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SUPPORTING THE FUTURE OF HOSPITALITY – CELEBRATING 45 YEARS

The 2024 World Young Chef Young Waiter and Young Mixologists (YYY) World Finals were held in Singapore from 22nd to 24th November 2024. The Champions of the prestigious competition were announced at The Exchange by Tadcaster Hospitality in Singapore. The announcements were made by Robert Walton MBE and Nikesh Mehta, the British High Commissioner to Singapore, during a special awards ceremony on the 24th November.

The 2024 World Champions are Chef Thomas Mendel from Hamel, Waiter Jaclyn Bisantz from The Harbor House Inn and Mixologist Marco Guillen from Four Seasons Napa Valley.

MEET THE 2024 WINNERS

World Young Chef Young Waiter and Young Mixologist 2024

9 Young Chefs, 9 Young Waiters and 9 Young Mixologist from our competing countries gathered in Singapore for the World Young Chef Young Waiter and Young Mixologist World Finals on Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th November 2024

All 27 World Finalists took part in a range of tasks devised by an expert judging panel which was whittled down to three winning teams consisting of chefs, waiters, and mixologist.

27 World Finalists
9 Chefs
9 Waiters
9 Mixologists
3 Winning Teams

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2020 Competition

2020 FINALS

The exciting Young Chef Young Waiter 2020 Competition Finals took place in London in 4 locations over 3 days in May 2021. The events had been rescheduled from late 2020 due to the series of UK lockdowns and were run in line with government guidelines.

The Finals: Dates and Venues:

Tuesday 25 May:

The Dorchester – UK Chef & Waiter Final
Theo Randall @ The InterContinental – UK Chef & Waiter Final
Adam Handling Chelsea – UK Chef & Waiter Final

Wednesday 26 May:

Kai Mayfair – China & South East Asia Chef & Waiter Final

Thursday 27 May:

Kai Mayfair – China & South East Asia Chef & Waiter Final
The best young chef and best young waiter Winners will be announced on 28 June at the Awards Party at The Dorchester.

Adam Handling MBE

Head Judge - Chef

Our Global Judges

Simon King

Head Judge - Waiter

Finding the World's Best

Young Chef
Young Waiter and
Young Mixologist

Across the Globe

Our inspiration judging panel from 2024 was made up of esteemed culinary experts, food critics, and industry leaders. Among the esteemed chef judges were Dave Pynt, Kirk Westaway, Mark Wee, Paul Longworth, Angela May, Gibran Bayoun, Andy Downton, Rob Edwards, Sarissa Rodriquez- Schwartz, Luke Barr, Paul Robinson, and Julian Burgur.

See all our global judges

History of World Young Chef Young Waiter and Young Mixologists

Winners and judges have included some the industry’s great recognisable names– Adam Handling MBE, Theo Randall, Mark Sargeant, Marcus Wareing, Simon King, John Torode, Anne and Jamain Swarb, Jeremy King, Raymond Blanc OBE, Heston Blumenthal OBE, The Earl of Bradford and Lord Forte.