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Fine Dining Lovers Food for Thought Award

Select the region and vote for your favourite Young Chef! 

We asked the same question to all participants in the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition:
“What message, history and identity would you like to convey through this dish?” 


Now, you are invited to choose the chef who best represents her or his personal beliefs with a dish.  

The Fine Dining Lovers Food for Thought Award global winner will be announced just before the Grand Finale in 2025.
Check the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy website for all updates on the competition. 

You can only vote once, therefore make your vote count! 

Happy voting!

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Duck, sweet potato, matungulu (Natal coastal plum), signature dish
Core memoir, signature dish
Heritage and humility, signature dish
Truite de Langevin, boucané, tarte à la rhubarbe, signature dish
Africa, Middle East & South Asia
From 18 October to 15 November
Voting is closed
Fusion of Japanese and French cooking traditions and "Hopes For the future of food", signature dish
Hidden in the beeswax, signature dish
Long Island duck with jambu, bue ta na rice donabe with braised duck legs, garden pickles and duck broth, signature dish
Grandmother's pheasant, signature dish
Asia
From 27 September to 25 October
Voting is closed
Quail stuffed with black walnut and foie gras, signature dish
Aged Vancouver Island rockfish 4 ways with local corn and beans, signature dish
Deerly not wasted, signature dish
Across the sea and home again, signature dish
Canada
From 24 September to 18 October
Voting is closed
Shrimps | Corn | Pork fusion, signature dish
Französisches Perlhuhn "Tikka Massala Style", signature dish
Buntes Waldviertel, signature dish
A Duck walking through the forest, signature dish
Central Europe
From 18 October to 15 November
Voting is closed
Monkfish, seaweeds, buckwheat, celeriac, colombo, signature dish
The consequences of our actions, signature dish
Côte de blette rôtie, ail noir et bourgeon de sapin, signature dish
Wild and roots, signature dish
France
From 10 September to 4 October
Voting is closed
Santa Luzia's octupus, signature dish
Red tuna harmonica, signature dish
Hake in three services, signature dish
Mountain's courtesy, signature dish
Iberian Countries
From 2 October to 30 October
Voting is closed
Alien meets native, signature dish
Ris voyageur, signature dish
Lamb & conifers, signature dish
Sweetbr3d, signature dish
Italy
From 4 November to 4 December
Voting is closed
Hot or Not?, signature dish
Breath of the Pacific, signature dish
Mackerel, plantain and coconut, signature dish
Costumbres rotas, signature dish
Latin America & Caribbean
From 27 August to 20 September
Voting is closed
Hong Fei Bi, signature dish
Wei Jie Yao, signature dish
Vitoria De Cia Caixeta, signature dish
Zi Hao Lu, signature dish
Mainland of China
From 23 September to 18 October
Voting is closed
Farm chicken with estonian apples and kohlrabi, signature dish
A tribute to Lillebælt, signature dish
Up for a change?, signature dish
Dutch 'Rendang', signature dish
North Europe
From 2 October to 30 October
Voting is closed
Bacon and cabbage or pork and kimchi, signature dish
Hapuka with fenugreek and alliums, signature dish
Maizero, signature dish
Wild venison, artichoke & smoked deer milk puree, offal crepinettes, endive leaves, grilled quince and beetroot jus, signature dish
Pacific
From 9 September to 7 October
Voting is closed
Haiku to the mountain, signature dish
The grand story of humble jota from turnip tropinka, signature dish
Through the eyes of a fish, signature dish
Duck mosaic with hungarian twist, signature dish
South-East Europe & Mediterranean
From 25 October to 22 November
Voting is closed
Marbled venison, morels, blended bread and a reindeer moss sweetbread, signature dish
The red deer, signature dish
Courgette dive, signature dish
Cornish monk fish wrapped in hispi cabbage and bracken, signature dish
Uk
From 28 August to 20 September
Voting is closed
Summer in Oregon, signature dish
Whole shima-aji, merken chile sauce, cochayuyo, signature dish
Aged Duck, Wasabi, Peas, Foie
View of the horizon, signature dish
USA
From 30 August to 27 September
Voting is closed
Mackerel, dulse, shiitake, signature dish
Pigeon of Thomas, signature dish
“Progressive course”, roots, eggs & citrus fruits, signature dish
100% vegetable ravioli of celery root, signature dish
West Europe
From 18 October to 15 November
Voting is closed