Regional Finalists 2022-23

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Africa, Middle East & South Asia
Jason Jonker, portrait picture
Heritage and humility, signature dish
Jason Jonker
South Africa
Our Saturday dinners always included a braai. These meals, my happiest moments, were filled with love, laughter and of course good...
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Ahmed Alwani
Eeyptian freekeh tagine with braised beef short rib
Ahmed Alwani
Egypt
My journey as a chef began around the Egyptian family table, where food brought people together and traditions were passed from on...
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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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Asia
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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Patnarin Posiri
Refined Southern Thai Cuisine
Patnarin Posiri
Thailand
I would like to express familiar flavors through this dish — flavors I used to enjoy during my childhood. As time passed, I could ...
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William Yee, portrait picture
Childhood flavous of "da pai dang (malaysian food street)", signature dish
William Yee
Singapore
Growing up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, my food education began with family trips to the nearby Da Pai Dang @Taman Midah where we bo...
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Canada
Victoria Rinsma, portrait picture
Across the sea and home again, signature dish
Victoria Rinsma
This is the purest form of expression of my journey. This dish will take you through the beginning of my career all the way to the...
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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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Tengis Battur
"Steppe" in the Spring
Tengis Battur
Canada
As Mongolian chef working in fine dining in Canada, carrying the values of my nomadic heritage into every kitchen I enter. Like a ...
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Central Europe
Jacob Zuge
Veal Fillet and Bavarian Cabbage, signature dish
Jakob Züge
Germany
With this dish, I present my homeland on a plate and showcase my Bavarian/Franconian roots with typical components from pub cuisin...
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Jackie Johannsen, portrait picture
Nordic by nature, signature dish
Jackie Johannsen
Germany
This dish represents me: german born i lived in Irleand for 10 years. North Sea Cod: Pan-seared to perfection, symbolizing my chil...
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Saskia Vorhemus, portrait picture
Pig in the wild, signature dish
Saskia Vorhemus
Germany
Seasonality and regionality play a fundamental role for me when creating my dishes. I want to know where my products come from and...
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France
Tom Blandeau
The Pigeon, from A to Z
Tom Blandeau
France
I chose to use the whole squab. The main plate features the breast and its garnish, followed by a finger-food course served with a...
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William Ezzedine
France
I would like to pay tribute to all the places I have lived, thanks to my family coming from many backgrounds. I chose a fish that ...
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Simone D'Alonzo, portrait picture
Quanto sei bella Roma, signature dish
Simone D'Alonzo
France
‘Quanto sei bella Roma’ is a tribute to my hometown, Rome. The title comes from a famous song about this city that for me is the m...
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Iberian Countries
Cristina Gómez Manarel, portrait picture
Grenade-Italian lamb, signature dish
Cristina Gómez Manarel
Spain
The dish represents my whole essence as a cook and as a person. It evokes my Italian-Granadian roots. It is a journey through the ...
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Christian Riccely De Oliveira Evangelista
Bicolor pasta with seafood texture
Christian Riccely De Oliveira Evangelista
Portugal
I see the future of cuisine as a dialogue between cultures, tradition, and conscious choices. This dish reflects that vision: two-...
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Diego Fernandino
The Sailor's Return
Diego Fernandino
Spain
I am a chef who returned to his origins, and the one I want to become proves that flavor, wellbeing and respect for the sea are a ...
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Italy
Alessio Magistro, portrait picture
Ossi di seppia
Alessio Magistro
Italy
My "Ossi di seppia" draws inspiration from Montale's work, where bones, wandering among the waves and seemingly worthless, symboli...
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Josefina Zojza, portrait picture
Trota Puccini, signature dish
Josefina Zojza
Italy
The concept of territory is an important thing when I think about creating a dish. I owe a lot to Tuscany, so I chose the Casentin...
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Michele Antonelli
Italy
This dish revolves around the use of the main part of the ingredients and those of “ scrap “ , nothing is thrown away, rather at t...
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Latin America & Caribbean
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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Tabatha Bertoni
Brazil
This dish represents the diversity from Brazil, using ingredients that match each other and create a comfort space, just like a fo...
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Allan Flores Navarro
Inheritance
Allan Flores Navarro
Costa Rica
This dish is rooted in a dual heritage: bananas, a key ingredient in Costa Rica’s history, and my mother’s cooking. I still rememb...
