The regional finals of the extremely revered cooking competitors will happen in London and Birmingham on 9 September and the nationwide remaining will happen on 25 October.
The 18 regional finalists, in addition to the primary reserve, chosen on the paper judging stage in March 2020 have mechanically certified as regional finalists for 2021 and can prepare dinner their recipes for hake, palourde clams and leeks within the regional cook-offs at College School Birmingham and on the College of West London on ninth September 2021.
The six most profitable cooks can be chosen to compete within the nationwide remaining on 25 October, throughout which honorary president of judges Björn Frantzén, from three-star Michelin Restaurant Frantzén in Stockholm, will lead the panel of judges.
The appliance course of for the 2022 competitors will open in November 2021.
“Eventually, we are able to stay up for selecting our 2020 scholar, I can hardly wait,” says chairman Alain Roux. “There was by no means any plan to cancel and quit on the expertise we found in our regional finalists.
“This yr, greater than ever, our 2020 scholar will characterize the tenacity, resilience, stamina and forbearance that defines us as cooks.”
Co-chairman Michel Roux Jr added: “I’m so excited to place dates within the diary for the Roux Scholarship, particularly after such a dreadful previous 12 months.”
“It feels as if there’s unfinished enterprise to be taken care of and I can’t wait to get our regional finals underway. Because the saying goes ‘the present should go on’ and as cooks we’re able to go!”
The regional finalists
Scott Braithwaite, L’Enclume, Cartmel, Cumbria
Jonathan Ferguson, The Raby Hunt Restaurant, Co. Durham
Oliver Marlow, Roganic, London
Curtis Tonge, The Bull & Bear, Manchester
Jac Webster, The Angel at Hetton, Yorkshire
Joshua Fulcher, Restaurant 22, Cambridge
Benjamin Champkin, The Newt, Somerset
Caer Timberlake, Restaurant 22, Cambridge
Ryan Baker, Maison Francois, London
Julian Elkjaer, Whatley Manor, Wiltshire
Oli Williamson, London
Conor Fowl, Home of Commons, London
Christos Sidiropoulos, The Ritz, London
Stephen McClarty, Restaurant Associates, London
Tobias Smith, The Leathersellers Firm, London
Olivia Catherine Burt, Claridge’s, London
Michael Cruickshank, Bohemia, Jersey
Oliver Dovey, BaxterStorey Nice Eating, London
Connor Wilson, The Traddock, North Yorkshire
The Roux household has once more postponed the 2020 Roux Scholarship regional and nationwide finals, which had been because of
happen in Birmingham and London in March subsequent yr.
A brand new date for the finals is but to be set however can be ‘communicated sooner or later’.
“The well being and welfare of our unbelievable individuals, in addition to all stakeholders and friends, stays our highest
precedence,” says chairman Alain Roux.
“With no finish to the present limitations in sight and in view of the continued uncertainty, postponement is the one
secure choice. We admire everybody’s sensible assist as we work by means of this. We can not wait to search out our
2020/21 scholar.”
“We’re dissatisfied at having to delay, but once more, the finale of this yr’s competitors however we’re all dealing with
unprecedented challenges,”
“We stay dedicated to sustaining the prime quality and expertise of the semi-finals, nationwide remaining and award
ceremony. Our willpower to see this competitors by means of stays undimmed.”
The 18 regional finalists, in addition to the primary reserve, chosen on the paper judging stage in March 2020 will
mechanically qualify as regional finalists and prepare dinner their recipes for hake, palourde clams and leeks within the
regional cook-offs at College School Birmingham and on the College of West London.
The judges can be Michel Roux Jr, Alain Roux, Brian Turner, Clare Smyth, Angela Hartnett, Rachel Humphrey,
James Martin, Sat Bains (1999 scholar), André Garrett (2002 scholar) and Simon Hulstone (2003 scholar).
The six most profitable cooks can be chosen to compete within the nationwide remaining, when honorary president of judges
Björn Frantzén, from three-star Michelin Restaurant Frantzén in Stockholm, will lead the panel of judges. There
can be no utility course of in 2021.
The regional finalists
Scott Braithwaite, L’Enclume, Cartmel, Cumbria
Jonathan Ferguson, The Raby Hunt Restaurant, Co. Durham
Oliver Marlow, Roganic, London
Curtis Tonge, The Bull & Bear, Manchester
Jac Webster, The Angel at Hetton, Yorkshire
Joshua Fulcher, Restaurant 22, Cambridge
Benjamin Champkin, The Newt, Somerset
Caer Timberlake, Restaurant 22, Cambridge
Ryan Baker, Maison Francois, London
Julian Elkjaer, Whatley Manor, Wiltshire
Oli Williamson, London
Conor Fowl, Home of Commons, London
Christos Sidiropoulos, The Ritz, London
Stephen McClarty, Restaurant Associates, London
Tobias Smith, The Leathersellers Firm, London
Olivia Catherine Burt, Claridge’s, London
Michael Cruickshank, Bohemia, Jersey
Oliver Dovey, BaxterStorey Nice Eating, London
Connor Wilson, The Traddock, North Yorkshire
