Nestlé Professional Toque d'Or® 2025 Terms and Conditions

These Terms and Conditions prevail in the event of any conflict or inconsistency with any other communications, including advertising or promotional materials. Entry and claim instructions are deemed to form part of the Terms and Conditions and by entering this promotion all participants will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Participants should retain a copy for their information.

The Promoter takes data protection seriously. By entering in this promotion, participants confirm that they have read the Privacy Policy and agree to these Terms and Conditions of the promotion. By submitting any information required as part of their participation into the campaign, participants agree to their information being held and processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018.

Eligibility

1. The competition is open to Back and Front of House students from levels 2, 3 and 4 (or equivalent levels 5, 6 and 7 in Scotland). Students of all ages can submit an entry, but only students who are aged between 18 and 25 as of 10th March 2025 will be able to progress to the National Heats.

2. The competition is made up of six (6) phases as outlined below. Registered students will be notified of any changes to the competition phases at the earliest possible convenience.

Phase 1: LECTURER REGISTRATION - Timing: Deadline for initial Registration is 23:59 on 17.01.25.

• To take part in the competition, participants must be a Back-of-house or Front-of-house student, *Level 2 or 3 or 4 who are between 18 and 25 years old

• *Levels 2, 3 or 4, or equivalent national, e.g.: Levels 5, 6 and 7 in Scotland

• Lecturers can register students out of the age bracket, as these students can submit an entry. We encourage to do so as we would like as many students as possible taking part on the first stage. However, these students will not be eligible to go to the Heats.

• Lecturers are reminded that all completed registration forms including their students’ names MUST be submitted by no later than 23:59 on 17.01.25. Please note that there will be no entry deadline extension.

N.B. Apprenticeship students will not be accepted to progress to the National Heats.

Please fill in the registration form here: LINK

Phase 2: STUDENT ENTRY Task - Students must submit their entry by 23:59 on 14.02.25

Location: At the student’s college.

Nestlé will send out MAGGI® Coconut Milk Powder, Rich & Rustic Tomato sauce, Bechamel sauce and a 90g tin of NESCAFÉ Azera coffee to student colleges between 20th -24th January 2025.

The entry task should take place at the colleges under the supervision of the students' lecturers between 24th January to 14th February 2025.

Please see the full detail of the entry task: LINK

The Promoter reserves the right to alter/amend all, or any, of the above dates if deemed necessary but will always endeavour to minimise the effect to participants to avoid undue inconvenience or disappointment.

The college is responsible for sourcing all other ingredients; however, colleges will be given a budget of £5.00 per student taking part in this stage for the purchase of ingredients.

Lecturers must ensure that their students submit their entries, so Toque d’Or can refund £5.00 per student entry.

Following the closure of entries, our events agency YES (Your Events Solution) will reach out to all college lecturers to confirm the submission of entries by their students, in order to process the refund per student entry.

Students need to submit their entry by 14.02.25.

All Heats finalists will be notified by social media and email by 27.02.25. There will be 48 students shortlisted to attend to attend the National Heats - 24 Back of House and 24 Front of House.

Phase 3 – HEATS – Timing: 10.03.25 to 13.03.25

Location: The Grand York Cookery School

The Heats will take place over four (4) days at The Grand Cookery School in York. Competitors will be advised which days and timings they will need to attend. All reasonable expenses incurred to attend on the allotted day/time will be covered by Toque d’Or. Competitors will be required to bring their own knives.

After this phase, 12 competitors will go forward to take part in the Grand Finals.

Finalists will include six (6) Back of House students and six (6) Front of House students.

All finalists will be notified by social media and email by 21.03.25.

The Promoter’s agent and organisers of Toque d’Or 2024 (YES – Your Event Solutions) will be in direct contact with all successful competitors (24 Back of House entrants and 24 Front of House entrants) by 21.03.25 to confirm arrangements for taking part in the Heats. Competitors will be informed at this stage which day they will compete, agree uniform requirements, and discuss any other relevant challenge information. Travel to and from York accommodation, and meals, will be organised for competitors.

Phase 4 – GRAND FINALS - Timing: 11.05.25 to 15.05.25.

Location: To be confirmed

Taking part in Toque d’Or 2024 Grand Finals will give an opportunity for competitors to meet fellow competitors, learn new skills, take part in educational/fun challenges, network with industry peers and have direct feedback from the expert panel of judges.

