HKK, Lima and Restaurant Mark Greenaway make Craft Guild of Chefs 2013 awards shortlist

The New Restaurant category is one of 16 in the awards, which are now in their 20th year. Other categories include Restaurant Chef, Pub Restaurant Chef and Apprentice Chef.  

Fourteen of the 16 categories are nominated while two - New Restaurant of the Year and The Special Award - are chosen by judges from the Guild.  

Shortlisted businesses and individuals will have to wait until 10 June for the awards night at London's Grosvenor House Hotel to find out who has won. 

Tough contest​

CGC vice president and awards organiser Steve Munkley said this year had been the toughest ever in terms of shortlisting candidates. 

“The quality of entrants in probably 60 percent of the categories far exceeded any other year,” he said. “In fact, discussions round the table were quite heated at times, with judges emphatically fighting different people’s corners. 

"Why such a high calibre this year? The answer is, I don’t know, but it’s safe to say more and more people want one of these awards on their CV. We’d like to congratulate all our nominees and look forward to seeing them at what has become a truly outstanding event.”  

The Craft Guild of Chefs Awards aim to reward chef talent from all areas of the industry, from pubs to fine dining restaurants or from military units to contract catering.

The Craft Guild of Chef Awards 2013 shortlist: ​

Apprentice Chef Award​

• Stephen Dempster, Landmark Hotel
• Ruth Hansom, Boundary Restaurant
• Philip Pagels, The Royal Household
• Louise Roberts, Lexington Catering

Armed Services Chef Award​

• Karl Bartlett, Fuel & Food Services Team
• Cpl Alun Davies, Catering Team RAF Squadron 
• Shaun Rowcroft, Royal Marines
• Darren Rushforth, Royal Navy

Banqueting & Event Chef Award​

• Michael Bullard, West Bromwich Albion FC
• Darren Deadman, Levy Restaurants
• Tom Parry, Sodexo Prestige

Chef Lecturer Award​

• Vince Cottam, Westminster Kingsway College
• Patricia Paskins, University of West London
• Jamie Webb-Fryer, RLC, Ministry of Defence

Competition Chef Award​

• Clark Crawley, Deloitte London
• Ben Ford, River Island
• Javier Mercado, Le Cordon Bleu

Contract Catering Chef Award​

• Jeremy Ford, Restaurant Associates
• Danny Leung, Lexington Group
• Darren Thompson, Sodexo

Cost Sector Catering Chef Award​

• Rob Bean, University of Leicester
• Ivan Hopkins, Nottingham Trent University
• Preston Walker, Oak House Residential Home

Development Chef Award​

• Keith Burton, Sodexo Prestige
• Sanjay Sighat, The Authentic Food Company
• Andy Twells, Eurest Instore

Ethnic Chef Award​

• Giorgio Locatelli, Locanda Locatelli
• Lorenzo Richards, Caribbean Express
• Alun Sperring, The Chilli Pickle

New Restaurant of the Year Award​

• HKK
• Lima
• Restaurant Mark Greenaway

Pastry Chef Award​

• Andrew Ditchfield, House of Commons
• Martin Powell, RAC Club
• Phill Skinazi, BaxterStorey

People’s Choice Award​

• Darryl Arnold, Birmingham City Council
• Simon Boyle, Brigade/Beyond Food Foundation
• Murray Chapman, First Contact Chefs/A Passion to Inspire
• Gareth Johns, Wynnstay Hotel, Machynlleth
• David Sharland, The Seafood Restaurant, Padstow
• Dawn Stanley, Wathwood Hospital

Pub Restaurant Chef Award​

• Jean-Phillippe Bidart, Millbrook Inn
• Stosie Madi, Parkers Arms
• Chris Norfolk, The Elm Tree

Restaurant Chef Award​

• Pascal Aussignac, Gascon Connection
• Paul Kitching, 21212
• Mark Poynton, Restaurant Alimentum

Young Chef Award​

• Craig Bateman, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
• Kristian Curtis, Simpsons Restaurant
• April Partridge, The Ivy Restaurant