Over an intense three months period of challenges across the globe the 3,000 chefs that entered the S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2016 have been whittled down to a list of 20 finalists.
In October, the winner will be announced at the Grand Final in Milan. On the evening, last years’s winner Mark Moriarty will prepare a banquet; leaving the young chefs to concentrate on preparing their signature dishes to impress the Grand Jury of seven of the world’s best chefs.
The chef representing Ireland & UK this year is George Kataras, Sous Chef at M Restaurants in London.
Representing 20 regions and countries across the globe, the full list of S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2016 finalists is:
Africa Middle East
– Grégoire Berger, Chef, Restaurant Ossiano Fine Dining, Hotel Atlantis The Palm (Dubai)
Benelux
– Andrea Miacola, Chef de Partie, De Librije Zwolle (The Netherlands)
Canada
– Sean MacDonald, Chef, Market Restaurant Calgary
South East Asia
– Tharun Batia, Chef de Partie, EK BAR New Dehli (India)
China
– Chang Liu, Sous Chef, Huai Yang Fu Beijing
East Europe
– Rodrigo Sandor, Chef de Partie, Costes Downtown Budapest (Hungary)
France
– Shintaro Awa, Sous Chef, Hotel le Bristol Epicure Paris
Germany-Austria
– Matthias Walter, Sous Chef, Burgrestaurant Staufeneck, Salach (Germany)
Italy
– Alessandro Salvatore Rapisarda, Chef, Café Opera – Gallery Hotel, Recanati
Japan
– Seira Furuya, Chef de Partie, Gakusikaikan Chiyoda-Ku (Tokyo)
Latin America Caribbean
– Daniel Nates, Chef, Maizal Puebla (Mexico)
Mediterranean Countries
– Nicolaos Billis, Chef, Botrini’s Restaurant, Athens (Greece)
North East Asia
– Matteo Zonarelli, Chef de Partie, 8 1/2 Bombana Macau
Pacific Australia
– Leslie Hottiaux, Chef, Apero Food & Wine Auckland (New Zealand)
Russia, Baltics & CIS
– Hezret Berdiev, Sous Chef, Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace, St. Petersburg (Russia)
Scandanavia
– Nikolaj Schmidt Skadborg, Sous Chef, Restaurant Sletten, Humlebæk (Denmark)
Spain – Portugal
– David Andrés Morera, Chef, ABaC Restaurant Barcelona (Spain)
Switzerland
– Anne-Sophie Taurines, Chef, Restaurant et club Le Rouge, Verbier
USA
– Mitch Lienhard, Chef, Manresa Los Gatos (California)
To see the full list of winners with details of their dishes visit the official S.Pellegrino Young Chef site www.finedininglovers.com.
