Welcome to the Applied Ability Awards Website

The 'Triple A' is an independent qualification for professional chefs designed and delivered by industry for industry in order to provide the benchmarks that will define, develop and promote craft skills. Culminating in a one-day practical exam, the process provides a common syllabus and independent appraisal for in-house apprenticeships. This website contains all the information needed to participate and provides support whilst preparing for the exam.

There are no common and consistent training standards that have the confidence of industry, and none at all that are set and maintained by the profession itself - that's the opportunity that the Triple A now provides.
Martyn Nail, Executive Chef, Claridges - AAA Examiner & Mentor

The Triple A is about chefs taking charge in the battle for craft skills and setting the standards for trainees and trainers alike. As employers are dependent on those skills we need to give them our wholehearted support and participate.
Bob Cotton, former Chief Executive, British Hospitality Association

Lee Rogers, City Hall, Cardiff		Huw Morgan, Gwersyll Yr Urdd, Llangrannog
	Pioneer Award Holders
Matthew Lewis, Doug Field and Clare Barrell, all with S A Brain & Co. in Wales, receive their Awards from Retail Director Philip Lay