Chef Stagiaire Award 2014: Celebrating the British cooking revolution

18-Dec-2013 - Last updated on 23-May-2024 at 09:23 GMT

The Chef Stagiaire Award gives young chefs the opportunity to stage at some of the countries finest Michelin-quality establishments

The ‘British cooking revolution’ is to be celebrated next year with the launch of the Chef Stagiaire Award to discover the best young British chefs making a name for themselves in the industry.

Kicking off in January, the new award is open to chefs aged up to 24 and will begin with a preliminary round of paper judging.

Twenty of the brightest chefs, who show the best creativity and understanding, will then be invited to take part in a one-week stage at some of the most highly acclaimed restaurants in the UK.

The individual stages will be assessed by some of the country’s leading chefs before the final two are whittled down to take part in another one-week stage, this time at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, where Ashley Palmer-Watts will judge them both on technique, attitude and ability.

The winner will receive an ‘unforgettable’ prize of an all-expenses-paid, two-week trip to work with the pioneering Dominique Crenn at her Atelier Crenn restaurant in San Fransisco, before flying on to the Six Senses ‘Zighy Bay Resort’ in Oman for a further two weeks.

A team of revered British chefs will form the panel of judges to assess the initial paper applications which shortlist the entrants down to the final 20.

Chef Stagiaire Award judges include: -