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