Salon selection

We present all the winners and runners-up from the Display Salon classes at this year's Hotelympia. Photographs by Sam Bailey

Senior display classes

Pastry section

Works in pastillage: Irene Hunchak, Ontario, Canada (silver and first in class); Alan Whatley, Brooklands College, Weybridge (silver); Annette George, Neath Port Talbot College (silver); Sybil Critchley, Sodexho, Kings School, Burton (bronze).

Miniatures: Scott O'Hara, the Belfry, Wishaw (gold); Heulwen Corp, Neath Port Talbot College (silver); Sheila Clark, Bicton College, Budleigh Salterton (silver).

Works in marzipan: Alan Hardcastle, Sodexho, Ipswich Hospital (gold); Salvatore Dell'Aquila, Baxter & Platts, City Group Centre, London (silver); Margaret Masterman, Dunstable College (bronze).

Works in chocolate: Nicole Illa, Harrods, London (gold); Matthew Arnold, London Marriott hotel (bronze).

Decorated celebration cake - sugar paste/rolled fondant: Sue Manning, Barking College, Romford (gold and first in class); Linda Millar, Barking College, Romford (gold); Maureen Griffiths, Barking College, Romford (silver); Joanne Congdon, Bake-a-Cake, Barwell, Leicestershire (silver); Mark Moffat, Panel of Chefs of Ireland (bronze); Margaret Moore, Southampton, Hampshire (bronze); Liz Bierton, Peterborough Regional College (bronze); Derek Wicks, Catering Support Regiment, RLC Grantham (bronze); Sarah Morey, Catering Support Regiment, RLC Grantham (bronze); Rajeshwaree Shegobin, Barking College, Romford (bronze).

Decorated celebration cake - royal icing: Eve Maddern, Dunstable College (gold); Dean Crosdale, Army School of Catering (silver); Lyn Rees, Carmarthenshire College, Carmarthen (silver); Joanne Congdon, Bake-a-Cake, Barwell, Leicestershire (silver); Mark Moffat, Panel of Chefs of Ireland (two silvers); Timothy Fitzmaurice, Edwards Bakery, London (bronze); Eileen Shipman, Gloscat, Cheltenham (bronze).

Novelty cake: Diane Fisher, Oldbury, West Midlands (gold and first in class); Georgina Godbold, Barking College, Romford (gold); Jo Parsons, Harrods, London (gold); Graham Howarth, Chartered Institute of Marketing (silver); Sybil Critchley, Sodexho, Kings School, Burton (silver); Patricia Clarke, Novelty Cakes by Trish Clarke (silver); Maureen Griffiths, Barking College, Romford (bronze); Nicola Johnson, Haven hotel, Sandbanks (bronze); Irene Davies, West Wales General Hospital, Carmarthen (bronze); Margaret Howells, Carmarthenshire College, Carmarthen (bronze).

Works in cooked sugar: Joe Rainey, Anniesland College/Cameron House hotel (silver and first in class); Kayo Akiyama, Great Eastern hotel, London (silver).

Wedding cake: Janet Side, Neath Port Talbot College (gold and first in class); Jan Thorpe, Dunstable College (gold); Sheila Clark, Bicton College, Budleigh Salterton (silver); Wendy Windiate, Gravesend, Kent (bronze).

Tea pastries: Kumiko Mizuno, Inter-Continental hotel, London (gold).

Petits fours: Claire Gallagher, Selby, North Yorkshire (gold); Cherish Finden, Great Eastern hotel, London (gold); Jeremiah Lagudas, Harrods, London (silver); Stephan Will, Great Eastern hotel, London (silver).

Floral sugarcraft - a wired sugar floral spray, bouquet or corsage: Heulwen Corp, Neath Port Talbot College (gold and first in class); Valerie Boyle, Bicton College, Budleigh Salterton (gold and silver); Margaret Irvine, Jewel & Esk Valley College, Midlothian (silver); Colin Hunt, Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Services (silver); Kathy Gambell, Sheerness, Kent (bronze); Carol Keay, Harborne, Birmingham (bronze).

