Regional Finalists 2022-23

filter the area:
Africa, Middle East & South Asia
Mythrayie Iyer
India
The history of hunting and gathering food was practised to enable us to meet needs for survival.Terrior determined what grew best ...
INFO
Deepak Jakhar
India
As, we are from green belt of India. We have abundance of this grain (pearl millet) commonly known as bajra, consumed from decades...
INFO
Aurelien Durand
United Arab Emirates
My personal experience has made me believe that life always start at the end of your comfort zone. Few years ago, I choose to lea...
INFO
Asia
Jiwoo Lee
Korea
I deconstructed Korean traditional dish 'Sinsello'.I tried to improve the limitations of traditional cooking methods by introducin...
INFO
Yu Chuan Cheng
Taiwan (China)
Many chefs talk about « sustainability » on media, and I am also concerned, especially when it's related to food waste. Food waste...
INFO
Yi Chung Chiu
Taiwan (China)
I consider that the food with genuine sentiments is the most delicious, but at the same time, the most challenging to make— the cu...
INFO
Canada
Timothy James Bleau
Canada
I want to show that fine dining food can have zero waste when done correctly, getting creative on how to utilize trim in order to ...
INFO
Carmen Holtby
Canada
This dish only uses sustainable ingredients that are locally available in the winter months. When most restaurants are relying on ...
INFO
Harpreet Kahllon
Canada
This dish is my brainchild of what my soul would look like on a plate, the mousse of the Meat Beliram is a connection to my roots ...
INFO
Central Europe
Saskia Vorhemus
Germany
Seasonality and regionality play a fundamental role for me when creating my dishes. Going through the world with open eyes, seein...
INFO
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...
INFO
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...
INFO
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...
INFO
Luca Visentin
France
I would like to express a simple message through my dish, the reduction of food waste and pollution. Through my life experiences, ...
INFO
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...
INFO
Iberian Countries
Andrés Rengel Herrero
Spain
The dish tries to capture the work philosophy that characterises me in its maximum expression, for this I base it on a traditional...
INFO
Nelson Freitas
Portugal
My favorite part of my childhood is the sea so that was my main inspira tion for this signature dish.I really want to transmite th...
INFO
Francesco Sansalone
Spain
500 characters are less than I imagined so I'm retyping everything and trying to be shorter I want to say with this dish that "tut...
INFO
Italy
Andrea Borroni
Italy
This dish represents me and everything I wanted to believe in. I was born in Milan, moved to Ancona, mother Bolognese, father Mila...
INFO
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...
INFO
Maria Chiara Brannetti
Italy
I rapresented violence against woman. Living or cohabiting with someone who exhibits aggressive attitudes and feeling without a wa...
INFO
Latin America & Caribbean
Armando Bramwell
Panama
A fufu portrait is the story of the Riquelme’s, my family from my mother’s side. In all our gatherings we’ll come together around ...
INFO
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...
INFO
Xchel González
Mexico
The chinampas is an efficient and sustainable agricultural system, it is an articulated set of artificial floating islands that we...
INFO
Mainland China
Lili Zhong
China
I advocate, “to make full use of all things and sustainable ingredients." I selected the specialty ingredient "Yanchi Tan Sheep...
INFO
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...
INFO
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 ...
INFO
North Europe
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...
INFO
Magnus Brandenburg Carlsen
Denmark
Over 800 million people around the world go to bed hungry each night. At the same time, one third of all the food that is produced...
INFO
Nils Flatmark
Norway
I want to send the message that we really must make sure that the local food production survives in the future. In Norway, we are ...
INFO
Pacific
Jackson Mehlhopt
New Zealand
Wapiti deer were introduced into New Zealand in 1905. Since then the feral herd escalated in numbers and volunteer groups put in h...
INFO
Tatsuya Fujii
Australia
My yakitori is a unique take on the classic Japanese dish, combining traditional flavours with Italian and Australian elements and...
INFO
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...
INFO
South-East Europe & Mediterranean
Gregory Kikis
Greece
Through “The story of Cod” I wanted to give a modern twist to a traditional Greek recipe and products that are a part of every tab...
INFO
Žiga Koprivc
Slovenia
The day Slovenia proclaimed its independence the Linden tree was planted in front of the National Assembly building, since then it...
INFO
Emanuel Mocan
Romania
All stories start with ... once upon a time ... What would it be like this time to start with what it is now? Let's see the prese...
INFO
Uk
Marcus Clayton
United Kingdom
This is the dish that I first wrote down 4 years ago when I was planning to do my first ever pop up, which unfortunatelly for one ...
INFO
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...
INFO
Chris Wang
United Kingdom
The inspiration comes from my experience in Tokyo and the memory of my childhood. I’d like to present a wonderful marriage between...
INFO
USA
Daniel Garwood
United States - New York
This dish is a story and reflection of my life as a chef; Typically Banchan (Korean side dish) is a variety of small dishes accom...
INFO
Laura Arrojo
United States - Florida
I want to express the courage to work with nonconformity, taking a classic plate form my country with products that we barely use ...
INFO
Rachel Bindel
United States - District of Columbia
This dish represents my love for classic techniques and exploring new flavors while minimizing waste and creating a unique dining ...
INFO
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...
INFO
Mirjam Schwarz
Switzerland
My roots are in emmental. In the past this was a classical dish for special occasions like birthdays and christening. I re-invente...
INFO
Valerio Borriero
Belgium
This dish represents the Italian immigration in Belgium in the 20th century, for working in the coal mines. My family is from this...
INFO