Welsh Culinary Association

Chairman Peter Jackson welcomes you to the official website of the Welsh Culinary Association

Peter Jackson - WCA Chairman

Chef Partner, Hotel Maes-y-Neuadd, Talsarnau, near Harlech.

Formed in 1993, the Welsh Culinary Association exists to promote excellence in the art of professional cookery within Wales.

Click here to download the Welsh Culinary Association's statutes.

The Association, comprising the North, Mid and South Wales Regions, supports the senior and junior Welsh National Culinary Teams which represent Wales at international competitions around the world. Information about each of the regions and the teams can be found on their individual pages.

The Association, which is wholly autonomous, has over 200 members representing all grades of chef, college lecturers and a wide range of suppliers to the hospitality industry in Wales.

After many years of strenuous lobbying, supported by political leaders in Wales, the Welsh Culinary Association took a huge step forward when it was granted membership of the prestigious World Association of Chefs' Societies (WACS) at the 30th World Congress in Japan in March, 2002. The decision meant that, for the first time, Wales could proudly fly the Welsh flag and compete as a nation in its own right, after eight years of competing as a region of Great Britain. As a consequence, the Association was also able to form a junior team to compete on the world stage, which was a major boost for the development and natural progression of young chefs in Wales.

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