Floral sugarcraft - a sugar floral arrangement or plant: Heulwen Corp, Neath Port Talbot College (gold and first in class); Jennie Emery, Bicton College, Budleigh Salterton (gold); Valerie Boyle, Bicton College, Budleigh Salterton (gold); Margaret Latham, Dunstable College (gold); Sandy Green, Hove, East Sussex (gold); Judith Holt, Neath Port Talbot College (gold); Krishna Patel, Neath Port Talbot College (gold); Carol Keay, Harborne, Birmingham (gold); Betty Kerr, Bicton College, Budleigh Salterton (gold); Jane Alexander, Bicton College, Budleigh Salterton (gold); Patricia Durant, Barking College, Romford (gold); Susan Webb, Bedford College (silver); Rachel Watkins, Neath Port Talbot College (silver); Gill Ostler, Dunstable College (silver); Sharon Willmott, Bridport Adult Education Centre (silver); Claudette Wadood, Harrow College (silver); Margaret Draper, Gloscat, Cheltenham (silver); Jennifer Tait, Bridport Adult Education Centre (silver); Masako Yoshida, Harrow College, Middlesex (silver); Patricia Durant, Barking College, Romford (silver); Bee Allen, Dunstable College (bronze); Julia Fooks, Bridport Adult Education Centre (bronze); Alison Newham, Barking College, Romford (bronze); Jean Branch, Dorchester Adult Education Centre (bronze).

Miniature sugar flowers: Heulwen Corp, Neath Port Talbot College (gold and first in class); Gaynor Jones, Neath Port Talbot College (gold); Glenda Davies, Carmarthenshire College, Carmarthen (gold); Fumi Fukumuro, Croydon, Surrey (gold); Hazel Stapleforth, Dorchester Adult Education Centre (silver); Shirley Bonnett, Dunstable College (silver); Brenda Barratt, Dunstable College (silver); Rosemary Mair, Carmarthenshire College, Carmarthen (bronze); Carol Keay, Harborne, Birmingham (bronze); Margaret Irvine, Jewel & Esk Valley College, Midlothian (bronze); Sue Cox, Dunstable College (bronze).

Decorative buffet centrepiece: Richard Surman, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (gold and first in class); Ken Bradley, Army School of Catering (gold); Maureen Williams, Neath Port Talbot College (silver); Harold Rohrmoser, Harrods, London (bronze); Omero Gallucci, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (bronze).

Kitchen/larder section

Works in fat: Yadamsuran Shagdasuren, Harrods, London (gold and first in class); Carole Abson, Shire Services, Bromsgrove (gold); Roger Friggieri, Golden Tulip Vivaldi hotel, Malta (gold); Gary Richmond, Compass Group UK (silver); Andrew Farrugia, Pergola Club hotel, Mellieha, Malta (silver); Scott O'Hara, the Belfry, Wishaw (bronze).

Show platter of meat: Jason Clark, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (gold); Alan Neace, US Army (silver); Colin Jackson, Quadrant Catering, Peterborough PMC (bronze); Clint Buckingham, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (bronze); Andrew Coleman, Catering Support Regiment RLC TA (bronze).

Show platter of fish: Philip Rosier, Army School of Catering, RLC Aldershot (gold); Steve Taylor, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (silver); Eugene Cartwright, Baxter & Platts, London Goodenough College (bronze).

Restaurant platter of crustacea: Richard Surman, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (bronze).

Show platter of salmon: Mark Hill, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (gold); Steve Moss, Green Parrot Catering, Southampton (silver); Eyck Zimmer, Claridge's, London (silver); Clint Buckingham, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (bronze); Steve Dickenson, Quadrant Catering, Peterborough PMC (bronze).

Show platter of poultry: David Galpin, Royal Navy Culinary Team, Plymouth (gold); Audrey Crone, Panel of Chefs of Ireland (silver); Richard Surman, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (bronze).

Show platter of game: Steve Taylor, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (gold and first in class); Richard Potter, US Army (gold); Philip Rosier, Army School of Catering, RLC Aldershot (silver); Colin Jackson, Quadrant Catering, Peterborough PMC (bronze).

