Bruces Culinary Awards & Achievements
Personal Awards
1977 Silver Catch Fish Cookery Awarded 1st Place
1979 Scot-Hot Open Cookery Competion
Gold Medal Cold Fish Dish
Bronze Medal Works in Fat
1981 Scot-Hot Open Cookery Competion
Gold Medal Gourmet Entrée Dish
1982 Semi Finalist British Chef of the Year
1984 Finalist British Chef of the Year
1986 3rd Place British Chef of the Year
1988 Finalist British Chef of the Year
1989 Winner Scottish Chef of the Year
1990 3rd Place British Chef of the Year
Winner of the Scottish lamb Competition
Winner of the Egon Ronay British Lamb Chef Competition
Food Asia Singapore
Bronze Medal for Individual Poultry Dish
Silver Medal for the Team Buffet
1991 St Andrews Food Festival
Gold Medal for Works in Fat
Scot Hot Open Cookery Competition
Gold Medal Works in Fat
1992 Hotelympia London
Merit Award Works in Fat
St Andrews Food Festival
Silver Medal Works in Fat
Silver Medal Premiere Hotel and Restaurant Team Buffet
Telford College Salon
Gold Medal Table D’Honour for Works in Fat
Culinary Olympics Frankfurt
Bronze Medal for Team Buffet Scottish Regional Team
1994 Hotelympia
La Parade of Chefs
Gold Medal and Overall Winners
Food Asia Singapore
Team Captain
Gold Medal Hot Kitchen
Silver Medal Team Buffet
Winners of the Nayata Trophy for the Most Outstanding National Hot Kitchen Team
1996 Hotelympia London
Gold Medal for the Parade of Chefs Gold Medal for the Open Team Buffet
Culinary Olympics Berlin
3 Bronze Medals for the National Team Buffet
Gold Medal for the National Hot Kitchen
1997 Heart of England Salon Birmingham
Gold Medal and Overall Winners of the Parade of Chefs for both Hot and Cold
World Culinary Grand Prix Glasgow
Category A Bronze Medal
Category B Silver Medal
Category C Silver Medal
Gold Medal for the Hot Kitchen
3rd Place Overall behind Canada
Winner of the Kikkomans Master Chef
10 Day Trip to Japan
British Meat Chef of the Year
Best British Lamb Dish
1998 World Culinary Cup Expogast 98 Luxembourg
Gold Medal and Best National Team Buffet
Gold Medal National Hot Kitchen
Overall 5th Position in the World
1999 Coupe Mondial Basel Switzerland
Silver Medal National Hot Team Kitchen
Gold Medal National Team Buffet Silver Medal Overall
7th in the World
2000 Culinary Olympics Erfurt
Winner of the National Chef of the Year Title
Gold Medal and 2 Silvers for the National Team Buffet
Silver Medal Nation Hot Kitchen
8th Overall in the World
2001 Chef Ireland Dublin
Gold and Overall Winners National Hot Kitchen
World Culinary Grand Prix Glasgow
Cold Buffet National Teams
Category A Gold Medal
Category B Gold Medal
Category C Gold Medal Overall 3rd Place
Gold Medal Hot Kitchen Team
Overall 2nd Place
2nd Overall behind Canada
2002 World Culinary Cup Expogast Luxembourg
Gold Medal National Team Buffet
Silver Medal National Hot Kitchen Team
5th Place in the World
Personal Highlights
1987 Inclusion into People of Today Book
1995 Contribution to Book “ Flavour of Scotland”
1995 Awarded Craft Guild of Chefs Competition Award for Best Competition Chef
1996 T.V. Appearance as Guest Judge on Master Chef
Judge at the Final of the British Chef of the Year
Consultant Chef for Compass Services
1997 Awarded Craft Guild of Chefs Competition Award for Best Competition Chef
T.V. Appearance on Carlton Food
