
Cat McGibbon
Scottish chef, 2025 HIT Scotland Scholarship winner, and champion of ITV's The Heat culinary competition
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Jul 7, 2026
Chef Kat McGibbon on Finding Confidence Under Pressure
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Cat McGibbonGUEST
So when I, um, I was in college, and I was looking for a part-time commis chef position at the time, and it was really hard for me as a commis to get a job.

Cat McGibbonGUEST
Because everybody, every restaurant or every place looks for a commis with experience, and I was a commis with no experience, and they weren't willing to give me experience to get experience.

Cat McGibbonGUEST
And I found it completely mind-blowing, because I'm so passionate and willing and I, I said I, I would be like a sponge.

Cat McGibbonGUEST
You know, I would absorb every information that you give me, and I will do the best ability of it as I can and be curious and ask questions and make mistakes, but learn from them.

Cat McGibbonGUEST
But it was really hard to secure a position that would allow that for me, and I fell really luckily into Virgin's hands, and they...
19 MINS LATER

Kirk BachmannHOST
Is, are you at liberty to share the toughest moment in the competition when you kind of maybe thought, "Wow, I don't know that I can get there"?