This dish is inspired by our workplaces garden. Our own grown vegetables and salads combined with chefs knowledge creates Synergy. I would like to use this to entice you choose vegetarian options more often, I believe it’s beneficial for our health and also our environment.I I believe if we consume less meat it would be meaningful change for environment. Chosing locally produced food we decrease transport waist and reduce carbon footprint. Use local produce were possible. Less is more.
Tom Donohoe
Ireland
The Silent Flock – A Life Through Lamb explores the life cycle of a sheep as a reflection of Ireland’s journey across generations....
The Silent Flock – A Life Through Lamb explores the life cycle of a sheep as a reflection of Ireland’s journey across generations. Lamb, hogget and mutton represent youth, growth and maturity, mirroring my grandfather’s generation of necessity, my father’s generation of change, and my own generation of opportunity. Rooted in whole-animal cookery and the Irish landscape, it honors the past while looking confidently toward the future of Irish cuisine.
Liliana Haaland
Norway
This dish focuses on solder fish which is one of the largest food sources for many fish species in the ocean. also that is hardly ...
This dish focuses on solder fish which is one of the largest food sources for many fish species in the ocean. also that is hardly used in our gastronomic. more focused on Nordic ingredients and history with a mix of classic and modern cooking techniques.
Wiggo Andersson
Sweden
Living on the Swedish west coast of course I love to work with anything from the sea next to me, something that is getting harder ...
Living on the Swedish west coast of course I love to work with anything from the sea next to me, something that is getting harder to do! The amount of fish in the sea is decreasing due to overfishing and the sea environment is getting destroyed due to questionable fishing methods. With my dish i like to showcase the fantastic and sustainable produce that we have in form of halibut farmed by sterling and cagecaught langoustine and how to enhance them with flavours from all around the world.
Astrid Wahlen
Sweden
Knowledge makes you respect the raw materials, if you know how we produce food we also learn to treat it with respect. Knowledge i...
Knowledge makes you respect the raw materials, if you know how we produce food we also learn to treat it with respect. Knowledge is power to respect different people, countries and finally the globe.
Bruno Šulman
Denmark
Cod on a Journey reflects my path as a chef. Rooted in Slovenian tradition yet driven by curiosity, I explore new cultures, techni...
Cod on a Journey reflects my path as a chef. Rooted in Slovenian tradition yet driven by curiosity, I explore new cultures, techniques, and cuisines while respecting ingredients in their entirety. My dish is influenced by my belief in a head-to-tail approach. Through Slovenia, my heritage, Japan and Spain, a wish for my future, and Denmark, my present, I showcase every part of the cod, a dish that celebrates heritage, learning, and the journey that continues to shape me as a cook.
Jonita Šeščilaitė
Lithuania
Due to the pandemic, everything closed and people with nowhere to go turned to forests and parks. This dish is created upon mixed ...
Due to the pandemic, everything closed and people with nowhere to go turned to forests and parks. This dish is created upon mixed feelings of all beautiful tastes and aromas that forest gives and all despair of trash, tires, cut off tries in forest I have seen by walking every day in forest...
Henrique Lork
Denmark
I believe the most honest cooking is an act of memory. This dish lives in my grandmother's quintal in Curitiba, a garden that grew...
I believe the most honest cooking is an act of memory. This dish lives in my grandmother's quintal in Curitiba, a garden that grew everything we needed. No protein at the centre, just herbs, fruits, and vegetables. I am a chef shaped not by culinary degree, but by proximity, repetition, and the daily act of being fed by someone who loved me.
Filip Bjerkem
Norway
My culinary journey starts at the outbreak of the covid pandemic. Finding myself at a crossroad, I chose to go back to the roots a...
My culinary journey starts at the outbreak of the covid pandemic. Finding myself at a crossroad, I chose to go back to the roots and enroll in a French culinary program. There I discovered a passion for the arts. Meeting my mentor Chef Mathew Leong was my next career milestone. This dish represents my journey, as well as my identity. Cooking with high quality Norwegian produce, using french technics with an asian twist. I wish to show that all goals are reachable, even with a late start.ano
Anette Myrhagen
Norway
I want to share Norwegian food culture through local ingredients. Growing up with hunting, fishing, and foraging taught me the val...
