Bocuse d’Or – Twenty chefs clash at the continent finals in Budapest

Fifteen name of the twenty is already known, and the competing chefs will be chosen at the national finals in another five countries for the continent final of the world’s most prestigious cookery competition, Bocuse d’Or, organized in Budapest on May 10-11, webradio.hu wrote.

Before the participants compete for the world’s best chef title in Lyon in 2017, they clash at continent finals. The Bocuse d’Or Europe is the most viewed event of the series of the qualifying rounds, and 11 contestants get into the world finals – the organizers told MTI.

Following the national qualifiers of each country, it is known which twenty nations’ chefs participate in the European finals.

Belgium will be represented by Peter Aesaert, Bulgaria by Antonio Ivanov, Denmark by Morten Falk, the United Kingdom by Anthony Wright, Estonia by Dmitri Rooz, Finland by Eero Vottonen, France by Laurent Lemal, the Netherlands Jan Smink, Croatia by Tomislav Karamarko, Iceland by Viktor Andresson, Norway by Christopher William Davidsen, Russia Artur Ovchinnikov, Spain by Juan Manuel Salgado, Sweden by Alexander Sjogren, Turkey bí Mutlu Sevket Yilmaz, while still further national finals will be held in Austria, Hungary, Germany, Italy and Switzerland at the end of February, webradio.hu wrote.

Adam Pohner (Olympia Restaurant, Budapest), Laszlo Szabo (Sodexo), Istvan Volenter (67 Restaurant & Bistro, Szekesfehervar), Sandor Rodrigo (Costes Downtown, Budapest) and Arpad Gyorffy (Collage – Four Seasons, Budapest) qualified for the February 18 finals. Tamas Szell, chef of Onyx Restaurant, Budapest – who finished 10^th at Bocuse d’Or 2013 World Finals – also runs.

The Bocuse d’Or Europe competition will be held in the framework of Sirha Budapest international trade fair on May 10-11. The twenty competitors fight in a 5 hour 35 minute-long culinary show for the winner of the Bocuse d’Or Europe 2016 title. They have to create a meat dish made of deer and a fish dish made of sturgeon and its caviar, with the help of their assistant and their preparing trainer.

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