They will now have to wait until the special 20th anniversary awards ceremony on Monday, June 10, at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair, London, to find out who has won.
There are 16 awards in total, 14 open to nominations, and two in the hands of a special team of Craft Guild member judges.
The Special Award, sponsored by Sodexo, is chosen by the committee of the Craft Guild of Chefs and is presented to the person who has made an outstanding contribution to the industry. The Craft Guild’s committee also judges the New Restaurant of the Year Award.
The nominees for each award category are:
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 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
Special Award