The Gold Service Scholarship
The Gold Service Scholarship was launched in 2012 to inspire and nurture the UK’s up and coming front-of-house talent in food and beverage through mentoring, travel and placement opportunities, creating the leaders of the future.
Applications are now open!
The Trustees of the Gold Service Scholarship have confirmed the launch of the 2025 Competition. Application entries will be open from Monday 2nd September 2024 until close of business on Tuesday 1st October 2024
Masterclass
Videos
To mark its tenth anniversary, the Gold Service Scholarship has released a series of masterclasses to help front-of-house professionals further their food and beverage service knowledge.
Latest News
Record-breaking 2025 Gold Service Scholarship winning finalists revealed
Ten young front of house professionals from across the UK will be competing in the final of the 2025 Gold Service Scholarship – the highest number of winning finalists
Gold Service Scholarship 2025 to host biggest ever semi-final
The Gold Service Scholarship 2025 semi-final is set to be the biggest the competition has ever seen with 50 young front-of-house professionals making the
GSS 2025 Launch
Clare Smyth, Tom Kerridge, Fay Maschler, and TopJaw’s Jesse Burgess will be joined by Marc Socker and Eugenio Pirri speaking
2024 Scholar
Scott Crowe
Scott Crowe, a supervisor at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, was announced as the Gold Service Scholarship’s 2024 Scholar on 5 February at the annual awards ceremony at Claridge’s hotel in London.
Team Gold
The Gold Service Scholarship's Alumni
In 2018, we launched ‘Team Gold’, a growing network of our winning finalists from across the UK.