Enter this year’s competition

Euro-Toques Young Chef of the Year

Key Dates

  • The Young Chef of the Year Competition opens for entries on Saturday, 29th March 2025.
  • The deadline for applications is Friday, 11th April 2025 at 12 noon.
  • Successful candidates will be notified as to whether they have made it through to the next stage of the competition after Friday 11th April 2025.
  • The written stage of the competition will open on Monday, 14th April 2025.
  • Candidates will have to submit their written entries in the form of a recipe by Friday 2nd May 2025.
  • Results of the written stage will be announced on Friday 9th May 2025 with a list of candidates who are going through to the interviews.
  • Interviews will be held on Monday 19th May 2025 on zoom.
  • The Semi-finals are scheduled for Sunday 29th June 2025.
  • The Young Chef of the Year Finals and Gala scheduled for Sunday 12th October 2025.
Euro-Toques Young Chef of the Year Competition is proudly supported by La Rousse Foods – our principal partner

How to Enter

  • Read all the important information about the competition here  General Guidelines
  • Make your Social Media Entry on Instagram using the hashtag #YC2025entry.
  • Make sure your Instagram account is PUBLIC, not private. If the account is private, we will not be able to tag you and repost your content.
  • Fill in the online entry form below. Make sure you fill in all required fields.
  • You will receive an e-mail confirming your submission. If you do not receive a confirmation, please contact us at office@euro-toques.ie

Your social media entry

Enter the Euro-Toques Young Chef of the Year 2025 competition by exploring the following overarching theme:

Forgotten foods: honouring Ireland’s larder

Ireland’s culinary heritage is rich, but how much of it have we left behind? This year, we challenge young chefs to rediscover forgotten foods, lost ingredients, and revive traditional skills—honouring the bounty of our land.

From heritage grains to lesser-used fish, from nose-to-tail butchery to farmhouse cheesemaking, from curing to fermentation—how can the past shape the future of food? This isn’t about nostalgia; it’s about innovation, responsible production, and making the most of what’s around us.

Are you ready to celebrate locality, craft, and resourcefulness? Show us how you can reimagine Ireland’s forgotten foods and bring them back to life!

You may answer the question through images & words on Instagram using hashtag #YC2025entry – Make sure your account is public and tag  @eurotoques_ireland 

Your entry will not be accepted unless you use the hashtag #YC2025entry

All content must be your own original work. If you use a video/image belonging to a third party, your entry must clearly show why it fits within the context of your own original idea.

  • Select date DD slash MM slash YYYY
    In order to enter the competition you must be born after 01-01-1997. you must be aged 18-28 from the time you enter the competition to the end of the same year (must be 28 or under on 31 Dec 2025)
  • I am a professional chef I wish to be contacted about further stages of the competition I would like to be added to the Euro-Toques mailing list and receive details of other events & activities for chefs organised by Euro-Toques Ireland. (Your contact details will not be shared with anyone else)*

  • PLEASE INSERT THE LINK TO YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ENTRY HERE. PLEASE REMEMBER TO USE #YC2023entry

  • Please paste your entry link here. Copy and paste the link to your entry from your Twitter or Instagram account. Please make sure your accounts are public and not private.
  • PLEASE MAKE SURE that your entry is ‘Public’ and can be viewed & shared without any requirement for passwords, ‘friending’, following etc.
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