We need your help to decide who will be crowned Champion of Champions at this year’s Eat Game Awards, sponsored by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), which takes place next month.
This title recognises excellence and the difference each finalist has made in promoting game to a wider audience.
Previous winners include chef Rachel Green (pictured above), Joe Mann of Queen’s College, Taunton, and Billy Wyatt, founder of Giving up the Game.
Four finalists are now in the running. Each uses their platform to champion game in their own way. But who gets your vote?
Cai Ap Bryn is an experienced hunter, fisherman and chef and has hunted and cooked all over Europe, drawing on that experience to establish his wood-fired catering company, Game and Flames.
Game and Flames has a great supply of wild food and game, its own facility to process all game they harvest themselves, as well as a butchery and larder which enables them to provide the full field-to-fork philosophy when it comes to venison.
Cai was named Best Game Influencer at the 2024 and 2025 Eat Game Awards.
Hugo Campbell Hill – The Game Glutton
As an avid countryman and former game farmer, Hugo set up The Game Glutton to educate and promote the use of wild meat, making it easily accessible and exciting for everyone, especially to those who might not have tried it before.
From in-depth butchery demos to pheasant Big Macs, his content combines practical advice with bold recipes.
The business also provides tailor-made elevenses packs for shoots, private dining and event catering exclusively using game meat.
Ross Horrocks – The Caddy Mann
Ross Horrocks has been a familiar face at the Caddy Mann in Jedburgh for more than 20 years, first as chef and now as chef and co-owner at the restaurant in the Scottish borders.
Ross is inventive with his game cooking to showcase the very best of Scotland’s natural larder.
He is a regular at the Eat Game awards, winning both the Best Restaurant and Best Chef categories in the past. His cooking highlights Scotland’s natural larder, with game at its heart.
Mark Kempson is no stranger to the Eat Game Awards after being crowned Game Chef of the Year for the past two years running.
He is the head chef of Kitchen W8 in Kensington, where he has held a Michelin star since 2011. Mark is constantly inspired to create dishes that reflect his love for both the British countryside and classic French techniques. He makes seasonal cooking the cornerstone of his approach.
Voting closes at midnight on 28 February and the winner will be announced at the 2026 Eat Game Awards on 19 March.
We also have a limited number of tickets available to join us at the event, at Soane hall, Marylebone, priced at £250.
If you would like to be there, please contact Sandra Forkin on 01244 573034 or via email Sandra.Forkin@basc.org.uk to buy your tickets.
