Congratulations to all who competed in this year's @SWChefComp and, of course, to the winners!
Report & pictures at southwestchef.co.uk/2025-results/

Thank you very much to photographer @sghaywood_photography
📸 Overall winner, Lewis Brown, with @michaelcaines, @RitterCourivaud @BidfoodUK

Tomorrow is finals day for the region's Home Cooks and Junior chefs at @ExeterCollege! You can follow the action on our Instagram and Facebook pages.

Good luck to all competing!

Join us for a memorable evening with dinner prepared by an outstanding team of chefs, all judges and/or previous winners of South West Chef of the Year!

✨️ Elly Wentworth
✨️ Harrison Brockington
✨️ Matt Mason
✨️ Tim Kendall
28th Oct @exetergcc
southwestchef.co.uk/awards-evening/

Excitement is building for the first of our finals this weekend - the Junior Chef & Home Cook finals will take place at @ExeterCollege on Saturday.

Visit southwestchef.co.uk/2025-finalists/ to find out who is competing.
Good luck to all!

Pictured here are 2024 winners, Lexie and Lucinda

Have you seen who has made it through to the finals of South West Chef of the Year 2025?

Find out at southwestchef.co.uk/2025-finalists/ and, while you're there, don't forget to book your tickets for our celebration dinner on Tuesday 28th October at @exetergcc at southwestchef.co.uk/awards-evening/

Thank you to everyone who took part in yesterday's closely-fought semi-finals. The details of those selected to go through to the finals can be found at southwestchef.co.uk/2025-finalists/. Well done to all competitors and many congratulations to the successful finalists!

The South West Chef of the Year semi-finals are taking place today at @ExeterCollege. You can follow all the action on our Instagram and Facebook pages.

With just one week until the semi-finals of the Professional, Young Professional and Student/Apprentice Chef awards at @ExeterCollege here's a reminder of who will be competing southwestchef.co.uk/2025-competito…

For info & tickets for our awards dinner, visit southwestchef.co.uk/awards-evening/

Introducing the candidates for 2025.....
Thank you to all who entered this year'. After much deliberation, our judges have selected their candidates for the next round. To those who were not successful, please enter again next year.
Good luck to all!
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Our Professional Chef award is kindly sponsored by Cricket St Thomas by Lactalis Professional. We are very grateful for their support.

This award is open to chefs working as Sous Chef/Pastry Chef and above (of any age).

Entries close on 31st July
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Entries are open for another week!

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Good luck!

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With less than two weeks until the closing date, it's time to think about your entry! Look forward to hearing from you soon!

Full details of the brief at southwestchef.co.uk

We are very grateful to @RitterCourivaud, sponsor of our Overall South West Chef of the Year Award. A fantastic partner of South West Chef of the Year for many years.

Entries for this year's competition close on 31st July. Visit southwestchef.co.uk for details.

We're extremely grateful to our lead sponsor @BidfoodUK for all their support! Thanks to Bidfood, we're able to continue to highlight the outstanding skills of chefs and amateur cooks throughout the South West.

Entries close 31st July. Details at southwestchef.co.uk

Following the thrilling county heats, we are delighted to announce the six finalists for the South West Junior Chef of the Year award 2025.

Well done to all who took part and many thanks to our dedicated judges. Visit southwestchef.co.uk/junior-chef-fi… for details.

Why should you enter South West Chef of the Year? Last year's South West Student/Apprentice Chef winner, Toby Pyne, tells us why he definitely recommends that you do!

Entries are open until 31st July - we look forward to receiving yours soon. Visit southwestchef.co.uk/the-competitio…

Congratulations Harry @LytchettMinster, Dorset Junior Chef of the Year for the 2nd yr running!
And well done to all who competed:
🔹️Agatha & Alice - @TalbotHeathSch
🔹️Chenai - @BourneAcademy
🔹️Jessica & Louisa - @LytchettMinster
🔹️Joseph - St Peter's Catholic School
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The Dorset Junior Chef county final takes place at @WeymouthCollege today, where budding young chefs will be cooking for judges, @Champkin7792 and Alan Kelly

Pictured is Dorset Junior Chef of the Year 2024, Harry, who is hoping to win for the second consecutive year today!

