Shortlist for 2015 Craft Guild of Chefs Awards announced

The shortlist has been unveiled for the 2015 Craft Guild of Chefs Awards. 

Running during the Guilds’ 50th anniversary year, the awards cover all aspects of the UK chef industry from the Public Sector Chef Award, to the Ethnic and the Armed Forces Chef of the Year.

There is also recognition for the upcoming chefs with both the Young and Apprentice Chef categories generating huge amounts of entries.

One Special Award will be handed out on the night to a chef who has excelled over many years in the industry.

The full list of the 2015 award nominees are:

Apprentice Chef Award

Charlie Aggett, Hartwell House Hotel

Ben Garnett-Sinclair, Lusso

Reece Kallah, Galvin at Windows

Armed Services Chef Award

Andrew Durham, Royal Navy

Amrit Limbu, 10th QOGLR/Army

Jonathon Smith, Royal Air Force

Banqueting & Event Chef Award

Alex Boyd, Chester Boyd

Trevor Garden, Sodexo Prestige

Mark Reynolds, Delaware North

Chef Lecturer Award

David Bittlestone, Compass Group UK & Ireland

Ken Ellis, Sussex Downs College

Gary MacLean, City of Glasgow College

Competition Chef Award

Adam Bennett, The Crown at Kenilworth

Jamie Gibbs, Compass Group UK & Ireland

Robert Kennedy, Compass Group UK & Ireland

Concept & Innovation Award

Bodeans

STK London

TED – Think, Eat, Drink

Contract Catering Chef Award

Mark Cheetham, Sodexo UK

Glynn Lawrence, Sodexo Prestige

Stuart Nisbet, Elior UK

Richard Skinner, Artizian Catering Services

Development Chef Award

Anthony Bennett, La Tasca Restaurant Group

Keith Burton, Sodexo UK

Diane Camp, Reynolds Catering Supplies Ltd

Ethnic Chef Award

Stephen Gomes, Moksh

Saurav Nath, Inito

Chad Rahman, Chez Mumtaj Restaurant

New Restaurant of the Year Award

Chiltern Firehouse

City Social

House of Tides

Typing Room

Pastry Chef Award

Jonathan Belford, Levy Restaurants

Daniel Pearse, Hakkasan

Stephen Tarling, Daylesford Organic

Peoples Choice Award

Allan Blackmore, Levy Restaurants

Billy Campbell, Thistle Glasgow Hotel

Al Crisci, The Clink Restaurants

Jiri Koutny, Edinburgh Marriott

Pilu Pazos, Lakefield College

Pub Restaurant Chef Award

Ray Brenner, The Peach Pub Company

Scott Fairweather, The Punch Bowl Inn & Restaurant

Charles Stott, The Sun Inn

Public Sector Chef Award

Rob Bean, University of Leicester

Scott Pring, Bridgewater College

Martin Rowe, Quantum Care

Restaurant Chef Award

Mark Greenaway, Restaurant Mark Greenaway

Thomas Lawson, Rafters Restaurant

Adam Smith, Devonshire Arms Country House Hotel

 

Young Chef Award

Craig Bateman, Compass Group UK & Ireland

Sean Creamer, Aldea

Jack Vassallo, Grosvenor House Hotel