Regional Finalists 2022-23

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Africa, Middle East & South Asia
Simone Pino
United Arab Emirates
I really like the lamb in spring time I use to live in London and I still remember the flavor of rhug estate. I think is a great ...
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Marile Du Plessis, portrait picture
Firepit, signature dish
Marile Du Plessis
South Africa
Coming from the Northern Cape, the braai is often seen as the place for a man. From a young age I was by my father's side, learnin...
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Ellah Maepa
South Africa
The power of flavor in simplicity with my love for fusion. Throughout my journey as a chef, I have never really appreciated my own...
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Asia
Hyojeong Kim
KOREA DEM. REPUBLIC OF
Through the San Pelegrino competition, I would like to make new Korean dish that is interesting and delicious to people in a fun w...
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Jiwoo Lee
KOREA DEM. REPUBLIC OF
I deconstructed Korean traditional dish 'Sinsello'.I tried to improve the limitations of traditional cooking methods by introducin...
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Chudapa Chansaming
Thailand
What I would like to express through this dish is Thai culture, is blended with French because I want to bring Thai food that peop...
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Canada
Samy Benabed
Canada
This dish is an ode to a traditional Québécois meal: the rotisserie chicken. Traditionally, the chicken is served with gravy, a si...
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Harpreet Kahllon
Canada
This dish is my brainchild of what my soul would look like on a plate, the mousse of the Meat Beliram is a connection to my roots ...
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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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Central Europe
Emilia Montz, portrait picture
Russian ballet, signature dish
Emilia Montz
Germany
With my dish I would like to express my passion for dance. Swan Lake is a Russian ballet set to the music of Tchaikovsky. I want t...
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Anton Lebersorger
Germany
This Dish is my Handwriting, it is all the experiences I collected over the years in every kitchen I worked, starting from what my...
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Patrick Landerer, portrait picture
Tyrolean Char two ways, signature dish
Patrick Landerer
Austria
The Char is a fish which lives directly in our alpine lakes in Ladis. So the main ingredient stands for my home town. The char is ...
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France
Louis Festa, portrait picture
Dry aged Sturgeon, dehydrated caviar and "Vallée de l'isle" emulsion
Louis Festa
France
Through this dish I wanted to put at the center of the plate a region which is rich with simple products. Sturgeon is not usually ...
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Klervi Poullain, portrait picture
Monkfish, seaweeds, buckwheat, celeriac, colombo, signature dish
Klervi Poullain
France
My name is Klervi. It's a Celtic name from Brittany, Bretagne region of France from my mother. She gave me the taste of the gastro...
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Alberto Suardi, portrait picture
Wild and roots, signature dish
Alberto Suardi
France
This dish tells my story, expressing my passion for mushrooms with a skewer of mushrooms, laced with their broth and miso. The oth...
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Iberian Countries
Jose Maria Borrás Villarroel, portrait picture
Langosta y cochinillo balear, signature dish
Jose Maria Borrás Villarroel
Spain
On our plate, we unite the gastronomic tradition of Mallorca and Menorca, highlighting local products with a sustainable approach....
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Francesco Sansalone
Spain
500 characters are less than I imagined so I'm retyping everything and trying to be shorter I want to say with this dish that "tut...
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Javiera Paz Araya Carrera, portrait picture
Mountain's courtesy, signature dish
Javiera Paz Araya Carrera
Spain
My dish is inspired by the similarities between the foothills of the Chilean Andes and the north of Spain, especially Navarre. The...
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Italy
Marco Apicella
Italy
The memory of an emotion lives on in this dish. It takes me back in time, to when my mom used to prepare it in our family restaura...
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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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Silvia Mocco
Italy
The recipe I propose represents my path: past, present and future.The eel is the most convivial ingredient of my homeland, cooked ...
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Latin America & Caribbean
Xchel González
Mexico
The chinampas is an efficient and sustainable agricultural system, it is an articulated set of artificial floating islands that we...
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Daniela Espinoza, portrait picture
Costumbres rotas, signature dish
Daniela Espinoza
Argentina
The dish I have thought of is a reversion of the Christmas dish that is always eaten in my house and all over Venezuela, as it rep...
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Enrique Fajardo, portrait picture
Dodua nabsaa, signature dish
Enrique Fajardo
Panama
Panamanian cuisine is a fusion of indigenous, African, Spanish and Asian influences. The Afro-descendant cultures, especially in s...
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Mainland of China
Di Cui
China
The idea of the dish is from my hometown, Xinjiang, which is famous for its tasty lamb. The sheep live in the mountains where the ...
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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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Jin Wang, portrait picture
Jin Wang, signature dish
Jin Wang
China
As a native of Nanjing, I have always held a belief that "no duck can leave Nanjing alive." From a young age, I may have had a cer...
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North Europe
Liliana Haaland
Norway
This dish focuses on solder fish which is one of the largest food sources for many fish species in the ocean. also that is hardly ...
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Jonita Šeščilaitė
Lithuania
Due to the pandemic, everything closed and people with nowhere to go turned to forests and parks. This dish is created upon mixed ...
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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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Pacific
Kogwoussougo Ouedraogo, portrait picture
Harmony of vegetables in texture and its full-bodied vegetable juice, signature dish
Kogwoussougo Ouedraogo
Australia
The story of the dish tells my story with the cuisine. I use a culinary technique from each chef I have worked with, while adding ...
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Vinayak Shah, portrait picture
Hapuka with fenugreek and alliums, signature dish
Vinayak Shah
New Zealand
My dish is based on my culinary journey: I am Indian by birth and I moved to New Zealand when I was 18 and I've been working in Ta...
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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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South-East Europe & Mediterranean
Luis Estrella, portrait picture
Pato, del viejo al nuevo mundo (Duck, from Old to New World), signature dish
Luis Estrella
Malta
Influence of different cuisines from where I learned becoming French and Spanish my biggest influence, without leaving aside the i...
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Vadean Alin, portrait picture
Through the eyes of a fish, signature dish
Vadean Alin
Romania
Today's dish is more than just a meal; it is a plea for sustainability and responsibility. The present we live in is marked by maj...
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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
Marcus Clayton
United Kingdom
This is the dish that I first wrote down 4 years ago when I was planning to do my first ever pop up, which unfortunatelly for one ...
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Sude Hancher, portrait picture
Cauliflower & halibut, signature dish
Sude Hancher
United Kingdom
The chosen fish for this dish is halibut, a firm fish with an oily texture. I have made a special sauce called fish caramel made f...
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Kurtus Auty, portrait picture
Courgette dive, signature dish
Kurtus Auty
United Kingdom
“Bringing the beauty of this world to the plate” is the message I would like to convey with this ‘pop art’ style dish.My most memo...
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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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Vitor Mendes
Through this dish, I'd like to show that brazilian ingredients are unique and amazing just as much as from any other part of the w...
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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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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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Egbert Meseure
Belgium
When I started to create this dish a lot of people told me not to do it because it contains too much work. So this explains my st...
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Antoine Guilmot, portrait picture
100% vegetable ravioli of celery root, signature dish
Antoine Guilmot
Belgium
Through this vegetable dish, the idea is to show that a simple product can become a complex and flavorful dish on its own. You can...
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