2022 competition The Worlds Best Chef and Waiter Competition

Promoting Hospitality as a career of choice, a profession, and a vocation. Young Chef Young Waiter is a national competition open to all young professional waiters and chefs from any background.

This renowned competition launched in 1979 and this revamped and revitalised format, is fully endorsed by UKHospitality and the Restaurant Association.

In 2022, this format was expanded worldwide to reach a global audience.

We worked with leading figures from the hospitality industry to find the best young chef and waiter the world has to offer.

The winners from each country met in Monaco for the World Final in November 2022, where the World Young Chef Young Waiter Champions were crowned.

Please read below to find out more about The World Young Chef Young Waiter competition 2022.

2022 World Champion

Wales Chef Ali Halbert
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2022 World Champion

Wales Waiter Tilly Morris
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On 16th November 2022 the World Young Chef Young Waiter finalists teamed up for their final competition at The Maybourne Riviera, Monaco. Our seven chefs and seven waiters designed a winning menu and served their national dishes to an array of VIP guests and internationally acclaimed judging panels including Michelin-starred Head Chef Judge Adam Handling and Head Waiter Judge Simon King. They were supported by chef Judges Simon Ganache, Chef des events au Yacht Club de Monaco, Mark Sargeant Winner of YCYW England 1996, Mario Perera, Executive Chef at The Dorchester & Michael Kwan, Executive Pastry Chef at The Dorchester and Waiter Judges, Andy Downton, Jayne Griffith Parry, and Xavier Richards. The champions of World Young Chef Young Waiter Ali Halbert, Wales Chef and Tilly Morris Wales Waiter were crowned at a sparkling awards ceremony at The Maybourne Riviera

World Young Chef Young Waiter Final 2022

7 young chefs and 7 young waiters from our competing countries gathered in Monaco for the World Young Chef Young Waiter Finals at The Maybourne Riviera in November 2022

The winning pair from each country teamed up at The Maybourne Riviera where they prepared and served a stunning menu for VIP guests

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2022 England Winning
Chef Miltan Masha

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2022 England Winning
Waiter Elisa Doisneau

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2022 Cayman Islands Winning
Chef Brittney Bodden

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2022 Cayman Islands Winning
Waiter Laurent Bodden

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2022 Canada Winning
Chef Haofeng (Tyler) Lin

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2022 Canada Winning
Waiter Paul Mckeand

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2022 Macau Winning
Chef William Wang

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2022 Macau Winning
Waiter Mondass Velautham

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2022 Ireland Winning
Chef Ciara Kenneally

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2022 Ireland Winning
Waiter Emma Jackson

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2022 Wales Winning
Chef Ali Halbert

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2022 Wales Winning
Waiter Tilly Morris

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2022 Singapore Winning
Chef Aiken Low

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2022 Singapore Winning
Waiter Terry Wong

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History of
Young Chef
Young Waiter

Winners and judges have included some the industry’s great recognisable names– 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.

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