Entry forms for the Restaurant Association’s 2006 Young Chef Young Waiter competition can now be downloaded from the official website.

The 2006 Young Chef Young Waiter website (www.ycyw.co.uk) went live on 22 May.

The closing date for entries is 30 June.

Now in its 22nd year, this year’s competition is being organised by the Restaurant Association in partnership with American Express and the Savoy Educational Trust, and with support from HSBC, CMA, and Louis Roederer Champagne.

The competition traditionally pits the hospitality industry’s best young kitchen and front-of-house staff against one another over a series of four regional heats, leading to a grand final at London’s Westminster College in October.

Entrants to the Young Chef Young Waiter competition must be aged 25 or under, and currently working full time in the UK as a chef or a waiter.

All entrants receive advice, guidance and support from a panel of top industry judges led by Philip Howard of The Square, London, and Jeremy Rata of Devonshire Hotels and Restaurants throughout the competition.

The two winners will each receive a cash prize of £2,000, plus a week-long study trip to Barbados courtesy of the Barbados Tourism Board.

Second prize winners will receive a cheque for £1,000, and third prize winners will win £500.

The 16 grand finalists will also be treated to a trip to Reims, the Champagne region of France, courtesy of Louis Roederer.

For more information please visit the Young Chef Young Waiter competition website at www.ycyw.co.uk, or contact Tricia Ninian at the Restaurant Association on 0207 404 7744, or email [email protected].

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