Regional Finalists 2022-23

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Africa, Middle East & South Asia
Luckson Mare, portrait picture
Duck, sweet potato, matungulu (Natal coastal plum), signature dish
Luckson Mare
South Africa
My food journey began as a child in my mother’s kitchen, as the youngest of five it was always my responsibility to help cook. My ...
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Aengus Moloney
South Africa
Bobotie is a traditional dish that most South Africans know, especially the Afrikaaners. As with anything, everyone has their own ...
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Luis Angel Huamani Huerta
Qatar
just to show everything that I have learned in each country that I have traveled, worked, its food, its culture, its people, so th...
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Asia
Ian Goh
Singapore
This dish began with my love of lamb, and the hope to highlight my Hainanese heritage. Lamb has been a staple of the Hainanese die...
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Variando Wahyu, portrait picture
Go local or go home, signature dish
Variando Wahyu
Indonesia
Nowadays, Bali is facing a massive shift in landscape and lifestyle due to mass tourism. My biggest concern is the future of our c...
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Shintaro Ohiwa
Japan
Through this dish, I want to convey the wonderful ingredients and food culture of Japan. We also thought about garnishing the dis...
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Canada
Mary Louisse Isabelle, portrait picture
Duck Sinigang (tamarind consomme), signature dish
Mary Louisse Isabelle
Canada
This dish is an homage to my personal culinary journey. Being of Chinese Filipino decent, this dish is a culmination of the influe...
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Stefan Armand, portrait picture
Aged Vancouver Island rockfish 4 ways with local corn and beans, signature dish
Stefan Armand
Canada
With this dish, I want my diverse immigrant family background and the fact I do not identify with one food culture, to show what c...
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Kali Fawcett
Canada
This dish is an homage to my mother and the time we spent in Italy together. I wanted to showcase a variety of ingredients and tec...
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Central Europe
Saskia Vorhemus
Germany
Seasonality and regionality play a fundamental role for me when creating my dishes. Going through the world with open eyes, seein...
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Mario Ludwig, portrait picture
A Duck walking through the forest, signature dish
Mario Ludwig
Austria
My dish should represent the northern Waldviertel and the history of my family. The idea for my signature dish was born in my head...
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Stefan Barca
Germany
This dish is entirely inspired by general and global necessity for #change. Where everyone has to give at least a minimum effort t...
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France
Luca Visentin
France
I would like to express a simple message through my dish, the reduction of food waste and pollution. Through my life experiences, ...
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Aurelien Duvacher
France
I would like to present this dish because it is the first dish I have offered in a starred restaurant. It is close to my heart bec...
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Pauline Fleury, portrait picture
Between mussels and lapi, signature dish
Pauline Fleury
France
I would like to express my technique and all the skills I have learnt. I've travelled a lot but I'm still connected to Brittany, m...
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Iberian Countries
Francisco Avalada, portrait picture
Santa Luzia's octupus, signature dish
Francisco Avalada
Portugal
With this signature dish I intend to elevate the octopus to its maximum using all parts of it, without any waste. The place where ...
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Carla Ribe
Spain
This dish combines different flavors, textures and techniques. It's main objetive is to show the combination of duck breast with a...
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Christian Mor, portrait picture
Hake in three services, signature dish
Christian Mor
Spain
With this proposal, what I am trying to do is make the most of a product of such quality as hake. Hake is one of the most consumed...
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Italy
Maria Chiara Brannetti
Italy
I rapresented violence against woman. Living or cohabiting with someone who exhibits aggressive attitudes and feeling without a wa...
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Katherine Rios
Italy
Migration and Integration Arriving in a new place is not always easy and even more so it is not easy to integrate and be accepted...
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Elisa Frutti, portrait picture
(R)evolution, signature dish
Elisa Frutti
Italy
Growing up in the province of Bergamo with my grandmothers, who were born and raised during the war, they always had the philosoph...
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Latin America & Caribbean
Marcelo Saccone, portrait picture
Chivo P.A.C D.O.P, signature dish
Marcelo Saccone
Argentina
Goat is a typical product of my region Mendoza. I have eaten it since my childhood, my grandfather taught me how to cook it on a f...
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Armando Bramwell
Panama
A fufu portrait is the story of the Riquelme’s, my family from my mother’s side. In all our gatherings we’ll come together around ...
