The Royal Academy of Culinary Arts is now accepting entries for the Annual Awards of Excellence 2016. Applicants must currently be working full-time in the UK as a Chef, Pastry Chef or Waiter and should be aged between 20 and 26 on 31st December 2015.
The AAE is the most prestigious award available to young professionals in the hospitality industry today, recognising and encouraging the most talented ambitious Chefs, Pastry Chefs and Waiters. Since it began in 1983 over 500 young professionals have won the award, providing opportunities for a successful career path.
The AAE is an examination rather than a competition; all or none of the candidates can achieve the award depending on their ability to attain the standard of excellence set by the judges. All those who successfully reach this standard will win the AAE. In addition the winning candidate who scores the highest marks in each section will be named the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts Young Chef, Young Pastry Chef and Young Waiter of the Year 2016.
How to Enter
Entry forms can be obtained from Ilisha Waring at the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts
Tel: 020 8673 6300 / E-mail: ilishawaring@raoca.org.uk or can be downloaded here
Closing Date for Entries: Friday 19th February 2016
Tasks
Selection is based on written entries. Successful candidates will go forward to regional semi-finals in March and finals in May/June 2016 where they will be tested on a wide range of skills.
Prizes
- All Finalists will be presented with a certificate and bottle of Laurent-Perrier Champagne at the National finals in May/June.
- All winners will be invited to a Gala Presentation Dinner in July 2016 where they will receive a chefs jacket or lapel pin, a diploma recognising their achievement and a magnum of Laurent-Perrier Champagne.
- All winners of the AAE become Alumni of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts.
- The highest scoring winner in each section (Kitchen, Pastry and Service) will be announced at the Gala Presentation Dinner where they will be named the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts Young Chef, Young Pastry Chef and Young Waiter of the Year 2016. Each will each receive prizes worth over £2000, including MAC knives, Meyer cookware, a specially commissioned engraved Silver trophy, and a bursary from the Savoy Educational Trust which will take the form of an educational trip. Past trips include visits to New Orleans, Dubai, Mexico, Champagne, Tuscany, Barbados, St Lucia, Los Angeles and Hong Kong & Shanghai.
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