Craft Guild of Chefs reveals 40 National Chef of the Year semi-finalists as competition heats up
The Craft Guild of Chefs has officially unveiled the semi-finalists for National Chef of the Year as the competition reaches its next exciting stage.

Venerable Beop Song seeks to make the mindful cooking and eating methods of temple food accessible to people through sharing and teaching at various institutions and touring all over the world.
Venerable Beop Song demonstrated for students and the general public a selection of plant-based dishes that illustrate the care and thought goes into and is characteristic of temple food including tot (hijiki) rice, dried laver & chilli chips mix and sliced radish soup.
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