Craft Guild of Chefs Announce Semi Finalists for National Chef of the Year

16th June 2011

The 40 chefs who have been selected as semi finalists of the 2011 National Chef of the Year competition have been announced by the Craft Guild of Chefs. The semi finals will be held in London, Portsmouth and Sheffield at the beginning of September. The competition, which has now switched to an annual format, has helped support the careers of many past winners including Gordon Ramsay, Mark Sargeant, Kevin Viner, Simon Hulstone and Hrishikesh Desai.

2011 Semi Finalists:

• James Baker, sous chef, ESS Support Services


• Marcus Bean, chef/owner The New Inn


• James Buckley, executive chef UCL, Compass Group


• David Bush, senior chef de partie, House of Commons


• Pratap Chahal, head chef, The Peasant


• Paul Anthony Cunliffe, head chef, Crown Hotel


• Micheal Dipple, junior sous chef, Cannizaro House


• Glenn Evans, development chef, Reynolds Catering Supplies


• Gary Fish, hospitality manager, Bite Catering


• Frederick Forster, head chef, 44 Restaurant and Lounge


• Justin Galea, head chef, Turnberry Luxury Collection Resort


• Hayden Groves, executive chef, Lloyds of London, Avenance


• Daniel Jones, head chef, The Harp Inn


• Imthiaz Kader, head chef, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge


• Diane Kay, sous chef, Carlton Club


• Selin Kiazim, sous chef, Kopapa


• Peter Knibb, chef/proprietor, Restaurant 23


• Ashwani Kumar, head chef, Mango Lounge Windsor


• Joe McCafferty, senior chef de partie, ROKA restaurant


• Palash Mitra, sous chef, The Cinnamon Club


• Ian Morgan, executive chef, Cucina


• Martin Nisbet, Angelus Restaurant


• Ryan Perratt, head chef, The National Café, Peyton and Byrne


• Robert Potter, sous chef, Lucknam Park Hotel


• Sudha Shankar Saha, executive chef, Saffron


• Sujan Sarkar, head chef, Automat Restaurant


• Hansel Sheldon, executive sous chef, The Dorchester Collection


• Kevin Sutherland, executive services senior sous chef, Barclays Bank-Baxter Storey


• Michael Tate, chef de partie, Harvey Nichols, Manchester


• Daniel Towell, head chef, Avenance, Elior


• Dez Turland, executive chef, Brend Hotels Saunton Sands


• Ernustus Van Zyl, chef Practical tutor, Devere Hospitality Academy


• Adrian Vaughan, senior sous chef, Runnymede on Thames


• Simon Webb, head chef, Restaurant Associates


• Alyn Williams, chef/patron, The Westbury


• Joo Young Won, senior sous chef, Galvin at Windows Restaurant


• Andrew Wong, chef, Bumbles Restaurant


• Simon Woods, lecturer, Westminster Kingsway College


• Andrew Wright, chef, Arden Hotel


• Terry Wright, head chef, Compass Group