Regional Finalists 2022-23

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Africa, Middle East & South Asia
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...
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Kadek Bayu Darmika, portrait picture
Core memoir, signature dish
Kadek Bayu Darmika
United Arab Emirates
Inspired by the core memoir of my culinary journey, surrounded by amazing people from around the world in Middle East, which is a ...
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Bianca Strydom
South Africa
I wanted to create a dish that can live on a high class fine dining menu, made with “cheap”, attainable, everyday ingredients that...
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Asia
Chudapa Chansaming
Thailand
What I would like to express through this dish is Thai culture, is blended with French because I want to bring Thai food that peop...
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William Yee, portrait picture
Childhood flavous of "da pai dang (malaysian food street)", signature dish
William Yee
Singapore
Growing up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, my food education began with family trips to the nearby Da Pai Dang @Taman Midah where we bo...
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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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Canada
Samy Benabed
Canada
This dish is an ode to a traditional Québécois meal: the rotisserie chicken. Traditionally, the chicken is served with gravy, a si...
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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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Danny Houfeng Deng
Canada
I am originally from China, my cooking philosophy is using French, Italian, and Japanese technique to showcase Chinese favor, mode...
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Central Europe
Stefan Barca
Germany
This dish is entirely inspired by general and global necessity for #change. Where everyone has to give at least a minimum effort t...
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Marcel Förster
Germany
With this dish I would like to express that we all have to look back sometimes when we were young and our families were cooking fo...
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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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France
Joseph Doverman
Whiskey loosens the beefs tongue
Joseph Doverman
France
This dish for me represents Irish culture married with classical french techniques,as an Irish chef in France it's something that'...
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Aurelien Duvacher
France
I would like to present this dish because it is the first dish I have offered in a starred restaurant. It is close to my heart bec...
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Clément Vergeat
France
I’d like through this creation to express the ambivalence which exists in our «industry». Chef, sommelier,etc, all those occupatio...
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Iberian Countries
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...
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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...
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Adriana Coromoto Allepuz Pelegrina
Spain
The dish is a representation of my origins, I don't have a Spanish culinary tradition because my mother was born in Venezuela, and...
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Italy
Simone Buggiani, portrait picture
Capretto in tre tempi, signature dish
Simone Buggiani
Italy
I chose baby goat, because in addition to liking it a lot, it was the first animal I cooked in my first work experience, we used t...
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Danilo Vella
Italy
The idea of ​​this dish is to make you live an experience, the feeling of being in Sicily, involving sight, taste and smell, using...
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Edoardo Tizzanini, portrait picture
An artichoke heart, signature dish
Edoardo Tizzanini
Italy
The dish is the result of a creative process that gives new life to discarded glass fragments, reassembled in a symphony of transp...
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Latin America & Caribbean
Erick Alfredo Bautista Chacon
Mexico
The connection we have with our people and the land, our hands are channels with earth. Great dishes can be made using everyday pr...
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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 ...
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Ana Paulina Guillen Mayor, portrait picture
Pirá Caldo Tata, signature dish
Ana Paulina Guillen Mayor
Paraguay
Through this dish I would like to show the importance of women as bearers of gastronomic tradition. The clay work of the potters, ...
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Mainland of China
Vitoria De Cia Caixeta, portrait picture
Vitoria De Cia Caixeta, signature dish
Vitoria De Cia Caixeta
China
I express the fusion between two cultures, Chinese and Italian. The dish is composed of childhood memories where every Sunday as a...
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Lili Zhong
China
I advocate, “to make full use of all things and sustainable ingredients." I selected the specialty ingredient "Yanchi Tan Sheep...
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Jin Wang
China
Nature selflessly sustains all things. Cuisine should also be all encompassing – discover China’s local sea habitat and combine di...
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North Europe
Blake Norgren, portrait picture
Truffled lamb saddle with yellow carrot puree, signature dish
Blake Norgren
Sweden
Through this dish, I aim to evoke a sense of culinary heritage and connection to Sweden. The lamb symbolizes tradition and sustena...
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Michael Nørtoft, portrait picture
A tribute to Lillebælt, signature dish
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...
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Filip Bjerkem, portrait picture
La perle nordique, signature dish
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...
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Pacific
Kimberly Tang, portrait picture
My mother's Tze Char, signature dish
Kimberly Tang
Australia
"My Mother's Tze Char" is a tribute to my late mother's dream of feeding the hungry. By transforming humble ingredients into a ric...
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Abhishek Thorat
Australia
This dish is influenced by a region of India called Kashmir. It is inspired by its rich culture, cooking style and ingredients tha...
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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...
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South-East Europe & Mediterranean
Maciej Osiński, portrait picture
The circle of life, signature dish
Maciej Osiński
Poland
I’d like to introduce my dish, to express my way of thinking about both cooking and dealing with life outside of gastronomy. the d...
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Yuval Romano, portrait picture
Pumpkin, spice & everything nice, signature dish
Yuval Romano
Israel
As a young Israeli chef, I believe deeply in the principles of zero waste and seasonal cuisine. These beliefs not only guide my cu...
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Vadean Alin, portrait picture
Through the eyes of a fish, signature dish
Vadean Alin
Romania
Today's dish is more than just a meal; it is a plea for sustainability and responsibility. The present we live in is marked by maj...
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Uk
Swann Auffray, portrait picture
Scallops A-Z, samphire, buckwheat & lemon, signature dish
Swann Auffray
United Kingdom
Scallops & samphire are the flavour of the galette I was eating as a kid on Brittany's coast when my family was going to a "cr...
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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...
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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
Joseph Baffoe
Aged Duck, Wasabi, Peas, Foie
Joseph Baffoe
United States
I would like to show my background in culinary arts by showcasing what I’ve learned and experienced in my time in this industry. S...
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Akshay Vijaya Kumar, portrait picture
View of the horizon, signature dish
Akshay Vijaya Kumar
United States
This dish pays homage to the fishermen and farmers of my hometown, Kerala. Full use of the ingredients grown, farmed, and fished i...
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Rachel Bindel
This dish represents my love for classic techniques and exploring new flavors while minimizing waste and creating a unique dining ...
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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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Davide Calabrese, portrait picture
Davide Calabrese
Luxembourg
I was inspired by the future of global nutrition: I asked myself a simple question. Where is humanity going? In terms of evolution...
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Clementine Perradin, portrait picture
Neirivue trout in a garden's leafy mantle, tarragon sabayon, and parsley brioche, signature dish
Clementine Perradin
Switzerland
With this dish, I want to convey much more than just a culinary experience: I want to pass on a story of commitment to ecology and...
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