Young Chefs' Club

The Young Chefs Club here in New Zealand is open to all young chefs under the age of 25. It has been established in line with the Worldchefs Young Chefs Club guiding four pillars of friendship, education, cuisine and culture. The aim of the Club is to provide opportunities for friendship, education, career development and mentoring, whilst also striving for culinary excellence and cultural and sustainable understanding of the world we live in, through working with food.
Throughout the year there will be culinary competitions, workshops, Masterclasses, fundraising dinners, open days, site visits to specialty producers and many more exciting events – all of these will be posted on the YCC Events page and put on the YCC Facebook page.
If this is something you want to be a part of, Join Young Chefs here. You will be directed to training membership. Training membership is for any young chef training and under the age of 25.

Competitions
Akaroa Salmon / House of Knives Emerging Chef of the Year 2024
MIT competition
Nestlé Golden Chef’s Hat Award 2024

NZ Chefs Young Chef Competition Workshop held 22 March, 2024 at AUT

A great day was had at AUT for the NZ Chefs Young Chef Competitions workshop. Look forward to seeing our young chefs in the competitions coming up this year.

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Presenters with NZ Chefs Board – Youth Development Director Geoff Scott who organised the hugely successful workshop.
L-R. back: John Kelleher, Craig Lucas, Geoff Scott, Mark Sycamore,
L-R front: Rowe Kaa, Tamara Johnson, Karl Seidel

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