Craft Guild of Chefs announce 2010 award finalists

Galvin la Chapelle and chef Sat Bains are amongst the nominees for this year’s Craft Guild of Chef awards, the final of which will be held on 24 June

Galvin la Chapelle and chef Sat Bains are amongst the nominees for this year’s Craft Guild of Chef (CGC) awards, the final of which will be held on 24 June.

The awards, which are now in their 17th year, invited nominations from across the industry for 13 award categories that the CGC consider to represent every aspect of the culinary industry.

The CGC awards also incorporate a 14th accolade for one exceptional personality who the Guild believe has made an outstanding contribution to the industry as a whole.

The nominees in the 2010 Craft Guild of Chefs awards, are:

Apprentice Chef

Sven Britt -  The Ritz

Marcus Da Silva - Taj Hotels

Felix Jouanneau - Paternoster Chop House

Conor Stein - The Royal Garden Hotel

Banqueting Chef

Brian Canale - Heritage Portfolio

Simon Firth - MC Hospitality

Steve Golding - Sodexo Prestige

Competition Chef

Richard Bowden - Compass Group

Mark Hill - House of Commons

Mathew Shropshall - University College of Birmingham

Contract Catering Chef

Gary McKechnie - Harbour & Jones

Derek Reilly - Sodexo

Mark Wetherill - Sodexo

Cost Sector Chef

Robert Kennedy - Royal Military Academy

Robin Turner - Sodexo

Tracy Winfield - Alfreton Grange Arts School

Development Chef

Gary McDowell - Silver Hill Foods

Phil Rimmer - Apetito

Sanjay Sighat - The Authentic Food Company

Education Chef

Ian Jaundoo - Liverpool Community College

Michael Kitts - The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management

Norman Robertson - Ayr College

Ethnic Chef

Collin Brown - Chef Collin Brown Restaurant

Jitin Joshi - Vatika Restaurant

Shamim Syed - Durbar Tandoori Restaurant

Pastry Chef

Regis Beauregard - The Ritz

Sarah Hartnett - The Park Lane Hotel

Mark Perkins -  Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel

New Restaurant of the Year

Galvin La Chapelle

Hix Restaurant

Kitchen W8

Pub Restaurant Chef

Alistair Barlow - The Fleece

Jean-Philippe - Bidart Millbrook Inn

Lee Watts - The Inn at West End

Restaurant Chef

Sat Bains - Restaurant Sat Bains

Claude Bosi - Hibiscus

Adam Byatt - Trinity Restaurant

Young Chef

Selin Kiazim - The Providores

Guido Rizzo - Briscola Restaurant

Adam Smith - The Ritz