Restaurant platter: Ian Matthews, Quadrant Catering, Peterborough PMC (silver and first in class); Alan Neace, US Army (silver); Mark Dunn, Stockport, Cheshire (bronze).

Open team buffet: Army School of Catering - Kevin Tibble, Andrew Jones, David Tilley, John Creasey, Dave Waplington (gold); Royal Naval Food Services School - David Galpin, Graham Wilkinson, Bill Ferguson, Annmarie McEwan, Louise Clarke (silver).

Open team grand prix - cold buffet: Sodexho Culinary Team - Peter Joyner (team manager), David Hunt (team captain), Craig Sandle, Marc Podro, Debbie Kelly-Greaves, Steve Kendall (gold); Combined Services Culinary Arts Team - Gary Hancock (team manager), Billy Barrie, Mark Roberts, Lee Cork, Jimmy Mann, Richey Taylor (silver); Glenrothes College - Scott Lyall (team manager), Pamela Fowlis, David Edwards, George Scott, William Boyter, Tristin Farmer (silver); Craft Guild of Chefs - Nick Vadis (team manager), Vincent Cottam, Christopher Basten, Simon Green, Matt Owens, Bernard Engelhardt (bronze).

Restaurant plates

Restaurant plates, starters: Charles Hammond, Aramark, Andersen's, London (gold); Steve Taylor, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (silver); Gary Richmond, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (silver); John Johnson, Avenance, Bank of England, London (bronze); Matt Silver, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (bronze); David Kelman, Welsh National Culinary Team (bronze); Matthew Martin, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (bronze); David Fegan, RAF 30 Signal Regiment, Gamecock Barracks (bronze).

Restaurant plates, fish course: Paddington Tempo, Jersey Chefs Circle (silver and first in class); Ian Matthews, Quadrant Catering, Peterborough PMC (silver); Eugene Cartwright, Baxter & Platts (bronze).

Restaurant plates, main course: James Lester, Baxter & Platts, BNP Paribas, London (gold); Audrey Crone, Panel of Chefs of Ireland (silver); Clive Jones, Cable & Wireless Learning & Development Centre (silver); Richard Taylor, Aramark, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, London (bronze); Gary Richmond, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (bronze).

Plated five-course gourmet meal: Mark Fitzmaurice, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (gold); David Clements, US Army (silver); Simon James, Eurest Defence Services, RAF Halton, Aylesbury (bronze); Richard Holmes, RAF Benson, Oxfordshire (bronze); Chris Mann, Rowhill Grange Hotel & Spa, Wilmington (bronze); Terry Wright, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (bronze).

Restaurant plates, sweet: Liselott Olgemar, Sodexho, Imagination, London (silver and first in class); Darren Hatcher, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (bronze).

Restricted section

School catering and social services individual dessert: Andrew Deeny, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (gold); Peter Dinner, Scholarest Dunstable (silver); Martin Burke, Defence Forces School of Catering, Dublin (silver).

Junior display classes

Kitchen/larder section

Works in fat: Mark Briffa, Pergola Club hotel, Mellieha, Malta (gold and first in class); Andrew Borg, Pergola Club hotel, Mellieha, Malta (gold); Claire Abson, Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies (gold); Jodie Grove, Halesowen College, West Midlands (silver).

Show platter of meat: Michelle Boundy, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (gold); Marco Romeo, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (silver); Chris Sharpe, Army School of Catering, Aldershot (silver); Joy Beattie, Panel of Chefs of Ireland (bronze); Stephen Conway, Stoke Park Club, Stoke Poges (bronze).

Show platter of fish: Joy Beattie, Panel of Chefs of Ireland (silver); Marion Leddy, Stoke Park Club, Stoke Poges (bronze); Sarah McLaughlin, Panel of Chefs of Ireland (bronze).Restaurant platter: Brian Kavanagh, Panel of Chefs of Ireland (bronze and first in class); Dermott Taggart, Panel of Chefs of Ireland (bronze).

