Regional Finalists 2022-23

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Africa, Middle East & South Asia
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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Florian Guckert, portrait picture
Truite de Langevin, boucané, tarte à la rhubarbe, signature dish
Florian Guckert
Reunion Island
This dish reflects my personal and culinary journey, from childhood memories in eastern France to Réunion, the tropical island in ...
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David Mazareanu, portrait picture
Burning red, homage to Alberto Burri, signature dish
David Mazareanu
United Arab Emirates
80% of marine pollution is due to plastics and microplastics, hence the idea of ​​proposing this dish with edible plastic. Just as...
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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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Nusita Woottidetch, portrait picture
Thai heritage, signature dish
Nusita Woottidetch
Thailand
I choose this dish because my mom used to cook this for me and now I cook it for my son. I wan to represent thai heritage dishes i...
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Yi Chung Chiu
Taiwan
I consider that the food with genuine sentiments is the most delicious, but at the same time, the most challenging to make— the cu...
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Canada
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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Danny Houfeng Deng
Canada
I am originally from China, my cooking philosophy is using French, Italian, and Japanese technique to showcase Chinese favor, mode...
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Dahyun Choi
Canada
The message I am trying to deliver with my signature dish is the harmony. The orchestra that makes great music consists of many di...
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Central Europe
Mary Anne Peñaloza Villafuerte
Germany
With my dish I wanted to share my roots, the ingredients that I took for it are using daily in my country, and they are not expens...
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Eva Maria Egorova
Germany
With this dish I want to show my love for the italian country, people, language and its cousine. And of course all the delicious i...
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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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France
Mohammad Ramputh
France
As am from a small island called Mauritius surrounded by the Indian ocean, known for its beaches, lagoons and reefs so we consumed...
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Yunkyung CHO
France
France and my hometown, South Korea are both surrounded by the sea and is a temperate climate where produce, livestock, and seafoo...
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Louis De Vicari, portrait picture
Côte de blette rôtie, ail noir et bourgeon de sapin, signature dish
Louis De Vicari
France
I have to say that this dish means a lot to me, as part of my family works in livestock farming. As on most farms, they grow their...
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Iberian Countries
William Saavedra Juchani, portrait picture
Nuances of aged sea bass, signature dish
William Saavedra Juchani
Spain
I would like to express the evolution of nuances and flavours that develops in cold-ripened sea bass without humidity. The maturat...
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Loris Falzone, portrait picture
Differente bolognese di lepre, signature dish
Loris Falzone
Spain
With my signature dish I would like to try to tell you judges my story, from my Sicilian origins and what I have learnt these past...
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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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Italy
Gabriel Collazzo, portrait picture
Ris voyageur, signature dish
Gabriel Collazzo
Italy
I wanted to find a point that connects my cooking with the place where I learn and found my passion for it, mostly french, japanes...
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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
Pablo Ramirez, portrait picture
Breath of the Pacific, signature dish
Pablo Ramirez
Chile
With this dish, I aim to express the essence and authenticity of seafood from the Pacific coast, especially in Chile. My intention...
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Ana Paulina Guillen Mayor, portrait picture
Pirá Caldo Tata, signature dish
Ana Paulina Guillen Mayor
Paraguay
Through this dish I would like to show the importance of women as bearers of gastronomic tradition. The clay work of the potters, ...
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Aranxa Troestch
Panama
Chiriqui's recognized for being the produce pantry of Panama, that’s why my dish's focused on the earth’s bounty with key ingredie...
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Mainland of China
Junhao Hu, portrait picture
Junhao Hu, signature dish
Junhao Hu
China
This is a modern culinary expression that combines local Sichuan ingredients with traditional French cooking techniques. Through t...
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Jin Wang
China
Nature selflessly sustains all things. Cuisine should also be all encompassing – discover China’s local sea habitat and combine di...
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Vitoria De Cia Caixeta, portrait picture
Vitoria De Cia Caixeta, signature dish
Vitoria De Cia Caixeta
China
I express the fusion between two cultures, Chinese and Italian. The dish is composed of childhood memories where every Sunday as a...
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North Europe
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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Lucas Nielsen, portrait picture
Up for a change?, signature dish
Lucas Nielsen
Denmark
Denmark is the number one country of producing meat averaging 334 kg per person per year. However, as Denmark increasingly focuses...
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Juan Ruiz
Sweden
With more than 10 years experience in different countries it took me a second to realize and change mi mindset when it comes to co...
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Pacific
Juan Taborda, portrait picture
Maizero, signature dish
Juan Taborda
Australia
My goal with this dish is to demonstrate my culinary heritage, trying to showcase corn as the main ingredient. Corn is much more t...
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José Lorenzo Morales
Australia
This dish is called Analogy from the river. The concept is an accumulation of values and experiences I have as a chef. This dish i...
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Joshua Ross, portrait picture
Wild venison, artichoke & smoked deer milk puree, offal crepinettes, endive leaves, grilled quince and beetroot jus, signature dish
Joshua Ross
New Zealand
In New Zealand we have a large number of introduced pests like wild deer that damage our native flora and fauna. By using wild ven...
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South-East Europe & Mediterranean
Mojmir Marko Šiftar
Slovenia
In a world of abundance, we need to look at a more nursing future. Sourcing ingredients has become paralysing for our planet. Due ...
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Bogdan Panaite, portrait picture
The Pig's Alms, signature dish
Bogdan Panaite
Romania
The Pig's Alms is a sacred ritual deeply rooted in our country's folklore and tradition, people have forgotten about what it means...
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Letizia Vella
Malta
I discovered my passion for food at an early age while watching my mother create meals . Seeing how much enthusiasm you can put in...
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Uk
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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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 and re...
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Ediz Niyazi Engin
United Kingdom
A Chef is someone able to forge a connection between times and who can intertwine the strings of time to create something beautifu...
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USA
Prosenjit Biswas
I believe in Cuisine du terroir, sustainability and respect of the product. As a young chef I consider myself responsible for pre...
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Adrien Calmels, portrait picture
Summer in Oregon, signature dish
Adrien Calmels
United States
Summer in Oregon showcases the region's bounty and the resilience of its people. Inspired by my grandfather's farm, I emphasize pa...
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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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West Europe
Andrea Vailati
Switzerland
Sustainability and deliciousness are my beliefs, because when combined are strong enough to make a change in what today is a broke...
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Raul Garcia
Switzerland
With this dish I actually want to transfer all my passion and love to the detail. From the first step to the last arrangement of t...
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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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