2025 SECONDARY SCHOOLS CULINARY CHALLENGE
Sponsored Le Cordon Bleu Australia
ACF & Le Cordon Bleu Australia are pleased to announce our new Partnership for the National Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge 2025
In 2025 the ACF will be running Secondary School Culinary Competitions in all Regions. This competition is designed to establish and develop links between school and industry in an effort to encourage more students to enter the commercial cookery industry.The Senior Secondary Schools Culinary Competition is for year 10 -12 students studying Home Economics or Hospitality at high school.
regional finals
The forms below can be used to register for all of the competitions listed on this page, you need to submit your registration form to the email stipulated in the criteria for your regional heat, national final.
The documents will download to your computer as word documents when you click on them, so make sure you note where they are saved to. Please type your information & send the completed word document to your competition liaison, for regional heats ignore the last page.
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Regional Finals
Each year the Australian Culinary Federation (ACF) conducts a cooking competition for Secondary School Students in each Australian state. This competition is a great opportunity for students with an interest in becoming a chef to gain invaluable contacts within the hospitality industry. It is also a lot of fun, and a great learning experience for staff and students alike. The aim of this competition is to give students an insight into the hospitality industry and to identify and encourage students who demonstrate a talent and a passion for cooking.
If you are in years 10, 11 or 12, enrolled in a Secondary School and are studying either a Hospitality or Commercial Cookery course, then you are eligible to enter your state competition. The winners of each State competition will be eligible to compete in the National Final.
Please contact your Competition Liaison listed below for more information about your regional competition.
past highlights
Region Dates 2025
Victoria Box Hill Institute 15th August
Convenor Andrew Wisken 0407 848 931
ACT Canberra Institute of Technology Wadden
Convenor Ivonne Nathan 0409 260 372
South Queensland TAFE Queensland Southbank
Convenor Martin MacInnes 0417 720 360
New South Wales William Angliss Institute
Convenor Julio Azzarello 0413 588 366
South Australia TAFE SA Regency Campus Tuesday 24th June
Convenor Chris Codell 0408 857 293
Tasmania Convenor Stephen Lunn 0407 175 720
Northern Territory Convenor David Brown 0438 431 750
North Queensland TBC