Show platter of salmon: Lee McCabe, Panel of Chefs of Ireland (silver).Show platter of poultry: Joy Beattie, Panel of Chefs of Ireland (gold and first in class); Dermot Taggart, Panel of Chefs of Ireland (gold); Sundip Pauhal, Stoke Park Club, Stoke Poges (silver).

Show platter of game: David Hill, Compass Group UK & Ireland Culinary Team (bronze).Restricted classesPlated four-course meal: Chris Hughes, St Helen's, Merseyside (gold); Joe Dunster, Southampton City College (bronze); Phil Dudley, Bedford College (bronze).Canap‚s: Anthony Summers, Bedford College (silver and first in class); Louis Summers, Bedford College (bronze); Ross Peale, Bedford College (bronze); Robin Bevan, Westminster Kingsway College, London (bronze).

Four restaurant plates, sweet: Sabrina Reddin, Southampton City College (gold); Gary McDowell, Panel of Chefs of Ireland (bronze); Stephanie Cherrill, Bedford College (bronze).

Four restaurant plates, starters: Sarah McLaughlin, Panel of Chefs of Ireland (silver).Pastry sectionWorks in pastillage: Lisa Bougard, Brooklands College, Weybridge (gold); Natalie Anderson, London Marriott hotel (silver); Jonathon Dutton, Walsall College of Art & Technology (silver); Adrian Efford, London Marriott hotel (bronze).Works in marzipan: Angela Marnell, Bedford College (silver); Emma Ball, South Trafford College, Manchester (bronze).Works in chocolate: Dean Foster, Bay Tree, Edgbaston, Birmingham (gold); Karl Bartlett, Army School of Catering, Aldershot (bronze).

Decorated celebration cake - sugar paste/rolled fondant: Li Thanh Phan, Army School of Catering, Aldershot (silver).

Decorated celebration cake - royal icing: Sarah Burns, Poole, Dorset (silver and first in class); Oliver Snell, Neath Port Talbot College (silver); James Rice, Barking College, Romford (bronze).Novelty cake: Laura Corengia, Westminster Kingsway College, London (gold); Amy Petch, Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies (bronze); Michelle Wallis, Bedford College (bronze); Gemma Palmer, Bedford College (bronze); Alata Chujo, Chef Catering Consultants, Kettering (bronze).

Works in cooked sugar: Miss Pocock, Army School of Catering, Aldershot (gold); Rachel Driscoll, Army School of Catering, Aldershot (silver); Stacey McLaughlin, Avenance, Bank of England, London (bronze).

Wedding cake: Matthew Griffiths, Halesowen College, West Midlands (silver); Amber Parish, Kingston-upon-Thames (bronze).

Petits fours: Thomas Adlam, Chewton Glen, New Milton (bronze); Lloyd Marchant, Westminster Kingsway College, London (bronze).Sugar flowers: Christopher Zammit, Hilton Malta (silver); Anna Coldwell, Bedford College (bronze); Gemma Palmer, Bedford College (bronze).

Restaurant plates

Six restaurant plates, starters: Mark Robinson, Aramark, Andersen's, London (gold); Vicki Snellgrove, Rowhill Grange Hotel & Spa (bronze); Andrew Lowther, Stoke Park Club, Stoke Poges (bronze); Justin Neild, Jersey Chefs Circle (bronze); Patrick Dean, Aramark, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, London (bronze).

Six restaurant plates, fish: Nick Chapman, Aramark, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, London (bronze and first in class); Paul Insley, Jersey Chefs Circle (bronze).

Six restaurant plates, main course: Matt Whitby, Baxter & Platts, City Group Centre, London (bronze and first in class); Siobhan Aylward, Panel of Chefs of Ireland (bronze).

Plated five-course gourmet meal: James Brown, Baxter & Platts, BNP Paribas, London (silver and first in class); Paul Insley, Jersey Chefs Circle (bronze); Brian Kavanagh, Panel of Chefs of Ireland (bronze).

Six restaurant plates, sweet: Paul Wingham, Baxter & Platts, City Group Centre, Canary Wharf, London (gold); Claire Meader, Michael Caines Restaurant at the Clarence hotel, Exeter (bronze).