S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition 2024-25: Vote for the Fine Dining Lovers Food for Thought Award
Choose the chef who best represents their personal beliefs with a signature dish.
The Fine Dining Lovers Food for Thought Award is a collateral prize of the Competition (along with the S.Pellegrino Social Responsibility Award and the Acqua Panna Connection in Gastronomy Award) given to chefs who best represent their personal beliefs in their signature dishes. It is awarded to a different chef at each of the 15 Competition Regional Finals and voted for by readers of Fine Dining Lovers, the digital platform for passionate foodies supported by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, and the public at large (the only one of the three collateral awards that is), who are able to have their say up to 30 days preceding the Regional Finals.
The 15 regional winners will then be considered for the global Fine Dining Lovers Food for Thought Award, again voted for by the public, which is announced at the Competition Grand Finale (which for this edition will take place in Milan in 2025).
On the dedicated mini-site, you will find the competing young chefs’ signature dishes and the philosophies behind them. You are then able to cast your vote for who you think best links the two. Voting will open 30 days before the start of the respective Regional Final and remain open up until 72 hours before, commencing with LATAM and the UK on 27 August.
This is your chance to help change the career of a young chef, by voting for the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition 2024-25 Regional Finalist that you think deserves to win the Fine Dining Lovers Food for Thought Award.
Ian Goh, from Singapore, was the global winner of the Fine Dining Lovers Food for Thought Award at S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition 2022-23, with his signature dish, Heritage Lamb.
