Damian Wawrzyniak is a Polish chef who is best known for his promotion of Polish babka cake. Chef Damian is also the only Polish chef awarded with the Knights Cross honours by the President of Poland. He was named as UK Top 10 Food Pioneer by BBC Good Food.

Lawson is an English food writer and cooking show host. She began her work in the industry as a book reviewer and restaurant critic. She has also written cookbooks ‘How to Eat’, ‘How to be a Domestic Goddess’ and ‘Nigella Bites’.  She has hosted TV shows including ‘Nigella Bites’, ‘Nigella Feasts’, ‘Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen’ and ‘Nigella Express’. 

Jp McMahon is a chef, restaurateur and author. He is culinary director of the EatGalway Restaurant Group and runs the Aniar Boutique Cookery School. The founding chair and director of the Galway Food Festival, Jp is an officially appointed Ambassador of Irish Food as well as receiving the only Michelin Star in the west of Ireland. He organises an annual international chef symposium entitled 'Food on the Edge' in Galway and writes a weekly column for the Irish Times.

Gordon Ramsay is a British chef, restaurateur, writer, and television personality. His restaurants have been awarded 16 Michelin stars in total and currently hold a total of seven. His signature restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London, has held three Michelin stars since 2001.

Ramsay is known for presenting TV programmes about competitive cookery and food, such as the British series ‘Hell's Kitchen’, ‘The F Word’, and ‘Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares’. Ramsay has released a number of books, many of which have become bestsellers around the world, including his autobiography, ‘Roasting in Hell's Kitchen’. In 2006, in recognition of all that Ramsay has contributed to the industry, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.

Zack Gallagher is a chef, food writer and the founder of Irish Food Tours. As well as a 
Blas na hEireann Irish Food Awards judge, Gallagher is one of Failte Ireland's Food Ambassadors and is committed to the development, promotion and marketing of an all-Ireland Food Tourism network.