Regional Finalists 2022-23

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Africa, Middle East & South Asia
David Mazareanu, portrait picture
Burning red, homage to Alberto Burri, signature dish
David Mazareanu
United Arab Emirates
80% of marine pollution is due to plastics and microplastics, hence the idea of ​​proposing this dish with edible plastic. Just as...
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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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Zante Neethling, portrait picture
Tribute to the Khoi-Khoin Taras, signature dish
Zante Neethling
South Africa
I am sharing the story of the first traces of humankind through the art of culinary expression. This dish is a tribute to the wome...
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Asia
Jae Ho Kim, portrait picture
Grandmother's pheasant, signature dish
Jae Ho Kim
South Korea
My grandmother is from North Korea. She came down to South Korea during the Korean War. She was a housewife, but also my chef. She...
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Aswin Kumar Karanat Subramanian, portrait picture
Shells break the shell, signature dish
Aswin Kumar Karanat Subramanian
Maldives
My Dish, from a village by Kerala's backwaters, is inspired by where the historic spice route shaped our rich cultural heritage. I...
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Yu Chuan Cheng
Taiwan
Many chefs talk about « sustainability » on media, and I am also concerned, especially when it's related to food waste. Food waste...
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Canada
Dahyun Choi
Canada
The message I am trying to deliver with my signature dish is the harmony. The orchestra that makes great music consists of many di...
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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
Fabian Schröter
Germany
My dish means tolerance and integration. In every kitchen I've worked in, there were chefs from all over the world. I have put man...
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Thomas Beiglboeck
Germany
The dish is intended to convey an honest image of the region, the botanical garden near to the restaurant reimagining the pleasure...
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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
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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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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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Camille Saint-M'Leux
France
My dish associates two opposed universe: the "meaty" one from the Chateauneuf farm beef and the iodized one from the cuttlefish an...
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Iberian Countries
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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Andrè Cameirão
Portugal
Kitchen and gastronomy are my life since I was young. I move to Açores , I fell in love with the gastronomy of the region and I wa...
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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
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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Marco Apicella
Italy
The memory of an emotion lives on in this dish. It takes me back in time, to when my mom used to prepare it in our family restaura...
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Davide Modesti
Italy
This is a vegetarian reinterpretation of a very famous and loved dish of my territory which is beef in oil. I believe that vegeta...
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Latin America & Caribbean
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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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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Daniela Espinoza, portrait picture
Costumbres rotas, signature dish
Daniela Espinoza
Argentina
The dish I have thought of is a reversion of the Christmas dish that is always eaten in my house and all over Venezuela, as it rep...
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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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Homemade Oyster Sauce with Shandong Wagyu
He-Sen Jason Liu
China
I have been training in the culinary arts since I was 14 and that set me on my career path. It allowed me to gain a thorough under...
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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
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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Augustinas Bimbiris
Lithuania
Less waste – more taste. My dish is based on an idea that I want to throw away less. Everything is utilized to its’ maximum: even ...
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Thilda Martensson, portrait picture
A tribute to the sea, signature dish
Thilda Martensson
Sweden
Fish and seafood is close to my heart and this is why I chose this as main components. Blue shelled mussels filter our waters and ...
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Pacific
KyongHo Choi, portrait picture
Bacon and cabbage or pork and kimchi, signature dish
KyongHo Choi
Australia
As an immigrant, moving from South Korea to growing up in Ireland, one of the challenges was the cuisine. I went from having rice ...
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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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Joshua Ross, portrait picture
Wild venison, artichoke & smoked deer milk puree, offal crepinettes, endive leaves, grilled quince and beetroot jus, signature dish
Joshua Ross
New Zealand
In New Zealand we have a large number of introduced pests like wild deer that damage our native flora and fauna. By using wild ven...
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South-East Europe & Mediterranean
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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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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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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Uk
Joshua Wilde
United Kingdom
I want to showcase everything i have learnt as a chef so far. I think doing a classical dish like this is unique and modern and re...
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Wayne Munn, portrait picture
Rabbit and lobster, signature dish
Joshua Wilde
United Kingdom
I want to showcase everything I have learnt as a chef so far. I think doing a classical dish like this is unique and modern. It re...
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Ediz Niyazi Engin
United Kingdom
A Chef is someone able to forge a connection between times and who can intertwine the strings of time to create something beautifu...
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USA
Chainey Kuykendall, portrait picture
My mother's garden, signature dish
Chainey Kuykendall
United States
My dish is a homage to my mom. Being an immigrant, my mom has faced a lot of obstacles with my grandma (mee-maw), but the first ti...
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Laura Arrojo
I want to express the courage to work with nonconformity, taking a classic plate form my country with products that we barely use ...
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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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West Europe
Theo Kopp, portrait picture
Potée Lorraine: Selected piece of pork, kimchi mirabelle and pig ear, reduced pork and picon Mirabelle juice, signature dish
Theo Kopp
Luxembourg
I started my career as engineer, then 3 years ago, I choose to travel and work as a cook. My cuisine was molded by that. I discove...
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Lorenzo di Miceli
Belgium
Each ingredient of the earth and each part of an animal must be respected and valued, and this is only possible by putting a lot o...
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Mirjam Schwarz
Switzerland
My roots are in emmental. In the past this was a classical dish for special occasions like birthdays and christening. I re-invente...
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