Often known as the ‘Chefs’ Oscars’, the awards aim to recognise chef talent across a variety of sectors in hospitality, including apprentices, lecturers, and in banqueting, the public sector, the armed forces, contract catering, restaurants and within pastry. There is also an award for young chefs.
The final awards ceremony will take place at the Lancaster London hotel on 1 June.
The full list features top establishments and companies across the UK, including the South Lodge hotel, Le Pont de La Tour, the Royal Airforce, the National Trust, Café Spice Namasté, and the two-Michelin-starred Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles. Steve Groves, nominated in the Restaurant Chef category, won the BBC programme MasterChef: The Professionals in 2009.
Full list of nominations
Apprentice Chef
Eleanor De Maria, Eurest Services
Tom Hamblet, South Lodge Hotel
Bronwen Jenkins, Royal Garden Hotel
Jack Kalarus, Le Pont de la Tour
Jacob Webb, Sodexo UK
Armed Services
Richard Greenhalgh, Royal Air Force
Phil Owen, Royal Navy
Sgt. Jonathan Smith, Royal Air Force
Banqueting/Event Chef
James Buckley, Levy Restaurants
Daniel Humphreys, Whittlebury Hall
Karen Poynter, Chester Boyd
Chef Lecturer
John Crowe, North West Regional College - Ireland
Rik Razza, BaxterStorey
Mathew Shropshall, UCB - College of Food
Barry Smyth, Southern Regional College - Ireland
Competition Chef
Jamie Gibbs, Compass Group
Robert Kennedy, Sandhurst Military College
Nick Smith, Imagination
Contract Catering Chef
Glynn Lawrence, Sodexo UK
Liam McDonough, Sodexo UK
Stuart Nisbet, Elior UK
Jim Wealands, Lusso
Development Chef
Diane Camp, Reynolds Catering Supplies Ltd
Clive Goudercourt, National Trust
Jack Jepson-Sykes, Pabulum Catering
Dan Kelly, Vacherin Limited
Ethnic Chef
Saurav Nath, Inito Limited
Chad Rahman, Chez Mumtaj
Manpreet Singh, Café Spice Namasté
Pastry Chef
Morsingh Jakhi, The Cinnamon Club
Simon Jenkins, Simon Neil Jenkins Consultancy
Stephen Tarling, Daylesford Organic
Pub Restaurant Chef
Rob Allcock, The Longs Arms
Scott Fairweather, Punch Bowl Inn & Restaurant Crosthwaite
James Mackenzie, The Pipe and Glass Inn
Gordon Stott, The Sun Inn
Public Sector Chef
Scott Pring, Bridgewater College
Tim Roberts, Sodexo UK
Martin Rowe, Quantum Care
Restaurant Chef
Steve Groves, Roux at Parliament Square
Will Holland, Coast Restaurant
Allan Pickett, Piquet
Young Chef
Victoria Edwards, Crerar Glencoe Inn & Gathering
Jonathan Feguson, Restaurant Andrew Fairlie @ Gleneagles
Arthur Quin, Punch Bowl Inn & Restaurant Crosthwaite