Regional Finalists 2022-23

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Africa, Middle East & South Asia
Mythrayie Iyer
India
The history of hunting and gathering food was practised to enable us to meet needs for survival.Terrior determined what grew best ...
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Simone Pino
United Arab Emirates
I really like the lamb in spring time I use to live in London and I still remember the flavor of rhug estate. I think is a great ...
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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
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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Nusita Woottidetch, portrait picture
Thai heritage, signature dish
Nusita Woottidetch
Thailand
I choose this dish because my mom used to cook this for me and now I cook it for my son. I wan to represent thai heritage dishes i...
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Ai Ichinose, portrait picture
Fusion of Japanese and French cooking traditions and "Hopes For the future of food", signature dish
Ai Ichinose
Japan
"Miso-marinated" Omi beef and "heshiko," aged fish, have a history of hundreds of years in my hometown. I added the traditional Fr...
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Canada
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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Harpreet Kahllon
Canada
This dish is my brainchild of what my soul would look like on a plate, the mousse of the Meat Beliram is a connection to my roots ...
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Ben Thompson
Canada
This dish, in a nutshell, represents who I am. Not only are all the main ingredients sourced from directly here in Canada, but als...
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Central Europe
Jackie Johannsen, portrait picture
Nordic by nature, signature dish
Jackie Johannsen
Germany
This dish represents me: german born i lived in Irleand for 10 years. North Sea Cod: Pan-seared to perfection, symbolizing my chil...
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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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Anton Lebersorger
Germany
This Dish is my Handwriting, it is all the experiences I collected over the years in every kitchen I worked, starting from what my...
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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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Luca Visentin
France
I would like to express a simple message through my dish, the reduction of food waste and pollution. Through my life experiences, ...
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Yunkyung CHO
France
France and my hometown, South Korea are both surrounded by the sea and is a temperate climate where produce, livestock, and seafoo...
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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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Artur Gomes
Portugal
Sustainability is a word lost in intentions. We believe that to be really sustainable we can’t only focus on our restaurant, inste...
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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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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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Eros Castrogiovanni, portrait picture
Cipolla alla royale, signature dish
Eros Castrogiovanni
Italy
With this dish, I would like to express the concept that the replacement of animal protein with vegetable protein, allows the dish...
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Josefina Zojza, portrait picture
Trota Puccini, signature dish
Josefina Zojza
Italy
The concept of territory is an important thing when I think about creating a dish. I owe a lot to Tuscany, so I chose the Casentin...
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Latin America & Caribbean
Pablo Ramirez, portrait picture
Breath of the Pacific, signature dish
Pablo Ramirez
Chile
With this dish, I aim to express the essence and authenticity of seafood from the Pacific coast, especially in Chile. My intention...
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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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Segundo Panduro Ruiz
Peru
Give a tribute to Arequipa's Picanterias, Picanterias are places of traditions, good food since the end of the 19th century. Show ...
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Mainland of China
Yunze Zheng
China
The inspiration for this dish came from my hometown: Ningbo, Zhejiang. There is a dish in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province called Stir-Fr...
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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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Yi Zhang
China
I want to memorize my first trip to Guangxi. A mountainous region with rich cultural resources.Bamboo there is a important materie...
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North Europe
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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Jet Loos
Norway
I truly believe that the most important element is to have passion for food and cooking. Having passion for what you do will help ...
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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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Pacific
Juan Taborda, portrait picture
Maizero, signature dish
Juan Taborda
Australia
My goal with this dish is to demonstrate my culinary heritage, trying to showcase corn as the main ingredient. Corn is much more t...
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Alexis Belmas
Australia
Through this dish, I wanted to link my 2 countries of affection which are France, my country of origin, and Australia, the country...
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James Soltau, portrait picture
Grandfather's farm, signature dish
James Soltau
Australia
Through this dish, I aim to express the elegance and complexity of Australian gourmet cuisine. The combination of duck, plums, and...
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South-East Europe & Mediterranean
Ivan Tartaro
Croatia
Working in Mano2, the initiative behind micro seasonality, zero waste and preserving food and flavor through various fermentation ...
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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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Luis Estrella, portrait picture
Pato, del viejo al nuevo mundo (Duck, from Old to New World), signature dish
Luis Estrella
Malta
Influence of different cuisines from where I learned becoming French and Spanish my biggest influence, without leaving aside the i...
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Uk
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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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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Sude Hancher, portrait picture
Cauliflower & halibut, signature dish
Sude Hancher
United Kingdom
The chosen fish for this dish is halibut, a firm fish with an oily texture. I have made a special sauce called fish caramel made f...
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USA
Prosenjit Biswas
I believe in Cuisine du terroir, sustainability and respect of the product. As a young chef I consider myself responsible for pre...
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Huy Hoang
The Vietnam Cookery Culture is not simply the France and China Cuisine, but it is the fusion between those Big Two Cordon Bleu tha...
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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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West Europe
Diego Sgarbossa
Switzerland
With this dish, I want to express the use of poor and reusable raw materials, I have used tripe which is a popular product par exc...
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Andrea Vailati
Switzerland
Sustainability and deliciousness are my beliefs, because when combined are strong enough to make a change in what today is a broke...
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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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