All reasonable expenses incurred to attend the Grand Finals will be covered by Toque d’Or. Toque d’Or’s third-party agency will contact each finalist to make the necessary travel arrangements and agree what cost elements will be covered.

Phase 5 – AWARDS - Timing: Friday, 06.06.25.

Location: Venue To be confirmed

All 12 finalists, plus their lecturers will be invited to attend the awards ceremony planned to take place on 06.06.25 in London. The two (2) Toque d’Or 2025 winners, one (1) Back of House student and one (1) Front of House student, will be announced at the awards.

Phase 6 – Winner’s Trip to Italy

The overall winners of the competition will receive an incredible 1-week trip to Italy. The trip will take them to various locations in Italy, where they will experience the country's renowned gastronomy and culinary traditions. The winners will have the opportunity to explore Italian cuisine, taste regional specialties, and immerse themselves in the culinary culture of Italy. The trip will commence on the first week of July 2025. The Promoter reserves the right to amend the travel dates in the event of circumstances outside its control but will use all reasonable endeavours to minimise the effect to participants and to avoid undue disruption or disappointment.

Students need to make sure they are available first week of July for the winner's trip. Should the original winner(s) be unavailable for any reason whatsoever, the prize entitlement will be withdrawn and the trip awarded to the best runner(s) up. All necessary visas and a valid passport will be required.

Toque d’Or will cover the cost of any necessary visas, however, it will be the sole responsibility of the attending students to ensure that they have a current, valid passport with the necessary validity time for the duration of the trip.

PRIZES TO COLLEGES

Savoy Educational Trust is generously funding prizes for all participating colleges in the Heats, Finals, and Winning stages of our competition. These prizes will be redeemable via Russums, where the colleges have the chance to select top-quality catering equipment to enhance their culinary programs and provide an even better learning experience for their students.

They will be rewarded in the following way:

• Colleges with students making it to the National Heats - £150 per student, totalling £7,200 awarded to all colleges involved.

• Colleges with students making it to the Grand Finals- £1,000 per student, totalling £12,000 awarded to all participating colleges.

• Colleges with students who have won the competition - Two winning colleges, one for back-of-house and one for front-of-house will each receive an additional £1,000.

In total, the prize fund amounts to £21,200, demonstrating the Savoy Educational Trust’s commitment to nurturing and supporting culinary talent at every stage of the competition. The Savoy Educational Trust is dedicated to supporting education, training, and skills development in the hospitality sector.

Important Note: The grant is awarded to the college, not directly to students or lecturers. Colleges must redeem their prizes with Russums for equipment.

Heats: For the National Heats, where 48 students (24 Back of House and 24 Front of House) will be shortlisted, each college can have a maximum of 4 students per strand (BOH or FOH), allowing up to 48 colleges to join the Heats.

Grand Finals: For the Grand Finals, where 12 students (6 Back of House and 6 Front of House) will be shortlisted, each college can have a maximum of 2 students per strand (BOH or FOH), allowing for up to 12 colleges to join this stage of the competition.

FOR STUDENTS AGED UNDER 18 OR OVER 25, WHO CANNOT PROGRESS TO THE HEATS

Toque d’Or will award £600 worth of prizes to students who cannot progress to the Heats stage due to age restrictions, and who have submitted their entries by 14.02.25. The judging panel will select the three (3) best Back of House and three (3) best Front of House student entries (their photos and description of the photos), and award each of them a £100 voucher prize to be redeemed at Russums and must be claimed within 12 months of issue.

Toque d’Or will also award £200 worth of prizes to the lecturers who enter the highest number of Back of House and Front of House students who are under 18. Each lecturer to receive £100 voucher to be redeemed at Russums.

These prizes will be awarded as follows on, or after, 14.02.25 after the shortlists for the Heats have been finalised and announced.

Russums vouchers cannot be exchanged for cash or any other alternative and are subject to Russums own Terms of Use which can be found at www.russums-shop.co.uk

Vouchers will be valid for 12 months from the date of issue. It is the recipient’s responsibility to check the voucher expiry date, as Russums will not accept out of date vouchers. In the event of vouchers not being used by the expiry date, no cash or other alternative will be available.

