallo’s UK & Ireland Young Risotto Chef of the Year 2023 has officially opened for entries. It is the sixth year of the competition, aimed at young chefs aged 17-23 years, who are either in education or starting out in their professional careers. Entries…

Northcote launches apprenticeship programme; a once in a lifetime opportunity to join Lancashire chef Lisa Goodwin-Allen and her team  Michelin star restaurant Northcote is set to make culinary dreams come true with the launch of its apprenticeship programme, spearheaded by 2022 ‘Chef of the Year’, Lisa Goodwin-Allen. …

Throughout the day, some of the most talented chefs in Great Britain have been receiving a gift in the post courtesy of the Craft Guild of Chefs, Continental Chef Supplies (CCS) and Churchill. The package includes a chef’s jacket and Churchill crockery which signifies that…

A month after naming the winners of Toque d’Or® 2022, Nestlé Professional whisked them away last weekend for a once-in-a-lifetime gastronomic tour around the Persian Gulf. Visiting celebrated hotspots in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, winners enjoyed a packed schedule of activities, which included an Arabic…

First ever ambassador role to promote Scottish seafood Leading a campaign to encourage UK chefs to feature more Scottish seafood on their menus Acclaimed chef Monica Galetti has been named as an ambassador for Scottish seafood, the first appointment of its kind in the industry.…

With a competition circuit that usually focusses on chefs and service separately, and more often the former way more than the latter – it was a joy to be part of a competition that judged the output of both teams as a whole. I was…

Meat free pioneer, Quorn® featured as a guest host on the latest episode of Hungry For It, a new competitive food programme from BBC Three. The show, which airs on Tuesday evenings at 8pm, follows ten aspiring chefs competing for one life changing prize, with…

Meat free innovator, Quorn® is back on the road this month with its ChiQin Roadshow. The brand hosted a private event with chefs and operators at Innis & Gunn in Glasgow to showcase ChiQin, the concept made exclusively for hospitality. ChiQin includes the brand’s first…

New for Toque d’Or® 2022, Nestlé Professional has launched Toque d’Or TV®. Designed to give hospitality hopefuls and the industry an exclusive peek into the competition, Toque d’Or® 2022 can be experienced in five short episodes. The first episode airs on Toque d’Or YouTube channel…