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Craft Guild of Chefs reveals finalists for 2026 awards ceremony
The Craft Guild of Chefs has announced the shortlisted finalists for its 2026 awards ceremony, which will take place on Wednesday 10 June at Park Plaza London Westminster Bridge.
Widely regarded as the chefs’ Oscars, the awards celebrate talent from across the UK chef industry, recognising everyone from apprentices and emerging chefs to established professionals working across hospitality, pubs and restaurants.
In addition to the 14 award categories, the Craft Guild of Chefs will present the Special Award, sponsored by Sodexo, to a chef who has made an outstanding contribution to the industry. Previous recipients include Clare Smyth, Asma Khan and Simon Rogan.
The Accredited College Restaurant Award, sponsored by Hobart Warewash, will also be presented during the evening.
The shortlisted finalists are:
Apprentice Chef AwardSponsored by Compass Group – Foodbuy
- Grace Duggan – Culloden Estate & Spa
- Megan Jenkins – BaxterStorey
- Nikoletta Theofylaktidou – Restaurant Associates
Sponsored by CleanEvent Services
- Miles Greenaway – Rocket Food
- Matt Hagan – Manchester Central Convention Complex
- Saurabh Prabhakar – Hilton Woking
Sponsored by Hobart Cooking
- Chris Basten – Westminster Kingsway College
- Andy Gabbitas – Sheffield College
- David Lyon – Blackburn College
- Neil Rippington – Royal Academy of Culinary Arts
Sponsored by HRC
- Christopher Beavis – CSCAT Team
- Simon Coulter – ESS
- Anna Korziarska – Meallmore Ltd
- Terry O'Riordan – Team Manager, Craft Guild of Chefs
Sponsored by PizzaSi
- Adam Bateman – Aramark
- Chris Jarman – BaxterStorey
- Darren Passmore – Eurest
- Steven Snowdon – Lexington Catering
Sponsored by Williams Refrigeration
- Mark Belford – HIT Training
- Fraser Cameron – The Globe Inn
- Matt Davies – British Culinary Federation
- Paul Foster – Food Unfiltered
- Robert Kennedy – Compass Group
- Chloe Pattisson – Meallmore Ltd
Sponsored by Essential Cuisine
- Robert Craggs – Pladis
- Steve Groves – Restaurant Associates Venues
- Will Torrent – Waitrose
- Leanne Turk – Foodbuy Group
Sponsored by Alliance NZ
- Nieves Barragan Mohacho – Legado
- Luke French – Joro
- Merlin Labron-Johnson – Osip
Sponsored by Lakeland Dairies
- Amit Ayra – InterContinential London – The O2
- Sam Leatherby – London Hilton on Park Lane
- Rebecca Marshman Rondeau – RMR Consultancy
- Szilard Szentesi – Mar Hall Golf & Spa Resort
Sponsored by Bonemasters
- Martin Davies – Britannia Inn
- Pete Jackson – Wildmoor Oak
- Rick Owens – Bat & Ball Pub
- Herve Stouvenel – The Brisley Bell
Sponsored by Tugo Food Systems
- Rachyel Ainsworth – HM Forces
- Tony Mulgrew – Ravenscliffe High School
- Darren Neal – White Oaks
- Nedko Rusev – Guy's & St Thomas NHS Trust
- Tom Heywood – Pignut and The Hare
- Scott John-Hodgson – Solstice by Kenny Atkinson
- Daniel Rogan – AO by Daniel Rogan
- David Smith – The Dipping Lugger
- Liam Green – Chicken Skoop
- Pankaj Krishnan – Keralan Karavan
Sponsored by Rational
- Eurest
- ESS
- Sodexo
Sponsored by McCormicks
- Ian Waller – Restaurant Pine
- Liam Dillon – The Boat
- Ned Burrel and Alex Dome – Wilding Kitchen
- Tom Brassington – Restaurant Associates
- Mitch Collins – L'Enclume
- Phoebe Lawson – Restaurant Andrew Fairlie
- Fin MacDonald – The Dipping Lugger
The winners will be announced during the awards ceremony on 10 June.
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