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Congratulations to Posie from @KLB_school, who was crowned Gloucestershire Junior Chef of the Year this afternoon.

Well done to all competitors:
🔹️George & Gully - @KLB_school
🔹️Jessicah - @ChurchdownSch
🔹️Nicole & Tallulah - The Dean Acadamy
🔹️Serena - @balcarras

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Today it's the turn of the young cooks of Gloucestershire who will meet at @bathcollege.

Pictured here is Gloucestershire Junior Chef of the Year 2024, Lexie, who went on to win the overall South West Junior Chef title.

Entries for South West Chef and Home Cook of the Year close in one month.

Check out the details for this year's competition at southwestchef.co.uk/the-competitio…

Pictured is South West Young Professional Chef of the Year 2024 Keren Fry

Introducing the 2025 Cornwall Junior Chef of the Year - Eleanor from @BudeSchool! Many congratulations Eleanor and all the young cooks who cooked up a storm today - see next post!

Many thanks to our judges Clyde Connellan & Jade Minshall and @CornwallCollege for hosting us
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Off to @CornwallCollege today where judges Aiden Blakely-May, Pete Murt and Clyde Connellan will be selecting the winner of Cornwall Junior Chef of the Year.

Last year's joint winners, Freya and Sam, are pictured here.

The winner of Somerset Junior Chef of the Year, for the second consecutive year, is Kai from @MerchantsAc!
Thank you very much to our judges: Olly Jackson, Richard Guest and Kris Speechly and thank you to all the team at @QuantockBTC @BTC_Coll for hosting the competition.
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The young chefs of Somerset will meet at @BTC_Coll @QuantockBTC today for Somerset Junior Chef of the Year.

Pictured here is Kai, who won Somerset Junior Chef of the Year in 2024 and is hoping for a second win today!

Congratulations Jessica @TorquayGirls - Devon Junior Chef of the Year 2025!

And well done all competitors:
Grace - Stover School
Holly - @ExmouthCollege
Isla - @OkehamptonCC
Jacob - Plymstock School
Jasper - Glendinning Academy
Maddie - South Molton College
Seth - Pathways

Today we are at @ExeterCollege where 8 young chefs are competing for the title of Devon Junior Chef of the Year

Pictured here is Devon Junior Chef 2024, Tom, from Trinity School, Teignmouth.

Congratulations to 2025 Wiltshire Junior Chef of the Year - Vita from @sheldonscool!

Well done to all who competed at @LRC_WiltsColl
🔹️Isabella - @NovaHreodUL
🔹️Joel - home-educated
🔹️Lucinda - @ApplefordSchool
🔹️Ethan, Joseph, Martha & Vita - @sheldonschool

The Junior Chef county finals kick off today and students from schools across the South West will meet to compete for their county titles over the next 2 weeks!
First up we're off to @LRC_WiltsColl at Trowbridge
📸 Wiltshire Junior Chef of the Year 2024, James from @StJohnsMarlb

Entries now open for South West Chef of the Year 2025 in the following categories:
🔹️Professional Chef
🔹️Young Professional Chef
🔹️Student/Apprentice Chef
🔹️Home Cook

Entries close 31st July.
We look forward to receiving your entry. Good luck!
southwestchef.co.uk/the-competitio…

Entries opening very soon!

If you'd like to receive details of the brief when it is published in the very near future, visit southwestchef.co.uk/contact/ to register your interest.

Entries are open for South West Junior Chef of the Year 2025!

Young chefs (aged 11-16) are invited to send us their recipe for a main course dish, using principally locally-produced ingredients, by Thursday 22nd May.
Find out more and submit your entry at southwestchef.co.uk/the-competitio…

Entries for South West Junior Chef of the Year 2025 are now open to young cooks aged 11-16.

