{"id":401192,"date":"2026-04-16T07:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/401192\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:14:08","slug":"ireland-based-chefs-under-30-urged-to-apply-for-global-contest-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/401192\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland-based chefs under 30 urged to apply for global contest \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Irish-based chefs aged under 30 are being urged to enter this year\u2019s San Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition, which brings together chefs from all over the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The prestigious contest, won by Irish chef and Irish Times columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/mark-moriarty\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/mark-moriarty\/\">Mark Moriarty<\/a> in 2015, assesses chefs on three key elements: technical skill, creativity and personal belief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Chefs in Ireland have until June 9th to enter, with a shortlist compiled by ALMA, the International School of Italian Culinary Arts.. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Shortlisted chefs then compete in 15 regional finals, with  winners advancing to the grand finale. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Moriarty has described the experience of competing and winning as \u201ca truly career-defining moment\u201d. He said he would encourage any young chef in Ireland to apply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">This year will see a new mentorship initiative, where 2024\u2013 2025 winner Ardy Ferguson from Belon in Hong Kong, Julien Royer of Odette in Singapore and Jeremy Chan of Ikoyli in London will take part in a dedicated mentoring experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Along with the overall winner, there are three separate awards celebrating social responsibility, connection to culinary heritage, and the expression of personal belief through food.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Apply through <a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sanpellegrinoyoungchefacademy.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CNiamh.Browne%40irishtimes.com%7C03ca6a799f454d03499808de9af8b051%7Ce6c8e7dc529047f68b07209934781091%7C0%7C0%7C639118590154401336%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EDnFBLDV1MH6d7YUKuCcwkyUCrjS2Ih68sltlBJaqiQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sanpellegrinoyoungchefacademy.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CNiamh.Browne%40irishtimes.com%7C03ca6a799f454d03499808de9af8b051%7Ce6c8e7dc529047f68b07209934781091%7C0%7C0%7C639118590154401336%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EDnFBLDV1MH6d7YUKuCcwkyUCrjS2Ih68sltlBJaqiQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\">sanpellegrinoyoungchefacademy.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Irish-based chefs aged under 30 are being urged to enter this year\u2019s San Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,69986,43],"class_list":["post-401192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mark-moriarty","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}