TUCO reveals names of finalists for Competitions 2025

TUCO Competitions is made up of a variety of challenges, including the Barista Skills Challenge, Best Burger Challenge, Chefs’ Challenge, Love British Food Challenge, Mixology Challenge, Sandwich Challenge (new for 2025), Seafood Skills Challenge and the Vegan Challenge.

Barista Skills Challenge

• Immacolata Venditto - Cardiff University
• Alejandra Rodriguez - Imperial College London
• Lewis Crichton - Southampton University
• Maddie Jordan-lee - St Mary’s University
• Brandon Morrison - University of Bath
• Lynda Kamara - University of Birmingham
• Mark Goldsby - University of Birmingham
• Kelan Simpson - University of Bristol
• Andrii Kuzma - University of Edinburgh
• George Mitea - University of Edinburgh
• Nicolas Martin - University of Edinburgh
• Francisco Vazquez - University of Exeter
• Chris Lang - University of Leicester
• Tara Barrett - University of Nottingham

Best Burger Challenge

• Silvester Zahorszky - Cambridge University
• Callum Lambert - King's College London
• Attila Fejes - Liverpool Hope University
• Andrei Malanciuc - Queen Mary University
• Darren Sharp - Royal Agricultural University
• Adrian White - Soas University of London
• Steve Skeen - Southampton University
• Nick Walker - University of Birmingham
• Alex Sim - University of Bristol
• Lucas Blackler - University of Bristol
• Mattie Crooks - University of East Anglia
• Daniel Petrie - University of Edinburgh
• Richard Thomas-still - University of Exeter
• Duncan Swan - University of Glasgow
• Monica Dragan - University of Glasgow
• Thomas Swinscoe - University of Manchester
• Mike Lear - University of Nottingham
• Anthony Wright - University of Salford
• Alexander Mccracken - University of Strathclyde
• David Webb - University of Warwick
• Ryan Dare - University of Warwick

Chefs' Challenge

• Pedro Da Gama & Newton Dias - Imperial College London
• Neil Finnigan & Justin Pilkington - Liverpool Hope University
• Tommy Yulhanson & Andrei Malanciuc - Queen Mary University
• Darren Coventry & Chris Cunningham - Royal Holloway University
• Chris Bowes & Lewis Huggins - Southampton University
• Sule Karakaya-yalcin & Nipa Pandit - St Mary's University
• Robert Mcqueen & David Scanlon - Strathclyde University
• Doug Shewan & Ryan Cheyne - University of Aberdeen
• Robert Bates & Gary Griffiths - University of Birmingham
• Matt Howe & Matt O'connor - University of Bristol
• Dan Lawrence & Steve Sadler - University of East Anglia
• Neil Mackenzie & Richard Paton - University of Edinburgh
• Janet Szypillo & Nick Denning - University of Exeter
• Tom Armstrong & Peter Baren - University of Huddersfield
• Aaron Tong & Rob Hargreaves - University of Leeds
• Joseph Latham & Ashley Podgers - University of Leicester
• Ian Litchfield & Raff Stravino - University of Nottingham
• Hadi Roumanos & James Norburn - University of Reading

Love British Food Challenge

• Joe Shippy - Cambridge University
• Pedro Da Gama - Imperial College London
• Paul Crabb - King's College London
• Paul Roman - King's College London
• Neil Finnigan - Liverpool Hope University
• Nathanael Ozanne - Mid Kent College
• Tommy Yulhanson - Queen Mary University
• Kevin Whitcher - Southampton University
• Daniel Walker - Strathclyde University
• Robert Mcqueen - Strathclyde University
• Mark Pilling - University of Birmingham
• Matt Howe - University of Bristol
• Stephen Saddler - University of East Anglia
• Stuart Palmer - University of Edinburgh
• Richard Thomas-still - University of Exeter
• Andy Cornall - University of Leeds
• James Norburn - University of Reading
• Anthony Wright - University of Salford
• David Webb - University of Warwick

Mixology Challenge

• Declan Sloan - Ayrshire College
• Marco Biggley - Ayrshire College
• Ryan Macaulay - Ayrshire College
• Boris Bentley - Edge Hill University
• Peter Cairns - Edge Hill University
• Bianca Ilona - Imperial College London
• Petruta-lacramioara Gisca - Imperial College London
• Bharath Kumar - King's College London
• Soumyarup Talukdar - King's College London
• Natasha Vahey - University of Birmingham
• Peter Kolcun - University of Bristol
• Reece Smith - University of East Anglia

New: Sandwich Challenge

• John Cavalli - Imperial College London
• Maddie Selley - King's College London
• Harry Long-maclennan - Liverpool Hope University
• Joanne Timperley - Royal Northern College Of Music
• Neill Mckeown - Southampton University
• Wasana Mackeown - St Mary's University
• Daniel Prince - University of Birmingham
• Eddie Perez – University of Bristol
• James Adams - University of Cambridge - Darwin College
• Paul Mclaughlin - University of Edinburgh
• Nicky Stanbury - University of Exeter
• Duncan Swan - University of Glasgow
• Thomas Swinscoe - University of Manchester
• Hadi Roumanos - University of Reading

Seafood Skills Challenge

• Joe Shippy - Cambridge University
• Newton Dias - Imperial College London
• Luisa Conti - King's College London
• Justin Pilkington - Liverpool Hope University
• Tommy Yulhanson - Queen Mary University
• Nick Wright - Southampton University
• Zana Witter - St Mary's University
• Francesca Sicuso - University of Bristol
• Andy Cornall - University of Leeds
• Anthony Wright - University of Salford

Vegan Challenge

• Dan Abbs - Cambridge University
• Angeline Sharp - Cardiff University
• Richard Thomas-still – University of Exeter
• John Cavalli - Imperial College London
• Wilfrid Droillard - King's College London
• Harry Long-maclennan - Liverpool Hope University
• Andrei Malanciuc - Queen Mary University
• Eamonn Lam - Royal Northern College of Music
• Adrian White - Soas University of London
• Nipa Pandit - St Mary's University
• Matias Urbano - University of Bristol
• Ben Dawney - University of Cambridge - Darwin College
• Filip Gajdamowicz - University of Edinburgh
• Asa Dodd - University of Leicester
• Christina Kalogeri - University of Nottingham
• Bogdan Mârza - University of Reading
• Lucy Stokes - University of Reading
• Anthony Wright - University of Salford