Gold medal success icing on the cake for Edinburgh College in ScotHot 2025
A group of Edinburgh College students got a taste for award success as they scooped gold, silver, and bronze awards at a national hospitality competition recently.
The Professional Cookery and Hospitality students competed in a wide range of categories to showcase their creative culinary skills, picking up a total of 3 gold, 11 silver, and 11 bronze awards, as well as 14 merits, and a range of food and safety hygiene awards.
SVQ 3 Professional Cookery (Patisserie and Confectionery) student Niall McCann put the icing on the cake by winning gold in the overall Table d'Honours, after also receiving gold in the Decorated Celebration Cake category and being named best in class.
The ScotHot Awards 2025 is one of the biggest competitions in the industry’s calendar which recognises the next generation of rising stars within Scotland’s food, drink, hospitality, and tourism sectors.
Full results below:
Milton Road Campus group
Gold
Niall McCann – Decorated Celebration Cake, best in class, and overall gold in the Table d Honours
Anthony Birrell – Chicken for Sauté and Best Overall Performance in Skills Arena
Silver
Emilia Lewandowska – Student Bread
Anthony Birrell – Risotto Challenge by Riso Gallo UK, and Veg and Fruit Preparation
Archie Morrison – Chicken for Sauté
Jamie McAdam – Chicken for Sauté
Daniel Stanczyk – Chicken for Sauté
Carys Megat Tulk – Chicken for Sauté
Saad Zia – Chicken for Sauté
John Dallas and Murray Rafferty – Scottish Street Food team competition
Bronze
Jenny MacLeod – Petite Fours
Archie Morrison – Fish Preparation and Gallo risotto
David Haggarty – Junior Pasta
Jamie McAdam – Fish Preparation
Jamie Quinn – Chicken for Sauté
Merit
Andrew Birrell – Fish Preparation and Sustainable Fish Dish
Daniel Stanczyk – Fish Preparation
Jamie Quinn – Fish Preparation
Saad Zia – Fish Preparation
Dylan Thomas Macgregor - Fish Preparation
Granton Campus group
Silver
Saffron Hall – Decorated Cupcake
Bronze
Mariia Cheverda – Afternoon Tea
Ethan Hush – Decorated Cupcake
Zsofia Kardos-Bajnai – Student Bread
Agnieszka Nieweglowska – Decorated Celebration Cake
Lucia Sanchez-Almohalla Guarnes – Decorated Celebration Cake and Afternoon Tea
Merit
Callum Young – Sustainable Fish Dish
Annan Hermiston and Robin Shanks – Young Scottish Chefs Ambassador team
Heather Adams – Afternoon Tea
Sophia Beattie – Decorated Cupcakes
Freya Dobson – Decorated Cupcakes
Neve Kitching – Decorated Cupcakes
Elena Stuart – Decorated Cupcakes
