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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Zanté Neethling
South Africa
The Strandveld ecosystem dish is a representation of the coastline along Southern Africa. The plate is designed by me and handmade...
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Mirsat Yilmaz
United Arab Emirates
The dish itself express completely south eastern turkish cuisine where the people eats lamb, mix spices and local carbs such as ba...
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Asia
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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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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Canada
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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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 ...
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Anthony Vien, portrait picture
Quail stuffed with black walnut and foie gras, signature dish
Anthony Vien
Canada
I want to pay tribute to our forests and also to our ancestors who lived there using ancestral cooking methods such as crust bakin...
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Central Europe
Emilia Montz, portrait picture
Russian ballet, signature dish
Emilia Montz
Germany
With my dish I would like to express my passion for dance. Swan Lake is a Russian ballet set to the music of Tchaikovsky. I want t...
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Randy De jong
Germany
I would like to show that we can eat less meat and fish and eat more vegan or vegetarian. You can get so many nice flavours and c...
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Patrick Landerer, portrait picture
Tyrolean Char two ways, signature dish
Patrick Landerer
Austria
The Char is a fish which lives directly in our alpine lakes in Ladis. So the main ingredient stands for my home town. The char is ...
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France
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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Benjamin Vakanas
France
As I grew up in Saint-Raphael, fish soup had an emblematic place in my family. My father, a fish lover, observed changes in the se...
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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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Iberian Countries
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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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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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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Italy
Alessio Magistro, portrait picture
Ossi di seppia
Alessio Magistro
Italy
My "Ossi di seppia" draws inspiration from Montale's work, where bones, wandering among the waves and seemingly worthless, symboli...
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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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Marco Pezzaioli, portrait picture
Sweetbr3d, signature dish
Marco Pezzaioli
Italy
My journey starts with sweetbread, a beloved traditional dish from my homeland, often used in my professional experience. The “in ...
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Latin America & Caribbean
Mateo Portilla
Colombia
For this contest I wanted to create a dish that had the essence of my country. For this, use several products that are not commonl...
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Andrea Pinzòn Banfield
Panama
It’s a celebration of the plantain plant itself, all of it. Plantain has always been the base of our nutrition. The most producti...
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Xchel González
Mexico
The chinampas is an efficient and sustainable agricultural system, it is an articulated set of artificial floating islands that we...
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Mainland of China
Jun Feng Jiang, portrait picture
Jun Feng Jiang, signature dish
Jun Feng Jiang
China
I once read an interview stating that food waste is a fatal flaw in fine dining restaurants. Many ingredients, from purchase to pl...
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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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Wen Chao Deng, portrait picture
Wen Chao Deng, signature dish
Wen Chao Deng
China
This dish is inspired by my journey across China, from Kashgar to Hami in Xinjiang China, where I gathered inspiration from what I...
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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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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 ...
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Astrid Wahlen
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...
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Pacific
Siriporn Boonsin, portrait picture
Assiette from the sea, signature dish
Siriporn Boonsin
Australia
Through this dish, I aim to showcase the harmonious blend of traditional Thai flavors with modern culinary techniques. It represen...
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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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Kogwoussougo Ouedraogo, portrait picture
Harmony of vegetables in texture and its full-bodied vegetable juice, signature dish
Kogwoussougo Ouedraogo
Australia
The story of the dish tells my story with the cuisine. I use a culinary technique from each chef I have worked with, while adding ...
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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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Matija Cotič, portrait picture
The grand story of humble jota from turnip tropinka, signature dish
Matija Cotič
Slovenia
My dish celebrates the tradition and sustainability of the Vipava Valley. Jota made from Turnip Tropinka, served in aluminum dishe...
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Bogdan Panaite, portrait picture
The Pig's Alms, signature dish
Bogdan Panaite
Romania
The Pig's Alms is a sacred ritual deeply rooted in our country's folklore and tradition, people have forgotten about what it means...
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Uk
Imogen Parrish
United Kingdom
The message I'm trying to express through my dish is that although its been said that crabs and lobsters are becoming more unsusta...
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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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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
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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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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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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West Europe
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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Tamas Czegledi, portrait picture
Pigeon of Thomas, signature dish
Tamas Czegledi
Switzerland
When someone asks me, what my favorite thing to cook is, I always have to think. In my career I've worked at all stations in the k...
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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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