Send us your recipe for a main course dish using principally locally-produced ingredients.

Entries close Thurs 22nd May.
Find out more and submit your entry at:
southwestchef.co.uk/the-competitio…

As the competition continues to grow, we would like to send special thanks to Suzanne McQueenie of @MCMUAgency, for helping to spread the word and promote the competition and our competitors, through her invaluable and enthusiastic support with PR.
Photo: @stevenhaywood1

Always hidden behind a camera, the incomparable @stevenhaywood1 has been photographing and filming our competition for many years and we are extremely grateful for his continued commitment to portraying all aspects of the competition so perfectly. Thank you Steve!

Visit our website for the full 2024 results and pictures of all our finalists and their dishes, taken by outstanding photographer @stevenhaywood1
Visit: southwestchef.co.uk/2024-results/

South West Student/Apprentice Chef of the Year, Toby Pyne, impressed the crowds at the Fal Oyster Weekend today. Toby, apprentice chef at @ThePeterville & @Truro_Penwith, was demonstrating his skills alongside tutor @georgemorethan & chatting about his recent award
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A round up of all this year's winners is now available on our website!
What a fantastic day yesterday! A collection of outstanding chefs worked their magic on an array of top quality ingredients, setting a real challenge for our judges. Visit southwestchef.co.uk/news/ for details

The big day is finally here! The finals of the South West Chef of the Year 2024! The chefs are arriving for the three classes which are going to be battled out today, here at @ExeterCollege. Huge thanks to our sponsors @BidfoodUK and @RitterCourivaud for their support.

The kitchens at @ExeterCollege are gleaming and a bounty of interesting ingredients awaits the competitors in the finals of South West Chef of the Year 2024 tomorrow!

Good luck to everyone taking part! Follow all the action on Instagram

Thanks to our lead sponsor @BidfoodUK

Just two days until the finals!

Check our website to find out who is competing and don't forget to tag us in your good luck messages!

Details at southwestchef.co.uk/finalists-2024/

The winners of this year's competition will be announced at our awards presentation evening on Tues 29th Oct at @exetergcc.

Last few tickets remaining, if you'd like to join us for a sumptuous meal.

More info and tickets at southwestchef.co.uk/awards-evening/

Professional and Young Professional finalists are donning their thinking caps tonight, after finding out today which protein ingredients they will be working with at next week's finals.

They will discover all other ingredients just 30 minutes before the competition begins.
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The challenge is set! Just 2 weeks to the final of South West Student/Apprentice Chef of the Year, sponsored by @Nisbets. Finalists found out today that their protein ingredients will be chicken, Lemon Sole & mussels.
Thanks to the generous support of @mckellyltd & @flyingfish31

Best of luck to all competing in the @Craft_Guild National and Young National Chef of the Year finals tomorrow, including two South West Chef of the Year winners, Nathan Johnson and Lewis Nicholas!

And also, representing the South West, Jacob Gosselin and @jethrolawrence

Briefing done!
The South West Home Cook of the Year final has begun.
The Junior Chef final follows this afternoon.
Follow all the action on Instagram or Facebook.

Another exciting final takes place tomorrow, when the junior chefs, who have already won the titles in their own counties, will finally meet to determine who will become the South West Junior Chef of the Year 2024!
Good luck to all finalists, detailed at southwestchef.co.uk/finalists-2024/

Record-breaking finalist, Lucinda, has successfully reached the Home Cook final five times - more than any other competitor! She has been talking to @BBCDevon about South West Home Cook of the Year, ahead of tomorrow's final.

Listen at bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0… from 01:52:30.

Some exciting new designs among the options for our finalists, very kindly supplied by @churchill1795. We're looking forward to seeing the dishes presented on them on 29th October!

Thank you @churchill1795

Just three days until the finals of South West Home Cook and South West Junior Chef of the Year!

Hope the preparations are going well!

Find out who is competing on our website at southwestchef.co.uk/finalists-2024/