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Pastry Arts Competition Seminar: Limassol
Join the Cyprus Chefs Association for a Pastry Arts Competition Seminar in Limassol, Cyprus on 27th November, 2025.
If you wish to attend this seminar, please contact Stefani Tillirou at info@cypruschefsassociation.com.
Competition Seminar instructors share techniques from both the perspective of Worldchefs Certified Judges and award-winning competitors. Participants gain an understanding of not only judging criteria but also best practices in the competition kitchen and tactics that consistently reach the highest place at the podium.
Current judges: All Worldchefs Certified Judges are required to attend a Competition Seminar every five years.
Future judges: Attending a Competition Seminar is a mandatory part of the process to become a Worldchefs Certified Judge. Participants are awarded a certificate of participation that can be submitted as one of the required credentials in an application. To learn more about the process and for a complete list of requirements, download the Worldchefs Certified Judge application form.
Judges: Why attend?
- Keep up to date with culinary trends, and discover all the latest rules necessary to provide fair judgment during competition events.
- Engage with renowned chef instructors and network with a diverse and driven class of competition chefs, aspiring judges, and influencers in the culinary space.
- Current judges: All Worldchefs Certified Judges are required to attend a Competition Seminar every five years.
- Future judges: Take the first step towards becoming a Worldchefs Certified Judge. Participants receive a certificate of participation after attending a Competition Seminar. This certificate of completion is one of the mandatory requirements when submitting a Worldchefs Certified Judge application.
Competitors: Why attend?
- Learn indispensable tips to excel in culinary competitions, and understand the service process and presentation details to make sure you know everything from the very beginning to the end.
- Be the first to discover current culinary trends, innovations in modern kitchen equipment, and the latest technologies used in competition.
- Engage with renowned chef instructors and get inspired alongside a diverse and driven class of competition chefs, aspiring judges, and influencers in the culinary space.
Learn more about becoming a Worldchefs Certified Judge
Attending a Competition Seminar is one of the required credentials in a Certified Judge application. Keep in mind, all Certified Judges are required to attend a Competition Seminar every five years. These intensive workshops provide key information about current trends, competition rules and judging criteria, to help chefs keep up-to-date and at their best!
Attending applicable Competition Seminars is one part of the process to become a judge, and does not automatically qualify you as a Certified Judge. Applicants must fulfil additional criteria and provide evidence of support in a formal application process. To learn more about the full approval process, visit: https://worldchefs.org/become-certified-judge/
Meet Your Seminar Instructor:
This seminar is taught by: Ann Brown
Ann Brown is a Pastry Chef Lecturer at New College Manarkshire, Motherwell Campus.
Ann’s name has become synonymous with the art of pastry and food sculpture. As Food Artist and pastry chef with the Scottish Culinary Team, Ann has travelled extensively competing in international culinary events around the world. Individually, Ann has created British history with her artistic creations and multiple gold medal awards.
In Singapore Ann was the winner of ‘Most Outstanding Pastry Chef Award.’ Ann is also a past winner of the prestigious ‘Craft Guild of Chefs Award’ in London. Her work was exhibited in ‘The Smith Art Gallery’ London and in the same year her name was entered in the ‘Who’s Who’ world publication. Her work has been documented in television, radio, magazine and newspaper coverage throughout her career.
Ann is an approved Worldchefs International Judge and has been adjudicating at culinary events since the year 1999, including the Scothot: Scotland, Hotelympia : London, Heart of England: Birmingham, Kulinarja International Salon: Malta, Emirates Salon Culinaire: Dubai, Global Pastry Chef World Finals: Abu Dhabi, The Culinary World Cup: Luxembourg, IKA Culinary Olympics: Germany, FHC International Culinary Championship 2024: China, Shanghai and more.
Ann is a member of Worldchefs’ Culinary Competition Committee and is a member of the Scottish Chefs Association.
