Partners
We are currently offering new sponsors the exciting opportunity to get involved in National Chef of the Year and Young National Chef of the Year in 2025. By associating your brand with these prestigious awards, your business and products will be showcased to the elite of the UK chef sector.
Sponsors will have brand presence from entry drive right through to semi-finals, the mentor day, the final and Awards Celebration. Aligning your brand with the UK’s most prestigious culinary competitions allows you to get your product or service seen or touched by decision makers in the hospitality sector, as well as direct networking with potential clients.
The National Chef of the Year
The National Chef of the Year Headline Sponsor
National Chef of the Year 2025
With chefs at our heart, there’s no other supplier better placed to understand the unique challenges of kitchen life than Essential Cuisine. Created by chefs, for chefs, Essential Cuisine’s range of British-made stocks, jus, gravies and sauce bases provide kitchens with total peace of mind whilst saving valuable time. What’s more, we are proud that 100% of our range is now gluten free with many of these products containing no declarable allergens.
The National Chef of the Year Sponsors
National Chef of the Year 2025
National Chef of the Year 2025
Manufacturer and supplier of design led and inspiring professional tableware.
One of the world’s leading manufacturers of quality professional tableware, Churchill meets the highest standards for presentation, practicality and performance. The Churchill brand has achieved global recognition for supplying the international hospitality industry with the highest quality tabletop solutions, selling to over 80 countries through a distribution network of over 800 distributors worldwide. With a rich history and heritage, we have been based in the heart of Stoke-on-Trent, the world capital of ceramics since 1795. In 1922 the Roper family brought James Broadhurst, later renamed Churchill, and the family still hold a significant share in the business, ensuring the values of the Churchill brand are upheld, including a dedication to continuous improvement, sustainability and longevity. Today at Churchill we blend centuries of expertise with cutting edge technology to deliver innovative tableware that consistently performs.
National Chef of the Year 2025
We are a leading provider of fine food ingredients. Our philosophy is simple – to bring you the very best from around the world. We achieve this by building strong relationships with producers, thus enabling us to offer high quality exceptional ingredients and unique gourmet products to the best Chefs in the UK.
Contact Details:
Ophelie Fosse (she/her)
Marketing Manager
T: +44 (0) 20 7627 9666
E: Ophelie.fosse@classicfinefoods.co.uk
https://www.classicfinefoods.co.uk/
National Chef of the Year 2025
Collins King & Associates are an established permanent hospitality recruitment consultancy. Our highly motivated, knowledgeable and dedicated team of recruiters have all themselves trained and worked in various sectors of the Hospitality Industry making them the experts in sourcing experienced, high-calibre management, culinary and support personnel to the hospitality industry.
https://www.collinsking.co.uk/
National Chef of the Year 2025
Evolve Hospitality is a specialist recruitment agency dedicated to supplying the best temporary and permanent candidates to the hospitality industry. Our expert team of industry professionals are passionate about making a difference and improving standards within the industry by working with our clients to provide award winning training, service, support and consultancy.
https://evolvehospitality.co.uk/
National Chef of the Year 2025
National Chef of the Year 2025
National Chef of the Year 2025
Valrhona, a chocolate pioneer since 1922, champions the mission " Together, good becomes better," epitomizing our dedication.
Collaborating with cocoa producers, artisans, and gastronomy enthusiasts, we strive for excellence in chocolate while fostering a fair, sustainable cocoa sector.
Our daily battles involve forging enduring relationships with producers, pursuing chocolate innovation, and sharing expertise.
Supporting craftsmanship alongside chefs, we empower them to push creative boundaries.
Awarded the rigorous B Corporation® certification twice, we uphold economic, societal, and environmental standards.
Opting for Valrhona means endorsing responsible chocolate, with 100% traced cocoa beans from our 16,979 producers, respecting both people and the planet.
Contact Details:
Vania PIOMBONI
Country Manager UK & Ireland
vania.piomboni@valrhona-selection.com
T. : +44 7539 862431
https://www.valrhona.com/en
National Chef of the Year 2025
As one of the sponsors for Young and National Chef of the Year, the Worshipful Cooks of London is proud to assist in education and training and delighted to support the development and championing of excellence in the craft of cooking. We wish all competitors the best of luck.
