Regional Finalists 2022-23

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Africa, Middle East & South Asia
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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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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Shehab Medhat
Egypt
Without dreams we reach nothing, Without love we feel nothing In order to reach your dream, you need determination, discipline,...
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Asia
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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Xu Yu Chan
Singapore
My favorite childhood dish is Assam Laksa. To me, the beauty of this dish is the combination of flaky fish melding together with t...
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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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Canada
Sébastien Rémillard, portrait picture
The evolution of my life, signature dish
Sébastien Rémillard
Canada
This dish reflects my life and experiences—a blend of French culinary skill and comforting home flavors from Canada as a multicult...
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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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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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Central Europe
Marcel Förster
Germany
With this dish I would like to express that we all have to look back sometimes when we were young and our families were cooking fo...
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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
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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France
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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Kitano Yurika
France
A plate full of memories of my trip to Bretagne in the summer. I found a wild fennel herb in the nature of Bretagne, I bought orga...
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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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Iberian Countries
Alessandro Bartoli, portrait picture
Una lengua en común, signature dish
Alessandro Bartoli
Spain
The dish idea combines Spain and Italy's linguistic and cultural ties, rich in shared elements I value. I'll merge Spanish stewed ...
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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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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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Italy
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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Silvia Rozas, portrait picture
Alien meets native, signature dish
Silvia Rozas
Italy
What makes a species local, indigenous, alien, invasive, naturalized, or imported to a specific ecology ?How do species, including...
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Danilo Vella
Italy
The idea of ​​this dish is to make you live an experience, the feeling of being in Sicily, involving sight, taste and smell, using...
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Latin America & Caribbean
Segundo Panduro Ruiz
Peru
Give a tribute to Arequipa's Picanterias, Picanterias are places of traditions, good food since the end of the 19th century. Show ...
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Javiera Palacios, portrait picture
From my shores, signature dish
Javiera Palacios
Chile
I am a proud member of the new generation, who challenge social norms and show our capabilities. Raised with a deep respect for in...
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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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Mainland of China
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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Hong Fei Bi, portrait picture
Hong Fei Bi, signature dish
Hong Fei Bi
China
Inspired by the first book of traditional Chinese medicine, "Huangdi Neijing," which states that food is food when eaten on an emp...
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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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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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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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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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Pacific
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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Srishti Godbole
Australia
It’s been three years, that I have seen my family due to the pandemic, three years since I've been to my ancestral home in ‘Aurang...
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Robin Wagner
Australia
My passion and mindset when creating new dishes is to create something remarkable, to accept the challenge and always being out of...
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South-East Europe & Mediterranean
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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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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Žiga Koprivc
Slovenia
The day Slovenia proclaimed its independence the Linden tree was planted in front of the National Assembly building, since then it...
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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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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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Swann Auffray
United Kingdom
With this dish, I would like to invite customers to travel into the summer season and beautiful products we can find in Suffolk, t...
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USA
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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Grace Cacciato, portrait picture
Turbot with fennel and citrus, signature dish
Grace Cacciato
United States
I have always been inspired by the way my family in Greece and Italy embrace food, especially coastal fare. In my professional car...
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Samuel Mumford
With the current climate crisis that we are faced I would use this opportunity to further educate the greater population on the ro...
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West Europe
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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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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Clementine Perradin, portrait picture
Neirivue trout in a garden's leafy mantle, tarragon sabayon, and parsley brioche, signature dish
Clementine Perradin
Switzerland
With this dish, I want to convey much more than just a culinary experience: I want to pass on a story of commitment to ecology and...
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