TWO talented Welsh chefs are representing their home country and the UK when taking on the world’s best at the Global Chefs Challenge final in Singapore today.
Wrexham-based Sion Hughes, 26, head chef at The Spa at Carden Park, near Chester, is teaming up again with Calum Smith, 23, pastry chef at Shrewsbury School, to fly the Culinary Association of Wales (CAW) flag.
Their mentor, Graham Tinsley, executive head chef at Carden Park Hotel and Spa, is also with them at the final.
Former Junior Culinary Team Wales teammates, Sion and Calum won through to the global final after coming runners up with a silver medal in the competition’s North Europe heat, organised by Worldchefs, in Rimini, Italy last year.
The global final is being held at the Worldchefs Congress & Expo 2024 in Singapore from October 20-25 and the Welsh pair are competing against 19 chefs representing countries around world. The winner will be announced on October 24.
Sion and Calum are cooking a four course menu for 12 people, including a vegan starter, a halibut fish course, three cuts of veal in the main course and Valrhona chocolate and Dilmah tea in the dessert.
A former Junior Chef of Wales winner, Sion is no stranger to international competitions, having won silver and bronze medals with Junior Culinary Team Wales at the Culinary World Cup.
The Worldchefs Congress 2024 ended with the congress bell being presented to CAW president Arwyn Watkins, OBE. Wales will host the next congress and expo in May, 2026, the first time the event has been held in the UK.
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