This year looks very different for everyone on many fronts, but the Nestlé Golden Chef’s Hat Award is standing by you - our young chef community – and we’re excited to have you on board to share in your culinary journey.
This is your opportunity to make connections, keep elevating your skills and shape your future as a chef. Get involved and take the time to give it a go.
THE COMPETITION REIMAGINED
- Chefs enter as an individual, completing an online application.
- Entrants are then invited to submit a 3-minute maximum video entry, presenting any dish that best showcases their cooking skills.
- 10 regional winning chefs from across Australia and two from New Zealand will be selected, with video category prizes also awarded.
- Top 12 chefs compete in the grand finals (date and location to be confirmed).
- 1 chef is judged to be Chef of the Year and awarded $10K AUD.
2020 DATES
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We promised to stand by our young chef community and we’re really impressed for those who have had the courage to give it a go!
So congratulations to the 2020 line-up of chefs who have stepped up to show us their epic dish creations!
The next step will see our competition judges going through the amazing content and dishes that have been produced to decide on the 2020 regional finalist chefs, as well as the six video category award winners... Watch this space!
| Northern Territory | ||
| Anya | De Silva | |
| Taylah | King | |
| Queensland | ||
| Ryder | Cusack | |
| Adrian | Koepke | |
| Amber | Heaton | |
| Jack | Benson | |
| Sarah | Hunt | |
| Trinity | Garcia | |
| Amber | Heaton | |
| Ellie | Priest | |
| Ethan | Hobbs | |
| Eve | Sheraton | |
| Felix | Carstens | |
| Gabrielle | Inwood | |
| Jessica | Butcher | |
| Marione | Carmelo | |
| Thomas | Schett | |
| David | Gatti | |
| NSW Regional | ||
| Joan | Pirovic | |
| Alex | Vassallo | |
| Jeremy | Lackenby | |
| Josh | Nickl | |
| Kirsty | Grant | |
| Riley | Williams | |
| Thomas | Harris | |
| Isabel | Ademovic | |
| Keira | Mcloughlin | |
| Samuel | McKinnon | |
| South Australia | ||
| Sarah | Jones | |
| Amber | Formosa | |
| Arata | Ishimoto | |
| Casey | Dibben | |
| Day | Leeloet | |
| Lakmal | Thanthiriwattage Don | |
| Matt | Howard | |
| Ross | Maxwell | |
| Western Australia | ||
| Alexander | Vasilio-Davis | |
| Alice | Marshall | |
| Amy | Brown | |
| Brayden | Davies | |
| Cedric John | Cura | |
| Clive | Glauert | |
| Louis | Wheeler | |
| Marshall | Lee | |
| Maverick | Cuthbert | |
| Victoria | ||
| Alexander | Ruzanji | |
| Angus | Sawkins | |
| Ashlea | Perkins | |
| Chloe | Flavel | |
| Corina | Mamo | |
| George | Wassif | |
| Harrison | Caruana | |
| Huong Giang | Luu | |
| Kristian | Smythe | |
| Lachlan | Maddigan | |
| Montana | Mee | |
| Nick | Nierxen | |
| Nipun Viraj | Wickramasinghe Mudiyanselage | |
| Scott | Russell | |
| Stephanie | Goetz | |
| Wan-Chun | Wei | |
| Wei( Davy ) | Dai | |
| Zoe | Baker | |
| Marco | Wong | |
| NSW Metro | ||
| Alexander | Giersz | |
| Brayden | McCarthy | |
| Chanaphon | Phromchan | |
| Kacey | Bignell | |
| Kenta | Takeuchi | |
| Brendan | Austin | |
| Gaurav | Kishnani | |
| Jaadyn | Byrne | |
| Sarah | Musico | |
| Serta | Ward-Gyton | |
| Susie | Jang | |
| Tasmania | ||
| Sadhvi | Chawla | |
| Stephanie | Lawler | |
| Kate | Brown | |
| New Zealand - North Island | ||
| Anjana | Phuyal | |
| Brenna | Lee | |
| Eangseur | Lim | |
| Kamlesh | Karki | |
| Kritika | Mahajan | |
| Li Xian | Hon | |
| Mayank | Mayank | |
| Mia | Huynh | |
| Michael | Hill | |
| Natalia | Herewini | |
| Paige | Duncan | |
| Sam | Heaven | |
| Shikha | Kumar | |
| Trisha Mae | Rivera | |
| Tuan Long | Nguyen | |
| New Zealand - South Island | ||
| Arthur | Hon Sheng | |
| Cole | McDonald | |
| Jamie | Jackson | |
| Poppie | Mclaren | |
| Rebecca | Roberts | |
| Ryan | Prouting | |
| Zak | Osborne |
ENTRY
Entries open 4 May 2020.
JUDGING & SCORING GUIDELINES
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RECIPE INSPIRATION
Recipes created by some of our Golden Chef's alumni talent - get inspired to create your winning dish!
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This year looks very different for everyone on many fronts, but the Nestlé Golden Chef’s Hat Award is standing by you - our young chef community – and we’re excited to have you on board to share in your culinary journey.
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