Regional Finalists 2022-23

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Africa, Middle East & South Asia
Robin Höfer, portrait picture
The lamb of gratitude, signature dish
Robin Höfer
United Arab Emirates
During my visit to Egypt, I was welcomed into my friend's family celebration of Eid. Grateful for their hospitality, I offered to ...
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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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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
Stefan de Graaf, portrait picture
Where the flavors of heritage meet the spices of the present, signature dish
Stefan de Graaf
Indonesia
I sought to blend the flavors of Balinese cuisine with the memories of my roots in Tholen, a small village in the Netherlands, Zee...
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Ian Goh
Singapore
This dish began with my love of lamb, and the hope to highlight my Hainanese heritage. Lamb has been a staple of the Hainanese die...
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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
Clement Cavoret, portrait picture
Deerly not wasted, signature dish
Clement Cavoret
Canada
Receiving whole deer every fortnight, I noticed that the unused offal was being wasted. So I decided to put them to good use in a ...
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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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Ben Thompson
Canada
This dish, in a nutshell, represents who I am. Not only are all the main ingredients sourced from directly here in Canada, but als...
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Central Europe
Stefan Barca
Germany
This dish is entirely inspired by general and global necessity for #change. Where everyone has to give at least a minimum effort t...
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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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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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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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Yunkyung Cho, portrait picture
Oceanic revelations, signature dish
Yunkyung Cho
France
My signature dish, 'Oceanic Revelations,' contrasts the natural color of white cod with black squid ink to symbolize the impact of...
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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
Danitza Alpaca Salinas
Spain
The origin of the techniques and flavours of this dish come from the city where my surname comes from, from an emblematic family w...
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David Padilla Ferrer
Spain
My dream as a chef is nothing more than to be able to take my island to the highest level of gastronomy, being happy along the way...
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Andrè Cameirão
Portugal
Kitchen and gastronomy are my life since I was young. I move to Açores , I fell in love with the gastronomy of the region and I wa...
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Italy
Nicholas Reina
Italy
I believe as human being that we are very sick. Imagination and language is what did separated humans from animal. Today peoples ...
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Maria Chiara Brannetti
Italy
I rapresented violence against woman. Living or cohabiting with someone who exhibits aggressive attitudes and feeling without a wa...
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Edoardo Tizzanini, portrait picture
An artichoke heart, signature dish
Edoardo Tizzanini
Italy
The dish is the result of a creative process that gives new life to discarded glass fragments, reassembled in a symphony of transp...
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Latin America & Caribbean
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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Rafael Bayona Leon, portrait picture
Amazonas, signature dish
Rafael Bayona Leon
Peru
Exotic fruits, barks, medicinal plants, and fish were always there, together with his people, the ancestral communities guardians ...
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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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Mainland of China
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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Homemade Oyster Sauce with Shandong Wagyu
He-Sen Jason Liu
China
I have been training in the culinary arts since I was 14 and that set me on my career path. It allowed me to gain a thorough under...
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Fengwei Xie
China
This dish stemmed from my memory of my hometown. It started with chicken from Hetian Town and that relates to local farms and the ...
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North Europe
Helena Vallimäe, portrait picture
Farm chicken with estonian apples and kohlrabi, signature dish
Helena Vallimäe
Estonia
This dish represents how we can use different parts of one protein source and combine this with Estonian wine. I am also using lin...
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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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Daniel Markovits
Estonia
Chicken and buckwheat is one of the cheapest healthy meal options that is very common to cook among people in Estonia. However, th...
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Pacific
Santiago Sansone, portrait picture
Sweet memories, signature dish
Santiago Sansone
The main purpose of this dish is to change the misconception that exists in some beef offal's, in this case "sweetbread", consider...
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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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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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South-East Europe & Mediterranean
Cezary Boraczynski, portrait picture
Masurian Antonius delight, signature dish
Cezary Boraczynski
Poland
My dish is a tribute to the culinary traditions of eastern Poland. I sourced the sturgeon and caviar from the renowned Antonius br...
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Dawid Cieśliński, portrait picture
Sunday dinner at grandma’s, signature dish
Dawid Cieśliński
Poland
I would like to present my version of the most popular dinner in Poland, which is why I called it Sunday dinner at grandma's. When...
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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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Uk
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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Kristin Reagon
United Kingdom
This dish signifies my journey , it starts off with my heritage and roots - this being the base flavours of masala, Granadilla and...
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Wayne Munn, portrait picture
Bobotie, signature dish
Wayne Munn
United Kingdom
Having spent so much time designing courses through local and expensive ingredients, I decided to go back to what I grew up eating...
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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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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
Emmanuel Sargenti Rojas, portrait picture
“Progressive course”, roots, eggs & citrus fruits, signature dish
Emmanuel Sargenti Rojas
Switzerland
“Encouragement” is the theme of my dish, where ingredients, methods and cooking processes reflect the people, who at first glance ...
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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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Davide Calabrese, portrait picture
Davide Calabrese
Luxembourg
I was inspired by the future of global nutrition: I asked myself a simple question. Where is humanity going? In terms of evolution...
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