Roux Scholarship

Roux Scholarship set for Autumn

22-Feb-2021 By Joe Lutrario

The Roux Scholarship is to finally go ahead in Autumn having been delayed twice due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

2020 Roux Scholarship postponed again

22-Dec-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The Roux family has again postponed the 2020 Roux Scholarship regional and national finals, which were due to take place in Birmingham and London in March next year.

Chef turned grower Dan Cox: "99% of agriculture is broken"

06-Nov-2020 By Joe Lutrario

The former Fera head chef on swapping top-flight kitchens for a farm in Cornwall, his plans for a restaurant and the importance of soil health.

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Band of brothers: The Selby trio on Evelyn’s Table

27-Oct-2020 By Joe Lutrario

Hotly-tipped former Hide head chef Luke Selby and his younger brothers Theo and Nathaniel are confounding expectations by taking over the tiny counter restaurant beneath Layo and Zoë Paskin’s Soho pub The Blue Posts

Spencer Metzger of The Ritz wins the 2019 Roux Scholarship

02-Apr-2019 By Sophie Witts

Spencer Metzger of The Ritz London has won the 2019 Roux Scholarship.

Bowl food concept with Roux Scholar chef targets three sites

21-Mar-2019 By Sophie Witts

A bowl food restaurant concept with a menu designed by Roux Scholarship winner Frederick Forster is planning to open three London sites this year.

Roux Scholarship 2019 names six national finalists

15-Mar-2019 By Sophie Witts

The Roux family has announced the six national finalists for the 2019 Roux Scholarship.

Roux Scholar Matthew Tomkinson to open restaurant at The King's Head

21-Jan-2019 By Sophie Witts

Matthew Tomkinson has been named as chef patron at The King’s Head gastropub in Whiteparish, Wiltshire.

Could you be the 2019 Roux Scholar? Here are the 13 skills you need

05-Nov-2018 By Sophie Witts

Chef Michel Roux Jr has outlined the typical skills judges will be looking for in the 2019 Roux Scholarship.

Alain Roux says lack of female chefs in Roux Scholarship is “disappointing”

01-Mar-2017 By Hannah Thompson

Chef Alain Roux, chef-patron at the three-Michelin-starred The Waterside Inn, has said the lack of female chefs applying to his family’s prestigious Roux Scholarship contest is “very disappointing”.

Roux Scholarship 2017: Anne-Sophie Pic named honorary president of judges

18-Jan-2017 By Emma Eversham

Chef Anne-Sophie Pic has been named honorary president of judges for the Roux Scholarship 2017. 

Pierre Gagnaire joins Roux Scholarship judges ahead of 2016 final

31-Mar-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Three Michelin-starred chef Pierre Gagnaire is to join this year’s Roux Scholarship competition as honorary president of the judges, ahead of the final awards ceremony this Monday.

Roux Scholarship 2014: In Pictures

16-Apr-2014 By Luke Nicholls

Tom Barnes, sous chef at Simon Rogan’s two-Michelin-starred L’Enclume in Cartmel, has won the 2014 Roux Scholarship. Relive the hotly contested final with BigHospitality in our exclusive photo gallery. 

Roux Scholarship 2013 open for entries

20-Nov-2012 By Luke Nicholls

The 30th annual Roux Scholarship competition has opened for entries, giving young UK-based chefs the opportunity to win a career-changing stage at a three-Michelin-starred restaurant anywhere in the world.

Deadline approaches for Roux Scholarship 2012 entries

10-Jan-2012 By Emma Eversham

Chefs wanting to enter the 2012 Roux Scholarship and get the chance to win a three month stage at a 3 Michelin-starred restaurant have until the end of this month to submit their entries.