Nestlé Golden Chef's Hat Award
The Nestlé Golden Chef's Hat Award is the longest running chef’s competition in Australia and the only national competition of its kind dedicated to the development of junior and apprentice chefs. Nestlé Food Services has been involved in the Golden Chef's Hat Award since 1966 and has been solely sponsoring the event for the last 18 years in an effort to assist the industry by giving young chefs an opportunity to showcase their skills and become recognised.
Each year the program awards two apprentices (under the age of 23) the opportunity to further their career development through overseas training. Past winners have been awarded prize trips including a trip to Thailand, experiencing authentic Thai cooking and ingredients, accompanying the National Team to Germany for the World Culinary Olympics and a trip to Dublin, Ireland to attend the World Association of Cooks conference.
Vanessa Matteus from Melbourne’s Fenix Restaurant and Paul Gajewski from Vue de Monde in Victoria (pictured) took out the 2006 coveted prize for culinary excellence with their entree of cold-pressed terrine of confit duck leg, main course of slow roasted prok rump with tea smoked Balmain bugs and dessert of apple tarte tartin with frozen pear jelly and apple crisps. As part of their prize, they will be heading to Sun City, South Africa to attend the One World Culinary Competition.
The award aims to discover the next generation of great Australian chefs and contribute to Australia's sound reputation for cuisine, innovation and excellence.
For more information on how you can be involved in 2009 click here to start your journey into the Culinary world.
Nestlé Golden Chefs Hat Award Competition 2008
Teams accepted to compete in their 2008 Region Competition - click here.
Regional Competition Dates - click here.
Nestlé Professional Ingredients list for 2008 - click here.