Roux Scholarship

Karol Ploch named 2024 Roux Scholar

09-Apr-2024 By Restaurant

Karol Ploch has won the 2024 Roux Scholarship following the finals of the competition held at the Waterside Inn in Bray.

Roux Scholarship 2024 finalists revealed

08-Mar-2024 By Joe Lutrario

High-profile cooking competition the Roux Scholar 2024 has revealed the six chefs that will compete in its final next month following regional finals in London and Birmingham.

The Roux Scholarship announces 18 regional finalists for 2024 competition

23-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

The Roux Scholarship has named the 18 chef finalists that will take part in its annual cooking competition.

Roux Scholarship 2024 opens for entries as competition celebrates 40 years

06-Nov-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The Roux family is marking 40 years of its high-profile Roux Scholarship cooking competition with a change of location and the addition of Emily Roux to its judging panel and board of directors.

Chef to Watch: April Lily Partridge

26-Jun-2023 By Restaurant

The Ledbury sous was named Chef to Watch at the National Restaurant Awards 2023.

April Lily Partridge: “As a woman in this industry, I have to be strong”

16-Jun-2023 By James McAllister

The Ledbury sous chef on being named Chef to Watch at this year’s Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards, triumphing at the Roux Scholarship, and coping with anxiety in the kitchen

Betting the farm: Dan Cox on Crocadon

12-Apr-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The former Simon Rogan lieutenant is putting the soil first at his largely self-sufficient Cornish farm and restaurant.

April Lily Partridge wins the Roux Scholarship

04-Apr-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The Ledbury sous chef April Lily Partridge has been named 2023 Roux Scholar, becoming the second woman ever to win the high-profile cooking competition.

Roux Scholarship announces 2023 national finalists

10-Mar-2023 By James McAllister

The Roux family has revealed the names of the six chefs that who will compete for the title of Roux Scholar 2023 following regional finals in Birmingham and London.

Roux Scholarship announces 2023 regional finalists

24-Feb-2023 By James McAllister

The regional finalists for the Roux Scholarship 2023 have been announced by chairmen Alain Roux and Michel Roux Jr, with 18 chefs selected.

Cornwall-based chef and grower Dan Cox to open Crocadon next month

13-Jan-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Chef and grower Dan Cox will open his long-awaited Cornwall restaurant early next month as he looks to 'celebrate the connection between food and agriculture'.

Entries open for The Roux Scholarship 2023

07-Nov-2022 By James McAllister

Entries for the Roux Scholarship 2023 are now open with chefs wishing to take part invited to create a recipe for four people using selected ingredients.

Jonathan Ferguson wins the Roux Scholarship 2022

12-Apr-2022 By James McAllister

Jonathan Ferguson, junior sous chef at The Glenturret Lalique, Crieff, has won the 2022 Roux Scholarship.

Roux Scholar 2022 finalists revealed

25-Mar-2022 By Joe Lutrario

The Roux family has revealed the names of the six chefs that who will compete for the title of Roux Scholar 2022 following regional finals in Birmingham and London.

Hélène Darroze named honorary judge for Roux Scholarship 2022

25-Jan-2022 By Restaurant

Hélène Darroze will lead the panel of judges for the Roux Scholarship final 2022 as Honorary President of Judges.

Oli Williamson promoted to head chef at Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck

17-Jan-2022 By Restaurant

Roux Scholar Oli Williamson has been promoted to the role of head chef at Heston Blumenthal’s three-Michelin starred restaurant The Fat Duck.

Harry Guy to open his debut solo restaurant in Chester next summer

04-Nov-2021 By Restaurant

Chef Harry Guy will open his debut solo restaurant in Chester next summer.

Oli Williamson wins 2020/21 Roux Scholarship

26-Oct-2021 By Restaurant

Oli Williamson has been named the winner of the 2020/21 Roux Scholarship cooking competition.

Roux Scholarship finalists announced

11-Sep-2021 By BigHospiality

The Roux family has revealed the names of the six chefs that will compete for the title of Roux Scholar 2020/21 next month.

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.

Long Read

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.

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.

L’Enclume head chef Mark Birchall wins 2011 Roux Scholarship

20-Apr-2011 By Becky Paskin

Mark Birchall, the head chef at Simon Rogan’s Michelin-starred L’Enclume restaurant in Cumbria, has won the Roux Scholarship 2011.

Roux brothers invite 2011 scholarship entries

25-Oct-2010 By Lorraine Heller

A call for entries has been sent out for the 2011 Roux Scholarship, with the recipe for the prestigious chef’s award this year focused on monkfish

Pearls of Wisdom: Michel Roux

30-Apr-2010 By Joe Lutrario

Among the most influential chefs in the world, Michel Roux set up Le Gavroche with brother Albert in 1967. Five years later, he left London for the Waterside Inn, Bray, which has now held three stars for 25 years

Michel Roux welcomes 2009 Scholarship entries

20-Oct-2008 By Emma Eversham

Michel Roux opens the 26th Roux Scholarship giving one chef the chance to win £5k, a three-month stage and become a Roux Scholar for life