Scottish Chefs organise and funds both senior and junior culinary teams. As a member of World Chefs we compete regularly at the Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg and at the IKA Culinary Olympics
The Scottish Culinary Team achieved their best result since 2006 at the recent IKA Culinary Olympics held in Stuttgart, Germany from 14 – 19 February 2020. The team captained by Orry Shand won Silver for The Restaurant of Nations and Silver for the Chefs Table this placed Scotland ranked 13th in the world and will give them access to all International Competitions due to their high ranking.
We wish to thank all the sponsors of the team for 2020 which included, The Scottish Government, Seafood Scotland, Quality Meat Scotland, Hospitality Industry Trust Scotland, Entier, and Chez Roux, plus many more. We are very grateful to you all!
National Team Scotland
Orry Shand
Entier UK Aberdeen
Team Captain
Craig Palmer
Entier UK Aberdeen
Rory Taylor
Entier UK Aberdeen
Graham Mitchell
Newmacher Hotel, Aberdeen
Jamie McKinnon
Seafood Ristorante, St Andrews
Shona Sutherland
Taystful, Blairgowrie, Perthshire
Pastry Chef
Derek Johnstone
Borthwick Castle
Support Team
Bronwyn Murray, Prestonfield House Hotel, Edinburgh
Hannah Beattie, SRUC, Elmwood
Conor Mclean, Hotel Du Vin, St Andrews
Terri Scot, Fife College
Eilidh Smith, Fife College
How can you get involved?
We are always looking for new talent to get involved with the team, if you feel you have what it takes to compete at the highest level please get in touch.