I want to share Norwegian food culture through local ingredients. Growing up with hunting, fishing, and foraging taught me the value of nature and honest food. In a world focused on ultra processed food and sugar, I want to highlight local and organic ingredients with real flavour and identity. This dish reflects who I am as a chef and hunter, using deer, mushrooms and lingonberries to show what nature can give us.
Michael Nørtoft
Denmark
There are fewer fish in Lillebælt (the sea outside my restaurant) and this is partly due to the environmental problems we have cre...
There are fewer fish in Lillebælt (the sea outside my restaurant) and this is partly due to the environmental problems we have created for ourselves.
Fortunately, we still have lobsters in the sea and we have an elderly fisherman who brings us the best lobsters. So this dish is my way of showing and helping to remember what Lillebælt means to us. The goal is to get everyone to respect the environment and the world's oceans again, otherwise we will destroy some of the most amazing things we have.
Shauna Murphy
Ireland
Cooking connects me to the women in my family who passed down traditions through observation and practice. This dish celebrates th...
Cooking connects me to the women in my family who passed down traditions through observation and practice. This dish celebrates that heritage using Irish Dexter beef, barley, whiskey, peat, oats and carrots. Inspired by memories of family, farming and visits to the local bog with my father, it reflects Ireland’s landscape, resilience and food culture. Through modern techniques, I reinterpret familiar flavours while honouring the stories, people and traditions that shaped them.
Jet Loos
Norway
I truly believe that the most important element is to have passion for food and cooking. Having passion for what you do will help ...
I truly believe that the most important element is to have passion for food and cooking. Having passion for what you do will help to drive you to work harder every day. For me, I have a passion for good and clean cooking. When it comes to creating dishes, my culinary philosophy is that everything on the plate has to be “clean”, flavourful, and showcase the beauty of nature
To achieve that, I believe in using the best products ranging from sea, land, and forest to create innovative dishes.
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 ...
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 removes nitrogen and phosphorus, which prevents eutrophication and algae concentrations. Mussels doesn’t need any backing or dung. Mine are sourced from the Swedish west coast, by Janne Bark's mussel farms outside Ljungskile. I’ve also chosen to work with Swedish cod, locally and sustainably sourced.
Sam Oscarson
Sweden
I am a chef driven by curiosity, and respect for ingredients. Today, I shape my identity through Nordic flavors and technical perf...
Stuffed Lamb Fillet with Jerusalem Artichoke Mousse and "Apple Salad"
I am a chef driven by curiosity, and respect for ingredients. Today, I shape my identity through Nordic flavors and technical performance. In the future, I aim to become a chef who unites craftsmanship and sustainable, creates experiences that move people, and contributes to pushing gastronomy forward.
Sebastian Garcia Jimenez
Faroe Islands
During my time spent at Faroe Islands I create this dish with one purpose, to make something Mexican inspired but allowing myself ...
During my time spent at Faroe Islands I create this dish with one purpose, to make something Mexican inspired but allowing myself to do it only with local resources but still following the tradition of my culture, and way of cooking.
Adapting a classic street dish like “ceviche and tostadas” to a more defined and detailed idea with technique behind and a mix of ingredients from both cultures. I think food on these days is about adapting, connecting and evolving like all humans.
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...
With this dish, I want to show that worldly flavors can be achieved with products from our own country or region, promoting sustainability and supporting local farmers and suppliers. This dish is entirely based on vegetables and fruits, and contains no animal products. By doing this, we challenge ourselves and demonstrate that the same flavors can be achieved without using animal ingredients.
Lucas Nielsen
Denmark
We are taught that sacrifice is the only way to perfection, that the expense of people is a normal part of being a chef. That the ...
We are taught that sacrifice is the only way to perfection, that the expense of people is a normal part of being a chef. That the best produce is from the other part of the world and that waste is an exception for fine dining. I believe that sustainability contains so much more than just local vegetables. Its also about leadership, a good working environment and treating ourselves with respect. Respect the people, respect the produce, respect the process. Respect the world.