On March: Bocuse d’Or Europe is back in Hungary

On March 23rd and 24th, Sirha Budapest will host the Bocuse d’Or Europe, the European selection of the prestigious international gastronomic competition. It will determine the 10 national chefs who will represent their country at the grand Finale of the Bocuse d’Or 2023 during Sirha Lyon next January.

The candidates and their commis will combine their expertise and technique to convince a jury composed of leading gastronomic figures such as Romuald Fassenet (Chef at Château Mont Joly in France), Kenneth Toft Hansen (Bocuse d’Or 2019), Philip Tessier (Bocuse d’Argent 2015) or Christian André Pettersen (President of the jury, Bocuse de Bronze 2019 and 2021).

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Meet in the kitchens:

Day 1, March 23rd, 2022

Poland – Jakub Kasprzak – Chef of the Lumiere restaurant in Baranowo – Commis: Dawid Cieśliński
Estonia – Alexander Gureev – Sous-chef of the Bristol Hotel in Oslo – Commis: Maksim Fomenkov
Ukraine – Maksym Pryhidko – Chef of the Experimental restaurant in Lviv – Commis: Vasyl Fysiuk
Denmark – Brian Mark Hansen – Chef of the restaurant Søllerød-kro in Copenhagen – Commis: Elisabeth Madsen
France – Naïs Pirollet – Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon – Commis: Cole Millard
Slovakia – Peter Duranský – Chef of the restaurant Das Loft in Vienna – Commis: Mark Janák
Switzerland – Christoph Hunziker – Chef of the restaurant Beizli in Köniz – Commis: Céline Maier
Iceland – Sigurjón Bragi Geirsson – Chef of the restaurant Héðinn in Reykjavik – Commis: Hugi Rafn Stefánsson
Belgium – Sam Van Houcke – Chef of the restaurant Maste in Ghent – Commis: Tristan Bauwens