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Mainland of China
Yunze Zheng
China
The inspiration for this dish came from my hometown: Ningbo, Zhejiang. There is a dish in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province called Stir-Fr...
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Wei Jie Yao, portrait picture
Wei Jie Yao, signature dish
Wei Jie Yao
China
This dish represents my fond memories and deep affection for the Jiangnan region.The fresh bamboo shoots on the mountains in sprin...
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Dewei Li
Back to Cooking
Dewei Li
China
Through this dish, I want to bring the focus back to cooking itself. We live in a time where everything becomes an image very quic...
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North Europe
Niko Tähti
Finland
I'm from Lapland, where reindeer is a big part of the culture. With my signature dish, I want to show how diverse and wonderful me...
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Lauma Jurkjane
Ireland
This dish is inspired by our workplaces garden. Our own grown vegetables and salads combined with chefs knowledge creates Synergy....
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Victor Guitton, portrait picture
Walk in the ocean, signature dish
Victor Guitton
Netherlands
Coming from an island, I strived to do products from there, representing the producers I grew up with. This dish combines products...
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Pacific
KyongHo Choi, portrait picture
Bacon and cabbage or pork and kimchi, signature dish
KyongHo Choi
Australia
As an immigrant, moving from South Korea to growing up in Ireland, one of the challenges was the cuisine. I went from having rice ...
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Jamie Musgrave
West Australian shellfish, a trip home
Jamie Musgrave
Australia
Australia’s landscape carries one of the world’s oldest and richest histories of ingredients, place, and people. Drawing from this...
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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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South-East Europe & Mediterranean
David Halilović
The Textures of Land and Sea
David Halilović
Croatia
This dish challenges the idea that the most important ingredient is always the most expensive or prestigious one. While turbot pro...
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Ivan Tartaro
Croatia
Working in Mano2, the initiative behind micro seasonality, zero waste and preserving food and flavor through various fermentation ...
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Ákos Illés
Memories of a Sunday Lunch
Ákos Illés
Hungary
Where I come from, self-sufficiency was a lifestyle. This dish bridges that peasant heritage with modern gastronomy, showcasing a ...
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Uk
Audrey Park, portrait picture
Cornish monk fish wrapped in hispi cabbage and bracken, signature dish
Audrey Park
United Kingdom
As a Korean chef in London, this dish reflects my identity. In this diverse city, culinary boundaries dissolve, blending local UK ...
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Sam Heaven, portrait picture
Marbled venison, morels, blended bread and a reindeer moss sweetbread, signature dish
Sam Heaven
United Kingdom
I designed this dish as a homage to my wife and the restaurant we dream of opening which will fuse our two cultures together, NZ a...
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Wayne Munn, portrait picture
Rabbit and lobster, signature dish
Joshua Wilde
United Kingdom
I want to showcase everything I have learnt as a chef so far. I think doing a classical dish like this is unique and modern. It re...
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USA
Garrett Brower, portrait picture
Quail stuffed with Chesapeake oysters, signature dish
Garrett Brower
United States
By celebrating the products and cuisine of the Chesapeake Bay I hope to generate interest in its preservation. Oysters in particul...
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Juwon Lee
Curry and Quail with ingredients My Mother said were healthy
Juwon Lee
United States
I think that cooking in our future will be simpler in a way. I think the best food is created with us allowing our ingredients to ...
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Marcus Osorio
Tamal de Pollo
Marcus Osorio
United States
Since I began cooking, I have been troubled by the lack of representation of Indigenous and Latin cuisines in elevated food expres...
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West Europe
Jesús Alberto Romero Campos
Migration: The taste of coming home
Jesús Alberto Romero Campos
Luxemburg
I am a chef inspired by memory, roots and the stories behind every ingredient. The flavors of this dish shaped my childhood and re...
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Davide Rauco, portrait picture
Lattuga bbq ai sentori orientali, albicocche, porro, radici e uova di salmone, signature dish
Davide Rauco
Switzerland
The first message this dish gets across is a bit of a surprise to most people who taste it as even a simple lettuce plant, if well...
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Glenn Baele, portrait picture
Mackerel, dulse, shiitake, signature dish
Glenn Baele
Belgium
My dish embodies simplicity, honesty, and refinement with three core ingredients: mackerel, dulse, and shiitake. Inspired by my pa...
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