Regional Finalists 2022-23

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Africa, Middle East & South Asia
Monaheng Moloinyane, portrait picture
Libby's pumpkin, signature dish
Monaheng Moloinyane
South Africa
This dish is an extension of who I am. It shows how I think about food. The flavours are more-ish, there is a balance of textures ...
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Zante Neethling, portrait picture
Tribute to the Khoi-Khoin Taras, signature dish
Zante Neethling
South Africa
I am sharing the story of the first traces of humankind through the art of culinary expression. This dish is a tribute to the wome...
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Tiaan Snyman
South Africa
Growing up, lamb was, and still is, an expensive commodity. In my home lamb always went hand in hand with a special occasion. The ...
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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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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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Yu Chuan Cheng
Taiwan
Many chefs talk about « sustainability » on media, and I am also concerned, especially when it's related to food waste. Food waste...
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Canada
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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Harun Younussi, portrait picture
The shepherd's offerings, signature dish
Harun Younussi
Canada
The Shepherd offers his healthiest lambs, either for feasts or as a sacrificial meal every year by monotheists alike, in suit of A...
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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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Central Europe
Sebastian Braun
Germany
In this dish I want to give a stage to an ingredient that I think is underestimated (the horse) and represent it as much as possib...
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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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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
Camille Saint-M'Leux
France
My dish associates two opposed universe: the "meaty" one from the Chateauneuf farm beef and the iodized one from the cuttlefish an...
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Loïs Bée, portrait picture
Between Sologne and Provence, signature dish
Loïs Bée
France
This dish gives nobility to the sturgeon by placing it at the centre of the plate, with the caviar playing a secondary role as an ...
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Clément Vergeat
France
I’d like through this creation to express the ambivalence which exists in our «industry». Chef, sommelier,etc, all those occupatio...
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Iberian Countries
Jasone Labayru, portrait picture
From head to toe, signature dish
Jasone Labayru
Spain
From head to toe. That's what came to my mind when I decided that my dish should be mainly pork. Pork is a product that shows us t...
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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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Artur Gomes
Portugal
Sustainability is a word lost in intentions. We believe that to be really sustainable we can’t only focus on our restaurant, inste...
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Italy
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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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
Cristina Hanhausen
Mexico
Through this dish I express my trajectory and the way I created my personality in the kitchen. It has elements from different coun...
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Marcella Falco Amato, portrait picture
Hot or Not?, signature dish
Marcella Falco Amato
Brazil
My dish was inspired by acarajé, a traditional street food from the Brazilian Northeast. The message I want to convey is the symbo...
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Miguel Jose Berrio Hernandez, portrait picture
Beef Tongue, "orejero" seeds veloutè, roasted "ocanera" baby onions, apple and beef crumble, banana tartare and coconut and black garlic sauce, signature dish
Miguel Jose Berrio Hernandez
Colombia
In my childhood, my grandparents used to have Sunday family lunches and the dish I remember the most is the tongue in sauce, serve...
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Mainland of China
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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Shixin Luo
China
China is a country with vast territory and abundant resources, and each region has its own special ingredients. This dish uses the...
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Binshu Zhao
China
Nature is almighty, and ecological systems require balance, this symbiosis the only way to survive, so I had the inspiration to us...
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North Europe
Eddie Meijboom
Netherlands
We are a modern Spanish restaurant and this dish is my interpretation of the gamba al ajillo. Traditionally, the prawns are oft...
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Noah Wynants, portrait picture
Dutch 'Rendang', signature dish
Noah Wynants
Netherlands
With this dish, I want to show that worldly flavors can be achieved with products from our own country or region, promoting sustai...
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Ivaylo Gaserov, portrait picture
Lamb from Røros, signature dish
Ivaylo Gaserov
Norway
The idea behind the dish is to connect the Bulgarian and Nordic cuisine through common ingredients and procedures. The lamb is com...
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Pacific
Dylan Smith, portrait picture
Natives of Saddle Lamb, signature dish
Dylan Smith
Australia
I am pleased to present a new dish that highlights some of the extraordinary ingredient we are fortunate to have in Australia, ing...
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Diego Huerta
Australia
The inspiration behind this dish is the imagery of the sun reflecting on the gentle ocean waves. The sunlight and delicate sea fo...
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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
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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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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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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Uk
Swann Auffray, portrait picture
Scallops A-Z, samphire, buckwheat & lemon, signature dish
Swann Auffray
United Kingdom
Scallops & samphire are the flavour of the galette I was eating as a kid on Brittany's coast when my family was going to a "cr...
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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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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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USA
Huy Hoang
The Vietnam Cookery Culture is not simply the France and China Cuisine, but it is the fusion between those Big Two Cordon Bleu tha...
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Michael Park
The pairings of squid & date and oyster tofu & bone expresses a yearning for a unified Korea. My father's family was force...
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Dimosthenis Efthymiou
Food conscience and sustainability are more prevalent in our lives than ever before. It is time to take action and look for more ...
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West Europe
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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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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Diego Sgarbossa
Switzerland
With this dish, I want to express the use of poor and reusable raw materials, I have used tripe which is a popular product par exc...
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