Participating Colleges
Six catering colleges, six regional finals — the institutions where Generation Chef begins each season.
The colleges behind the competition
Generation Chef relies on the catering colleges who put their training kitchens, their lecturers, and their students into the season every year. Each college runs its own regional final — a full-day event with a working kitchen, industry judges, and Rotary club support.
South Eastern Regional College
SERC operates across multiple campuses in Down and Lisburn, delivering hospitality and culinary arts courses up to professional level.
North West Regional College
NWRC runs catering and professional cookery programmes from Derry, Limavady, and Strabane, with strong links to the local hospitality sector.
Southern Regional College
SRC delivers training across Armagh, Banbridge, Lurgan, Newry, and Portadown, with one of the most active culinary departments in the region.
Northern Regional College
NRC trains professional cooks across Antrim, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, Magherafelt, and Newtownabbey campuses.
Belfast Metropolitan College
Belfast Met is the largest further-education college in Northern Ireland and hosts a major culinary training operation at its Titanic Quarter campus.
South West College
SWC operates across Cookstown, Dungannon, Enniskillen, and Omagh, training the next generation of chefs across the west of the province.
Get in touch.
Generation Chef is open to catering colleges across the island. If your institution would like to take part in a future season, the Rotary district team are the first point of contact.