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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Shehab Medhat, portrait picture
Egyptian breakfast (food for 120 million Egyptian ), signature dish
Shehab Medhat
Ghana
I'm presenting a modern twist on a traditional Egyptian breakfast, a staple eaten by nearly all Egyptians but largely unknown outs...
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Asia
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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Aaron Shiu
Philippines
This dish played a very important role in my life. I took inspiration from the dish Steamed Grouper. We would have this dish every...
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Ardy Ferguson, portrait picture
Archipelago celebration, signature dish
Ardy Ferguson
Hong Kong
My dish is a celebration of the vibrant culinary traditions of Indonesia, infused with the gastronomic influences I’ve embraced si...
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Canada
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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Clement Cavoret, portrait picture
Deerly not wasted, signature dish
Clement Cavoret
Canada
Receiving whole deer every fortnight, I noticed that the unused offal was being wasted. So I decided to put them to good use in a ...
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Boutte Terry, portrait picture
Lamb triptych, signature dish
Boutte Terry
Canada
In the kitchen, we throw away the unloved and unsaleable offal of lamb. Stunned by this vision of non-valuation, I wanted to honor...
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Central Europe
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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Yvonne Rauscher, portrait picture
Buntes Waldviertel, signature dish
Yvonne Rauscher
Austria
My dish is intended to showcase the colourful diversity and wonderful flavours of my homeland. The idea of my dish is based on my ...
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Jacob Zuge
Veal Fillet and Bavarian Cabbage, signature dish
Jakob Züge
Germany
With this dish, I present my homeland on a plate and showcase my Bavarian/Franconian roots with typical components from pub cuisin...
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France
Pauline Fleury, portrait picture
Between mussels and lapi, signature dish
Pauline Fleury
France
I would like to express my technique and all the skills I have learnt. I've travelled a lot but I'm still connected to Brittany, m...
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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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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
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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Loris Falzone, portrait picture
Differente bolognese di lepre, signature dish
Loris Falzone
Spain
With my signature dish I would like to try to tell you judges my story, from my Sicilian origins and what I have learnt these past...
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Carla Ribe
Spain
This dish combines different flavors, textures and techniques. It's main objetive is to show the combination of duck breast with a...
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Italy
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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Paolo Anzil
Italy
I really like being able to eat soup, in a cold version, even in summer or hot days. The earthy elements are balanced by the diff...
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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
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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Xorge Esteban Sanchez
Mexico
I’m very passionate about gastronomy; my country, its people, and its ingredients bring out the flavors, in each one, of my dishes...
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Federico Rodriguez
Bosque Emergente
Federico Rodriguez
Mexico
Emerging Forest was born through memories I have of my childhood with my grandparents and the teachings they gave me about the pro...
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Mainland of China
Junhao Hu, portrait picture
Junhao Hu, signature dish
Junhao Hu
China
This is a modern culinary expression that combines local Sichuan ingredients with traditional French cooking techniques. Through t...
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Wei Jie Yao, portrait picture
Wei Jie Yao, signature dish
Wei Jie Yao
China
This dish represents my fond memories and deep affection for the Jiangnan region.The fresh bamboo shoots on the mountains in sprin...
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Hong Fei Bi, portrait picture
Hong Fei Bi, signature dish
Hong Fei Bi
China
Inspired by the first book of traditional Chinese medicine, "Huangdi Neijing," which states that food is food when eaten on an emp...
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North Europe
Daniel Markovits
Estonia
Chicken and buckwheat is one of the cheapest healthy meal options that is very common to cook among people in Estonia. However, th...
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Lauma Jurkjane
Ireland
This dish is inspired by our workplaces garden. Our own grown vegetables and salads combined with chefs knowledge creates Synergy....
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Lucas Nielsen, portrait picture
Up for a change?, signature dish
Lucas Nielsen
Denmark
Denmark is the number one country of producing meat averaging 334 kg per person per year. However, as Denmark increasingly focuses...
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Pacific
Dylan Smith, portrait picture
Natives of Saddle Lamb, signature dish
Dylan Smith
Australia
I am pleased to present a new dish that highlights some of the extraordinary ingredient we are fortunate to have in Australia, ing...
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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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Vinayak Shah, portrait picture
Hapuka with fenugreek and alliums, signature dish
Vinayak Shah
New Zealand
My dish is based on my culinary journey: I am Indian by birth and I moved to New Zealand when I was 18 and I've been working in Ta...
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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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Fanni Varga, portrait picture
Duck mosaic with hungarian twist, signature dish
Fanni Varga
Hungary
It has always been impotant to me that we use every part of our ingredients to fight against food waste, that is why is use whole ...
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Nikola Šorak, portrait picture
A play about Sava Savanovic, the first Serbian vampire, signature dish
Nikola Šorak
Serbia
This dish stems from the global need to change the fine dining concept. I believe that the process of dining in a restaurant shoul...
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Uk
Sam Heaven, portrait picture
Marbled venison, morels, blended bread and a reindeer moss sweetbread, signature dish
Sam Heaven
United Kingdom
I designed this dish as a homage to my wife and the restaurant we dream of opening which will fuse our two cultures together, NZ a...
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Marcus Clayton
United Kingdom
This is the dish that I first wrote down 4 years ago when I was planning to do my first ever pop up, which unfortunatelly for one ...
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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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USA
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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Garrett Brower, portrait picture
Quail stuffed with Chesapeake oysters, signature dish
Garrett Brower
United States
By celebrating the products and cuisine of the Chesapeake Bay I hope to generate interest in its preservation. Oysters in particul...
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Jaime Leal, portrait picture
Plebe Bi-chi, signature dish
Jaime Leal
United States
My childhood was based on different gastronomic backgrounds about sharing with family and friends around food, they know me as a s...
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West Europe
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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Egbert Meseure
Belgium
When I started to create this dish a lot of people told me not to do it because it contains too much work. So this explains my st...
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Emmanuel Sargenti Rojas, portrait picture
“Progressive course”, roots, eggs & citrus fruits, signature dish
Emmanuel Sargenti Rojas
Switzerland
“Encouragement” is the theme of my dish, where ingredients, methods and cooking processes reflect the people, who at first glance ...
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