By taking part in the promotion, the winners agree that the Promoter may contact them to ask whether they want to participate in marketing activities relating to the promotion. Such publicity may include, without limitation, the entrants’ name and/or if consent given, image or statements made by entrants concerning the promotion and/or prize obtained as part of the promotion. The winner(s) are not obliged to agree to any request.

By providing an entry, each participant grants the Promoter and its agents the right to publish, use, reproduce, distribute, make available, edit and/or modify the entry including recipes, in any way, in whole or in part, in commerce and in any and all media worldwide now known or hereinafter developed, in perpetuity and without consideration or notice to the participant. Providing any entry further constitutes the participant’s transfer to the Promoter of any and all rights, title, and interest in and to the entry and the entrant’s likeness, including, without limitation, all intellectual property rights.

DATA PROTECTION/PRIVACY POLICY

Subject to Nestlé’s Privacy Policy, the surnames and colleges/venues of verified winners will be available upon request by sending an email to: toque.dor@uk.nestle.com. with the subject line ‘WINNERS LIST: ‘Nestlé Professional Toque d’Or® 2025’ for a period of three (3) months following the end of the promotion. If any winner objects to their information being published, then they can contact us by emailing UKI.Dataprotection@uk.nestle.com with the subject line: ‘Nestlé Professional Toque d’Or® 2025 Promotion’.

Data Protection: The Promoter will only use the personal details supplied for the administration of the promotion and the auditing of the entries where necessary and for no other purpose, unless we have your consent/you have opted-in to receive future marketing communications. The surnames and colleges of verified winners will be made available as set out in Clause above and winners can object to this by emailing UKI.Dataprotection@uk.nestle.com . Otherwise, your personal details will at all times be kept confidential and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 as applicable. Click here for the Promoter’s Privacy Policy. You can request access to your personal data, have any inaccuracies rectified or request deletion of personal data by sending an email to UKI.Dataprotection@uk.nestle.com . By participating in the promotion, you agree to the use of your personal data as described here. Personal details entered on the Nestlé website will not be shared with any other third party. For the purpose of this promotion, requests to delete personal data can only be actioned after the promotion has concluded and the winner(s) accepted their prize. Any data obtained via this promotion will be deleted after three (3) months of the promotional end date with the exception of the winner(s) and reserve(s) whose data will be deleted after fulfilment of the prize(s).

GENERAL

Limitations of liability: Neither the Promoter, its agents, or anyone professionally connected to the Promotion, assume any responsibility or liability for:

• Any for any faulty or failed electronic data transmissions.

• Communications line failure, regardless of cause, with regards to any equipment, systems, networks, lines, satellites, servers, computers, or providers utilised in any aspect of this Promotion.

• Inaccessibility or unavailability of the internet or the website or any combination thereof.

Incomplete, illegible, misdirected or entries received outside any promotional period will not be accepted. Proof of sending will not be accepted as proof of delivery. The Promoter takes no responsibility for entries delayed, incomplete or lost due to technical reasons or otherwise.

If, for any reason, any aspect of this promotion is not capable of running as planned, including by reason of infection by computer virus, network failure, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other cause beyond the control of the Promoter which corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this promotion, the Promoter may in its sole discretion modify or suspend the promotion or invalidate any affected entries.

If an act, omission, event, or circumstance occurs which is beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter and which prevents the Promoter from complying with these Terms and Conditions the Promoter will not be liable for any failure to perform or delay in performing its obligation but will always endeavour to minimise the effect to participants in order to avoid undue disappointment. If any of these clauses should be determined to be illegal, invalid, or otherwise unenforceable then it shall be severed and deleted from these Terms and Conditions and the remaining clauses shall survive and remain in full force and effect.

The Promotion and these Terms and Conditions will be governed by the laws of England and Wales and any disputes as to the meaning of these Terms and Conditions will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the participants’ local courts.

In the event of circumstances outside the Promoter’s reasonable control and only where circumstances make this unavoidable, the Promoter and those partnered with the competition reserve the right to cancel or amend the competition, or these Terms and Conditions, at any stage but will endeavour to minimize the effect to entrants in order to avoid undue disappointment.

Promoter: Nestlé Professional UK, Nestlé UK Ltd, Nestlé House, Haxby Road, York YO31 8TA