The Culinary Association of Wales is a membership association, the national member of World Chefs and is the Governing Body of The National and Junior Culinary Teams of Wales and the Craft Butchery Team Wales. The Association, which is wholly autonomous, has in excess of 200 members representing chefs, apprentices, students, hospitality professionals, and a wide range of supplier partners to the
hospitality industry in Wales. After many years of strenuous lobbying, supported by political leaders in Wales, the then Welsh Culinary Association (WCA) now Culinary Association Wales (CAW) 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. On the 1st June 2022 the Board of Directors and National Committee agreed to support free membership to help support the post Covid 19 recovery plan in Wales in the Hospitality and Tourism Sector. Our annual flagship activity in Wales is the Welsh International Culinary Championships including the National and Junior Chef of the Year. We currently have 2 teams in training the Junior Culinary team for the Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg in November 2022 and our Craft Butchery Team who are competing in the World Butchers Challenge in Sacramento California in September 2022.