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Adrian Gil, portrait picture
Un gran Envuelto, signature dish
Adrian Gil
Colombia
This is an expression of love, honour, affection, subtlety, wisdom, passion and, of course, legacy. The dish reminds me of my chi...
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Mainland of China
Ya Min Liu, portrait picture
Ya Min Liu, signature dish
Ya Min Liu
China
For me, the meat of the turbot fish is tender and not fishy, and it often appears on every household's dining table. The common co...
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Lili Zhong
China
I advocate, “to make full use of all things and sustainable ingredients." I selected the specialty ingredient "Yanchi Tan Sheep...
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Huan Qin, portrait picture
Huan Qin, signature dish
Huan Qin
China
The dish presented by Alchemist restaurant, calling for a reduction in ocean plastic, has inspired me and made me realize that oce...
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North Europe
Augustinas Bimbiris
Lithuania
Less waste – more taste. My dish is based on an idea that I want to throw away less. Everything is utilized to its’ maximum: even ...
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Thilda Martensson, portrait picture
A tribute to the sea, signature dish
Thilda Martensson
Sweden
Fish and seafood is close to my heart and this is why I chose this as main components. Blue shelled mussels filter our waters and ...
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Daniel Markovits
Estonia
Chicken and buckwheat is one of the cheapest healthy meal options that is very common to cook among people in Estonia. However, th...
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Pacific
Tatsuya Fujii
Australia
My yakitori is a unique take on the classic Japanese dish, combining traditional flavours with Italian and Australian elements and...
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James Soltau, portrait picture
Grandfather's farm, signature dish
James Soltau
Australia
Through this dish, I aim to express the elegance and complexity of Australian gourmet cuisine. The combination of duck, plums, and...
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Alexis Belmas
Australia
Through this dish, I wanted to link my 2 countries of affection which are France, my country of origin, and Australia, the country...
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South-East Europe & Mediterranean
Fanni Varga, portrait picture
Duck mosaic with hungarian twist, signature dish
Fanni Varga
Hungary
It has always been impotant to me that we use every part of our ingredients to fight against food waste, that is why is use whole ...
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Cezary Boraczynski, portrait picture
Masurian Antonius delight, signature dish
Cezary Boraczynski
Poland
My dish is a tribute to the culinary traditions of eastern Poland. I sourced the sturgeon and caviar from the renowned Antonius br...
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Rotem Dolev, portrait picture
Blue crab variations, signature dish
Rotem Dolev
Israel
The dish is an ode to my hometown Acre, a mixed city of Jews & Arabs, located by the Sea. I Combine haute cooking techniques a...
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Uk
Aaron Blais
United Kingdom
This dish is all about a recreation of a happy memory growing up and getting a nostalgic feeling. Cooking and food to me is all ab...
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Yogesh Yadav
United Kingdom
I want to focus on traditional Rajasthani hunter-style cooking by showcasing grains, vegetables of the region. It reflects the tim...
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Ben Miller, portrait picture
Ode to Sam Yee, signature dish
Ben Miller
United Kingdom
Through a desire to seek out and understand culture outside of my own, I have been able discover so much about myself and the food...
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USA
Akshay Vijaya Kumar, portrait picture
View of the horizon, signature dish
Akshay Vijaya Kumar
United States
This dish pays homage to the fishermen and farmers of my hometown, Kerala. Full use of the ingredients grown, farmed, and fished i...
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Jack Stewart
My intention was to use every piece of an often-overlooked ingredient, prepare it in a variety of ways, and build depth with ferme...
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Jaime Leal, portrait picture
Plebe Bi-chi, signature dish
Jaime Leal
United States
My childhood was based on different gastronomic backgrounds about sharing with family and friends around food, they know me as a s...
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West Europe
Michael Angelo Van Liere
Belgium
I want to illustrate with my dish that we can present a beautiful and flavorful plate with just a few main ingredients. With those...
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Gianmarco Pallotta
Switzerland
With this first course I wanted to create a link between land and sea, revisiting a typical preparation of my country, the porchet...
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Lorenzo di Miceli
Belgium
Each ingredient of the earth and each part of an animal must be respected and valued, and this is only possible by putting a lot o...
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