Competition in any field is a great stimulus for development and self-improvement. For the sake of the manifestation of our talents and the search for their evaluation and recognition, we are ready for a lot. For such people, special competitions in the field of cooking are created. The most famous and prestigious of them are described in the article below.
Bocuse d "Or" / "Golden Bocuse", International Chef Competition "Global Chef Challenge", International Kremlin Culinary Cup, Russian Championship in Culinary and Service, Competitions within the culinary salon "World of Restaurant", Cup "Baltic Culinary Star" ”, and other Russian, European and world competitions.
International Haute Cuisine Chef Competition Bocuse d'Or/ "Golden Bocuse" The most prestigious international culinary competition was organized in 1987 by the famous French chef and restaurateur Paul Bocuse. Held every two years in Lyon (France). Russian chefs have been participating in this competition since 2003.
Confectionery World Cup "La Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie"
Prestigious international competition was organized in 1989 by the famous French confectioner Gabriel Payasson. Held every two years in Lyon (France). Russian specialists have been participating in this competition since 2005.
International Chef Competition "Global Chef Challenge" ("GCC")
The organizer of the competition is the World Association of Chefs (WACS). Final competitions are held once every 2 years. In the regional semi-final (region - northern Europe) - chefs from Russia take part
International Kremlin Culinary Cup
Competitions of the "International Kremlin Culinary Cup" are held in Moscow, within the framework of the International Exhibition "PIR. hospitality industry. An independent part of the competition is the Russian Culinary and Service Championship. Since 2009 the Cup has been official competition World Association of Communities of Chefs (WACS).
Culinary championships and competitions within the framework of the International Culinary Salon "Restaurant World"
Open Championship of Russia in the art of cooking, the Open Championship of Russia in the confectionery art, All-Russian competition bakers; Competition for the best sandwich; Iced Tea Competition; Sushi Contest; Competition for the best cocktail using beer; Oyster Opening Competition.
International Culinary and Service Championship "Zolotaya Kulina"
The competition is held annually (since 2001) in St. Petersburg. Organizers: Committee for Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade of St. Petersburg, VO "RESTEK", Association of Culinary and Restaurateurs of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Association of Bartenders
Cup "Baltic Culinary Star" and other competitions within the framework of the exhibition "ExpoHoReCa" (St. Petersburg)
International professional competition of chefs from Russia and the Baltic Sea countries. It has been held since 2005 in St. Petersburg as part of the ExpoHoReCa exhibition. Cup organizer - "Academy of Hospitality"
Competition of young chefs "Silver Triangle"
Competition for the title of the best young chef. Held annually (since 2010) as part of the Moscow Gastronomic Festival.
"Best Chef of Estonia" and other culinary championships and competitions within the framework of the Tallinn Food Fair "Tallinna Toidumess"
Estonian Championship among waiters and chefs, Estonian championship among confectioners and bakers
As well as regional competitions and competitions:
Competition "Best in profession", nomination "Public catering"
It has been held annually in St. Petersburg since 2009. Organizer - Committee for Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade of the Government of St. Petersburg (CERPPiT).
Pskov regional competition "Best cook"
It has been held in Pskov since 2011. Organizers: State Committee of the Pskov Region for Investments and Spatial Development and Non-Profit Partnership "Food Enterprises of the Pskov Region"
Festival of chocolate art "Chocoladomania"
The chocolate art festival "Chocoladomania" has been held in St. Petersburg since 2008.
Competition "Constellation of Ladoga"
Competition among specialists of small businesses of the Leningrad region in culinary arts. Organizer - Committee for the development of small, medium-sized businesses and the consumer market of the Leningrad region.
Interregional competition of culinary arts "Caucasian health resort"
The main goal of the interregional competition "Caucasian health resort" is to hold a review of achievements in the development of public catering in the Stavropol Territory, as well as in the regions Russian Federation. Organizer - North Caucasian Culinary Association. Held since 2008
Interregional festival of culinary skills "Kostroma Snegurochka"
Competitions in culinary, confectionery and service art "Kostroma Snegurochka" have been held in Kostroma since 2006. Organizers: Administration of the Kostroma Region and the Kostroma Culinary Association.
International culinary competition of chefs "One World" / "One World"
The competition is held under the auspices of the World Association of Chefs (WACS), and no more than 7 chefs from each continent participate in it. The host country cannot have its own candidate. The competition has been held since 2006, Russian chefs have been participating since 2007.
