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Students and competitors

Are you in Year 7/8 (England & Wales, S1/2 (Scotland), Yr 8/9 (Northern Ireland)?

Our FutureChef Juniors is designed for you.

Build up your skills by learning new cooking techniques with hints and tips along the way. Take part in exciting, chef led activities as you work through the bronze, silver, gold and Chef Special certified modules.

Take part in our exciting suite of online competitions – Such as the FutureChef BakeOff.

 

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Are you Year 9-11 (England & Wales) or S3-5 (Scotland) or Yr 10-12 (Northern Ireland)?

Our FutureChef Competition is designed for you.

You will learn about practical cookery and enhance your culinary skills.  Building your knowledge and helping you grow in confidence in the kitchen as you gain experience and progress through our 4 staged cooking competition, School, Local, Regional and National Final heats Working with industry chefs to develop your culinary talent as well as exploring entry routes into careers in the kitchen. Will you be crowned our FutureChef 2023 winner?!

 

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FutureChef BakeOff

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Career Opportunities

Taking part in FutureChef can open up a world of opportunities through work experience, mentoring and support and can provide you with a solid foundation for career opportunities in the kitchen and culinary world.

Through our sponsors and other associated organisations FutureChef can offer access to some of the most interesting and best places to further your career.

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HIT Chef Academy

HIT Training is the leading national specialist training and apprenticeship provider for the Hospitality and Catering sector. They offer a huge range of apprenticeships and development schemes for people at all levels, from school-leavers to senior management.

Find out more about professional chef apprenticeships

The HIT Chef Academy is an innovative training model for the culinary stars of the future. It aims to meet the rising demand for highly skilled chefs resulting from the growth in fine dining in the UK over the last two decades.

The academy supplements HIT Training’s professional chef apprenticeship programme for any apprentices working in a ‘fine dining’ kitchen and nominated by their Head Chef to participate in the academy’s enhancement activities. Headed by Paul Mannering, Academy Principal, and run by expert chef trainers at locations across the country, the training programme brings together the very best in culinary excellence to provide apprentices with the highest quality training, development and learning in the industry.

Find out more about the HIT Chef Academy and professional chef apprenticeships

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