Regional Finalists 2022-23

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Africa, Middle East & South Asia
Jason Jonker, portrait picture
Heritage and humility, signature dish
Jason Jonker
South Africa
Our Saturday dinners always included a braai. These meals, my happiest moments, were filled with love, laughter and of course good...
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Mahmuod Ali
Te Oyoo Ten
Mahmuod Ali
Ghana
Te Oyoo Ten tells the story of my journey from Egypt to Ghana, my home for five years. The first words I heard were “Te Oyoo Ten” ...
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Marile Du Plessis, portrait picture
Firepit, signature dish
Marile Du Plessis
South Africa
Coming from the Northern Cape, the braai is often seen as the place for a man. From a young age I was by my father's side, learnin...
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Asia
Ian Goh
Singapore
This dish began with my love of lamb, and the hope to highlight my Hainanese heritage. Lamb has been a staple of the Hainanese die...
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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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Kittitee Kamonnawin
Kha Kai Mandorla
Kittitee Kamonnawin
Thailand
I chose to create this dish because it represents one of my favorite childhood flavors. My goal was to preserve the authentic soul...
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Canada
Harun Younussi, portrait picture
The shepherd's offerings, signature dish
Harun Younussi
Canada
The Shepherd offers his healthiest lambs, either for feasts or as a sacrificial meal every year by monotheists alike, in suit of A...
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Carmen Holtby
Canada
This dish only uses sustainable ingredients that are locally available in the winter months. When most restaurants are relying on ...
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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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Central Europe
Mary Anne Peñaloza Villafuerte
Germany
With my dish I wanted to share my roots, the ingredients that I took for it are using daily in my country, and they are not expens...
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Mary Anne Peñaloza Villafuerte, portrait picture
Shrimps | Corn | Pork fusion, signature dish
Mary Anne Peñaloza Villafuerte
Germany
This dish symbolises the union of Latin American and Bavarian traditions, reflecting my culinary journey. By blending these rich c...
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David Jesús Zavala Mora
Achiote in motion
David Jesús Zavala Mora
Germany
I want this dish to express how Mexican cuisine can evolve without losing its soul. Through corn, achiote, and carefully layered s...
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France
Shaurya Manchanda
Trout in my garden
Shaurya Manchanda
France
I have always been fascinated by what grows around me and the techniques different cultures have developed to bring out the best o...
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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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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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Iberian Countries
Diego Fernandino
The Sailor's Return
Diego Fernandino
Spain
I am a chef who returned to his origins, and the one I want to become proves that flavor, wellbeing and respect for the sea are a ...
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Cristina Gómez Manarel, portrait picture
Grenade-Italian lamb, signature dish
Cristina Gómez Manarel
Spain
The dish represents my whole essence as a cook and as a person. It evokes my Italian-Granadian roots. It is a journey through the ...
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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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Italy
Andrea Borroni
Italy
This dish represents me and everything I wanted to believe in. I was born in Milan, moved to Ancona, mother Bolognese, father Mila...
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Nicholas Reina
Italy
I believe as human being that we are very sick. Imagination and language is what did separated humans from animal. Today peoples ...
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Davide Signori
Synergía
Davide Signori
Italy
Synergía is an edible representation of the true essence of a human being: HEART, LIVER and BRAIN, emotion, tenacity and intellect...
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Latin America & Caribbean
Ana Flavia Batista Graciolli
Grandma's Corn
Ana Flavia Batista Graciolli
Brazil
I want to express the connection between memory, place, and transformation. The corn harvest brought families together around the ...
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Javiera Palacios, portrait picture
From my shores, signature dish
Javiera Palacios
Chile
I am a proud member of the new generation, who challenge social norms and show our capabilities. Raised with a deep respect for in...
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Rodrigo Pacheco Reyes
Milpa del Pacífico
Rodrigo Pacheco Reyes
Mexico
As a proud young Mexican chef, I honor my roots through local ingredients and ancestral traditions. Inspired by Oaxaca’s rich culi...
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Mainland of China
Shixin Luo
China
China is a country with vast territory and abundant resources, and each region has its own special ingredients. This dish uses the...
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Huan Qin, portrait picture
Huan Qin, signature dish
Huan Qin
China
The dish presented by Alchemist restaurant, calling for a reduction in ocean plastic, has inspired me and made me realize that oce...
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Liangkai Wang
Story of north-esatern China
Liangkai Wang
China
Every cooking session brings back Jilin’s New Year dishes: guobaorou, braised eggplant and pork skin aspic. With Western, Japanese...
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North Europe
Niko Tähti
Finland
I'm from Lapland, where reindeer is a big part of the culture. With my signature dish, I want to show how diverse and wonderful me...
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Conor Halpenny
Ireland
With this dish, I wanted to shine a light on modern Irish cooking, a combination of traditions and modern techniques. The Irish cu...
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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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Pacific
Diego Huerta
Australia
The inspiration behind this dish is the imagery of the sun reflecting on the gentle ocean waves. The sunlight and delicate sea fo...
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Jamie Musgrave
West Australian shellfish, a trip home
Jamie Musgrave
Australia
Australia’s landscape carries one of the world’s oldest and richest histories of ingredients, place, and people. Drawing from this...
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Robin Wagner
Australia
My passion and mindset when creating new dishes is to create something remarkable, to accept the challenge and always being out of...
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South-East Europe & Mediterranean
Mojmir Marko Šiftar
Slovenia
In a world of abundance, we need to look at a more nursing future. Sourcing ingredients has become paralysing for our planet. Due ...
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Paweł Szulżycki
Poland
By presenting this dish i would like to convince people that we chefs are not only people that stand for many hours in front of th...
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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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Uk
Vasyl Fysiuk
Becoming, to this day...
Vasyl Fysiuk
United Kingdom
Rather than recreating tradition,I chose to reinterpret them through the experiences,techniques,that have shaped me as a chef.Culi...
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Imogen Parrish
United Kingdom
The message I'm trying to express through my dish is that although its been said that crabs and lobsters are becoming more unsusta...
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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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USA
Leonardo Penafiel, portrait picture
Beet root millefeuille, signature dish
Leonardo Penafiel
United States
Through this dish, I aim to express a harmony of flavors and cultures, celebrating the versatility and richness of plant-based ing...
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Dimosthenis Efthymiou
Food conscience and sustainability are more prevalent in our lives than ever before. It is time to take action and look for more ...
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Vitor Mendes
Through this dish, I'd like to show that brazilian ingredients are unique and amazing just as much as from any other part of the w...
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West Europe
Antoine Guilmot, portrait picture
100% vegetable ravioli of celery root, signature dish
Antoine Guilmot
Belgium
Through this vegetable dish, the idea is to show that a simple product can become a complex and flavorful dish on its own. You can...
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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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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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