Kitchen Team Leader, Molly Higginbottom, wins Stonegate Chef Awards 2025.

We’re thrilled to announce that Molly Higginbottom from The Library, Leeds (part of our Social Pub and Kitchen format) is this year’s Stonegate Group Master Chef champion!

Molly, who joined Stonegate in 2021, wowed the judges with her winning creation ‘The Chutney Catcher – a masala fish burger served with pea pakoras and masala fries’

Molly said "I entered the Stonegate Master Chef competition as an opportunity to challenge myself, showcase my skills, and learn from others across the business and it turned out to be one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had. The event was brilliantly organised and full of creativity, teamwork, and a real sense of camaraderie from start to finish.

Stonegate Group’s annual Master Chef competition gives our colleagues the unique opportunity to get their culinary conception on menus across the country. Molly’s dish will be available on all Social Pub and Kitchen menus in the New Year, so why not pop into a site near you to give it a try?

Did you know? At Stonegate Group, we host a number of competitions throughout the year, including The Chapter Collections MasterChef, Be At One’s Best in Glass and Bartender Challenge. Each of these competitions give our colleague the unique opportunity to have their creations added to our menus across the UK!

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