COMPETITIONS

The City of Oxford Guild of Chefs in partnership with The Food Heroes presents you The OxFood Hero of 2025.

To be held on Wednesday 16th April at the City of Oxford College in the centre of Oxford. 

The OxFood Hero Competition has been designed to inspire and motivate chefs from all ranks whether Chef de Partie, Junior Sous, Head Chef or another. At the City of Oxford Guild of Chefs we believe it is important to value all that work within our trade, creating opportunities that reward passionate individuals. 

Legendary chef Pierre Koffmann is the head of the The Food Heroes family. Under his expert direction the panel of judges will crown the OxFood Hero of 2025.  

The Task 

Competitors are required to produce a show stopping dish with Koffmann’s Blue potatoes as the main element and star of the show for a panel of judges.  

Potatoes are a humble yet extremely versatile ingredient so the judges will be expecting to see an array of imaginative and skilfully crafted dishes. There is no limit as to what kind of dish is served, be it a bar snack, starter, main or dessert, impressing the judges with creativity and skill is the key to succeeding in this competition. 

Each candidate will be provided with 1kg of washed Koffmann Blue potatoes. Competitors may use any other ingredient they desire to create their dish. All other ingredients to produce the dish other than the Koffmann Blue potatoes must be supplied by the candidates.

The competition kitchen is set up as individual stations each with a small fridge, sink, induction hob and basic utensils, pans etc. Kitchen appliances such as ovens and deep fat fryers will be required to share. You are able to bring any additional equipment you desire to create your dish,

One winner

The winner will be crowned 2025's OxFood Hero. They will be invited to the annual City of Oxford Guild of Chefs Gala Dinner. This black-tie event will be held at Trinity College on 3rd May 2025. The winner will be handed their award and prize by legendary chef Pierre Koffmann during the evenings award ceremony.   

The prize;  A meal for two at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, previously Pierre Koffmann's world renowned 3 Michelin starred Le Tante Claire before he passed it on to protege Gordon Ramsay.

Entry guidelines  

To enter you must be a chef and have over 4 years of experience in the industry. 

Reasons to enter. 

• Gain invaluable experience 
• Strengthen your culinary skillset 
• A chance to recognised within the industry 
• Challenge yourself and grow as an individual 
• Cook and present your food to world renowned chef Pierre Koffmann  

APPLY HERE

Applications open until 14th March