It’s good to be back in 2022!
After a 2-year pandemic-enforced break, we are delighted to announce the names of the competitors selected for this year’s returning competition!
After careful consideration of all of this year’s entries and the mouth-watering menus submitted by chefs and home cooks throughout the South West, our judges have selected the entrants they would like to invite to prepare their menus in the next rounds of the competition.
Below you will find the names of those who will be competing in the semi-finals of the Professional, Young Professional and Student/Apprentice Chef categories and the finals of the Home Cook and Junior Chef categories. The finalists in our Junior Chef category (aged 11-16) have already won the finals held during June within their own counties, to reach the South West final.
“Thank you very much to everyone who has entered this year. The standard of entries has made judging them very tough! If yours was not selected this time, we hope you will enter again next year”
Michael Caines MBE DL
Professional Chef category
semi-finalists:
Sponsored by Ritter Courivaud
Semi-final to be held on Saturday 17th September at Exeter College
- Tom Bennetts, Head Chef, Driftwood Spars, St Agnes, Cornwall
- Aaron Brewer, Sous Chef, The Rising Sun, Altarnun, Cornwall
- Harrison Brockington, Head Chef, Gather, Totnes, Devon
- Joe Cotton, Sous Chef, Àclèaf, Boringdon Hall Hotel, Plympton, Devon
- Andrew Jenkinson, Sous Chef, Lucknam Park, Bath
- Sophie Kennard, Sous Chef, Jack in the Green, Rockbeare, Devon
- Tom Price, Head Chef, The Marlborough Hotel, Marlborough, Wiltshire
- Jack Sharland, Head Chef, River Exe Café, Exmouth, Devon
Young Professional Chef category
semi-finalists:
Sponsored by Essential Cuisine
Semi-final to be held on Saturday 17th September at Exeter College
- Harvey Barker, Demi Chef de Partie, The Botanical Rooms at the Newt in Somerset, Bruton
- Ruby Barnes, Commis Chef, New Coast Kitchen, Croyde, Devon
- Lewis Brown, Junior Sous Chef, Edies, Carlyon Bay, Cornwall
- Keren Fry, Chef de Partie, Àclèaf, Boringdon Hall Hotel, Plympton, Devon
- Nathan Johnson, Senior Chef de Partie, The Royal Crescent Hotel, Bath
- Kathryn Lane, Junior Sous Chef, The Barley Sheaf at Gorran, Cornwall
- Reuben Mowbray, Senior Chef de Partie, Greenbank Hotel, Falmouth, Cornwall
- Rosie Nevill, Self-employed Chef de Partie, Cornwall
Student/Apprentice Chef category
semi-finalists:
Sponsored by Michael Caines Ltd.
Semi-final to be held on Saturday 17th September at Exeter College
- Perran Clark, Petroc College and Sandy Cove Hotel, Ilfracombe, Devon
- Harry Dowse, Macclesfield College and The Elephant Restaurant, Torquay, Devon
- Dylan Evered. City College Plymouth
- Elliot Holdsworth, Exeter College and Heron Farm, Honiton, Devon
- Samantha Taylor-Clarke, Exeter College, Devon
- Neve Walton, Cornwall College St Austell and Nathan Outlaw’s New Road, Port Isaac, Cornwall
- Jayden Watson, Plymouth High School and Lympstone Manor, Exmouth, Devon
- Tomasz Waszkiewicz, Exeter College and Gather, Totnes, Devon
- Shangen Yen, Bournemouth and Poole College and Lucknam Park, Bath
Home Cook category
finalists:
Final to be held on Saturday 1st October at Exeter College
- Tareq Assaf, Bath, Somerset
- Lucinda Ellicott, Paignton, Devon
- James Hunt, Bournemouth, Dorset
- Munopa Nhete, Taunton, Somerset
Junior Chef category
finalists:
Sponsored by Nisbets
Finals were held in each of the six counties of the South West during June and the winners in each county listed below, will now meet at the final. Each will benefit from mentoring from one of our county judges in preparation for the final.
Final to be held on Saturday 1st October at Exeter College
- Freya – Penrice Academy, St Austell, Cornwall
Mentor judge: Pete Murt, The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow - Syd – Torquay Academy, Torquay, Devon
Mentor judge: Mark Dodson, The Masons Arms, Knowstone - Harvey – Highcliffe School, Bournemouth, Dorset
Mentor judge: Sam Hughes, Rick Stein, Sandbanks - Anya – Katherine Lady Berkeley’s School, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire
Mentor judge: Gus Ashenford, Restaurant 5 North Street, Winchcombe/Gareth Fulford, Purslane Restaurant, Cheltenham - Alexina – Kings Bruton School, Bruton, Somerset
Mentor judge: Andrew Swann, The Castle Hotel, Taunton - James – St Johns School, Marlborough, Wiltshire
Mentor judge: Hywel Jones, Lucknam Park, Bath
Click here for further details of the county finals of the Junior Chef category
Good luck to all competitors!
Lead sponsor:
Celebration Dinner and Awards Evening
Join us to celebrate the exceptional culinary talent of the South West on the evening of Tuesday 25th October when we will enjoy a unique dinner prepared by some of the region’s leading chefs followed by the presentation of awards to the winners of South West Chef of the Year 2022.
If you would like to receive further information about this event and how to purchase tickets, click here to get in touch.
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