Willie Pike specialises in Sugar Craft and Desserts as well as high quality local recipes. Willie has cooked for many distinguished guests and dignitaries, including the Royal Family.

Willie began his culinary career from very humble beginnings working in a hospital Kitchen, inspired by my his mothers cooking and a great interest in cooking.

He went to Glasgow College of Food and Technology where with the help and encouragement of people like Peter Cushley and Malcolm Fraser I got a good grounding in all aspects of the kitchen and a unique insight into confectionery and sugar craft.

Willie has probably won most culinary accolades in his career including the Coveted Red Jacket from the Craft Guild of Chefs as the best competition chef in Britain. He was awarded a Fellowship of The Master Chefs of Great Britain and last year was awarded the C.I.S  Scotland’s Chef of the Year for his outstanding Contribution. He would describe his biggest award as being privileged to continue to lead, teach and develop the young chefs of the future.

Willie is extremely well known in the World of Culinary Competition.
He has successfully trained youngsters for both the Skills Olympics and the  Culinary World Cup.

In 1992 Willie helped mentor the Scottish Junior Culinary Team who were crowned World Junior Champions against all the Major Teams in the World in Luxembourg 1992.

Achievments

In terms of his credentials, Willie has won over 60 individual medals at the very highest level including:
Representing Scotland
♦ Gold medal and Nayata Trophy as overall winners Hot Kitchen (100
covers) competing against the world’s top international team at Food
Asia 1994
♦ Gold medal in Hot Kitchen section (110 covers) at World Culinary
Olympics in Berlin 1996 (only six gold medals awarded in this category)
♦ Gold medal and highest marked Cold Buffet in the Culinary World Cup
in Luxembourg in 1998
Representing Great Britain
♦ Gold medal winners of the Golden Platter at the World Banqueting
Championships in Toronto, Canada in 1998
Representing Sodexho/Scottish Culinary Team
♦ Gold medals awarded in all five La Parade de Chefs competitions
entered in the UK and well as plates for either Best on Day or Overall
Winners
♦ Hotel and Caterer Great British Recipe Competition 1997

While Working for Gardner Merchant /Sodexho Willie formed a Company Chefs Team (as a vehicle to motivate and excite, train and further develop the skills of the chefs) this was well received by the Chief Executive who seen the venture as a great initiative to raise the companies profile in the wider marketplace. Under Willie's Leadership the team were crowned British Culinary Champions. A title they defended for the following 5 years against top National and International Teams and won a total of 118 Gold and 6 silver medals.