Contact for further information: clerk@cookslivery.org.uk
Young National Chef of the Year
Young Chef of the Year Headline Sponsor
National Chef of the Year 2025
Young National Chef of the Year Sponsors
National Chef of the Year 2025
National Chef of the Year 2025
Manufacturer and supplier of design led and inspiring professional tableware.
One of the world’s leading manufacturers of quality professional tableware, Churchill meets the highest standards for presentation, practicality and performance. The Churchill brand has achieved global recognition for supplying the international hospitality industry with the highest quality tabletop solutions, selling to over 80 countries through a distribution network of over 800 distributors worldwide. With a rich history and heritage, we have been based in the heart of Stoke-on-Trent, the world capital of ceramics since 1795. In 1922 the Roper family brought James Broadhurst, later renamed Churchill, and the family still hold a significant share in the business, ensuring the values of the Churchill brand are upheld, including a dedication to continuous improvement, sustainability and longevity. Today at Churchill we blend centuries of expertise with cutting edge technology to deliver innovative tableware that consistently performs.
National Chef of the Year 2025
Collins King & Associates are an established permanent hospitality recruitment consultancy. Our highly motivated, knowledgeable and dedicated team of recruiters have all themselves trained and worked in various sectors of the Hospitality Industry making them the experts in sourcing experienced, high-calibre management, culinary and support personnel to the hospitality industry.
https://www.collinsking.co.uk/
National Chef of the Year 2025
Evolve Hospitality is a specialist recruitment agency dedicated to supplying the best temporary and permanent candidates to the hospitality industry. Our expert team of industry professionals are passionate about making a difference and improving standards within the industry by working with our clients to provide award winning training, service, support and consultancy.
https://evolvehospitality.co.uk/
National Chef of the Year 2025
National Chef of the Year 2025
National Chef of the Year 2025
For more than 80 years, Les vergers Boiron has concentrated all its energy and experience on developing fruit solutions to release the creative talent of chefs, pastry chefs and mixologists. In 1970, Les vergers Boiron invented the first frozen fruit puree using its unique know-how: rigorous selection of the best varieties and terroirs, mastery of the art of blending, guaranteeing a constant flavour and preservation of organoleptic qualities.
Contact for further information : Zak ELRHZARI - zelrhzari@boironfreres.com
National Chef of the Year 2025
National Chef of the Year 2025
National Chef of the Year 2025
As one of the sponsors for Young and National Chef of the Year, the Worshipful Cooks of London is proud to assist in education and training and delighted to support the development and championing of excellence in the craft of cooking. We wish all competitors the best of luck.
Contact for further information: clerk@cookslivery.org.uk
Host Sponsors
National Chef of the Year 2025
The London Geller College of Hospitality and Tourism, based at University of West London. Is renowned for its industry-focused curriculum and state-of-the-art facilitates.
The College offers students a unique blend of theoretical knowledge and practical experience essential for success in the dynamic culinary arts and hospitality sectors. Students benefit from hands-on training in our award-winning training restaurant Pillars. Where they refine their culinary skills with the support of leading industry chefs. Additionally, the West London Food Innovation Centre serves as a hub for research and product development, fostering innovation and collaboration within the hospitality industry. Future food plates and sustainability also play a key role in developing our students for their future careers as leaders in this sector.
Contact details:
Email: courses@uwl.ac.uk
https://www.uwl.ac.uk/
National Chef of the Year 2025
Hear what our sponsors had to say...
Being a headline sponsor of National Chef of the Year is a great opportunity and we're really excited to be involved. For us, it is about being aligned with the prestige of this competition and we love how it gives chefs the opportunity show how creative and talented they are. Chef competitions are a great way to showcase how brilliant our industry is.
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- “The Craft Guild of Chefs have shown an unrivalled commitment to emerging industry talent, raising the profile of those within the industry. It’s the passion of the competitors, judges, organisers and sponsors that really shines through and we are very proud to sponsor such a progressive competition.”
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- We have always enjoyed & benefitted from the innovative approach to sponsors by the organisers, to ‘get involved’ as much as possible. This approach has led us to be much more creative in our outlook, looking to engage a wider audience externally, whilst increasing the number of touch-points with finalists 4-fold and building relationships not only with the competitors but organisers, supporters and a fabulous set of co-sponsors.
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- “As the UK’s leading expert training and apprenticeship provider for the hospitality and catering industry, these awards support us in our role of championing future talent and igniting a passion in young chefs to push the boundaries and take their skillset to the next level.”