Supporting The Industry That Supports Us
We are passionate about supporting and nurturing talent in the hospitality industry working with a variety of key partners and organisations.
The Young National Chef of the Year represents the most talented pool of young chefs in the UK. We are honoured to be a part of it, supporting the grassroots of the industry.
Young National Chef of the Year 2024 winner is Sam Dixon - Demi chef de partie at Northcote.
See all finalist dishes here.
We are proud to have sponsored the National Chef of the Year competition since 2009, one of the most prestigious and respected culinary competitions in the UK.
Since it launched in 1972, previous winners like Gordon Ramsay, Alyn Williams, David Everitt-Matthias and Mark Sargeant have seen how it helps fast-track careers to put winners firmly on the map, and on the path to Michelin stars.
This years National Chef of the Year 2024 winner is Alex Angelogiannis of The Glenturret Restaurant by Lalique.
See all finalist dishes here.
We are a Business Partner of the Craft Guild of Chefs, the leading chefs association in the UK. The Guild aims to develop the careers, skills, knowledge and ability of its members.
Through our membership, we get to support events such as Wessex Salon Culinaire, a platform for all chefs and especially beneficial to student chefs to get their first taste of competition experience.
We are delighted to be able to support students at all levels at Westminster Kingsway College, one of the leading and most prestigious culinary educators in the UK who strive to deliver innovative and effective education ensuring students achieve excellence in Hospitality and Culinary Arts.
Thanks to the location of the College in one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations, there is no shortage of opportunities for students to gain work experience, traineeships and apprenticeships. The College has a reputation for delivering some of the most talented chefs, managers and industry professionals in the UK and we are pleased to be able to support them.
The Clink Charity, which works alongside Her Majesty’s Prison Service, is a range of fully functioning restaurants open to the public who train and rehabilitate offenders within the hospitality industry.
By transforming the lives of prisoners and Clink graduates it not only benefits them but also their families and victims of crime and society as a whole by reducing crime rates and encouraging meaningful employment. We are proud to support the incredible work of the Clink Charity.
We are pleased to be a supporter of Hospitality Action who offers vital assistance to all who work, or have worked within the hospitality industry in the UK and who find themselves in crisis.
As well as this, we are proud to be able to support Bridage, a charity and restaurant who aim to help adults experiencing homelessness, or at risk of homelessness, back into long-term and meaningful employment. Apprentice chefs trained by the charity prepare the food at Brigade, making it a social enterprise as well as a classic British restaurant.