Championships within the framework of the Russian Cuisine Festival "Culinary Heritage"
The festival is held in 22 regions of Russia - from Petropavlovsk to Kaliningrad. Final competition - in Moscow
Competitions within the framework of the Professional Assembly "EXPO Showcase"
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg. Competition for young chefs "Junior Chef" and competition for students of professional colleges "Junior Waiter". Organizer - Publishing House "Vitrina"
Competition "The best pizzaiolo of St. Petersburg"
The competition is held on the initiative of the State Institution "St. Petersburg Center for International Cooperation" and with the support of the Consulate General of the Italian Republic in St. Petersburg as part of the annual Festival "Italy on Italian Street"
International Competition for Young Chefs of the Gastronomy Guild
Organizer: International Guild of Gastronomers. The competition was first organized in Switzerland in 1977 with the aim of supporting aspiring chefs by giving them the opportunity to develop and showcase their talent.
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We invite pizzaiolo who are ready to fight for the title of Russian pizza champions to participate. The competition will be held in seven nominations, in which participants will be able to demonstrate not only individual skills and professionalism, but also teamwork.
Since 2015, the Russian Pizza Championship has become the official qualifying round for the World Championship!
Not held this year:
Russian Culinary and Service Championship
Championship for the title of the best coffee house in Russia
The main principle of the Russian Coffee Cup championship is unique for the coffee industry - not baristas compete with each other, but entire teams of coffee houses. Participants must demonstrate not only their professionalism, but also the ability to work in a team, and also try to convey the atmosphere of their coffee shop.
All-Russian youth championship in culinary and service "Student PIR"
The competition site is a meeting place for young talented culinary students as participants and recognized masters of the hospitality industry as a jury. The largest social project of specialized education in Russia. Held with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia and the Department of Education of the city of Moscow.
New perspectives in the profession can open up to everyone!
Hotel competitions "Student PIR"
We invite future specialists in the Russian hotel business to take part in professional competitions. Are you purposeful, erudite, talented and creative? Looking to build a career in the hospitality industry? Then you have a unique opportunity to demonstrate your professional knowledge and skills in front of industry experts!
Restaurant cup "Russian PIR"
One of the most spectacular events at the exhibition! Competitions among Russian cuisine restaurants that have no analogues in Russia and the CIS are a real battle of culinary titans. "Russian PIR" is designed to present national culinary traditions in a modern way, to promote the exchange of new ideas and best practices.
International Kremlin Culinary Cup
Competitions for the professional community. A unique opportunity to compete with the strongest representatives of culinary professions from around the world and declare yourself and your country in the international arena. The cup is an official project of the World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS).
Sweet life
Competition for all fans of confectionery skills! Every year, dozens of amateur confectioners present their delicious and beautiful creations - cakes, cupcakes, sweet bouquets and gingerbread - to the judgment of a professional jury. Visitors can get ideas for their homemade delicacies and find the perfect master for future orders, while participants can receive valuable prizes and recognition from professionals.
If for film actors the highest award is an Oscar, for athletes - medals at the Olympic Games, then for haute cuisine masters it is a victory in the culinary battle "Golden Bocuse". Everyone dreams of getting a statuette of a cook, but for most of the participants it remains a dream.
History of the competition
The unique competition "Bocuse d'Or" was first held in 1987. The honorary president of the exhibition for professional chefs, Paul Bocuse decided to arrange gastronomic competitions among chefs from all over the world in Leon. He invited the press and many guests to watch the culinary competitions of young talented chefs, and the competent jury to evaluate them. The World Chefs Championship is now held every 2 years and is a huge success. Russian chefs have been taking part in the battle of the strongest chefs since 2003. So far not very successful.
Now the organizer of haute cuisine competitions is the French company GL events Exhibitions.
What are the rules?
24 chefs from different countries are fighting in the culinary ring. Everyone has to cook 2 dishes (meat and fish), and time is given for five and a half hours. Everything is prepared directly during the competition, under the supervision of representatives of a special committee.
The team consists of a leader, chef, sous chef and a coach who can help with advice. The process of creating gastronomic masterpieces takes place in a separate box. There are always restrictions on the use of products and methods of cooking. Interestingly, chefs are told what they will cook with a month before the competition. And they go to the market for herbs an hour and a half before the start of the competition.
How to get involved?
Only those chefs who won the qualifying rounds in their country can participate in the prestigious competition. The cook must have the citizenship of the country he intends to represent. Eat age limit, the participant must be over 24 years old (assistant under 22 years old). He must have experience as a chef, sous chef or cook in his country. All other criteria are not very important.
Where to begin? Prepare a unique team. Win the regional competition, then win the national selection round and welcome to Leon for the grand "Bocuse d'Or".
Qualifying rounds
They are held in every country, in Russia there is also a representative office of this prestigious competition.
The masters who will compete in 2017 at the "Bocuse d'Or" in French Leon have already been determined. The qualifiers in Russia were held in Moscow in June 2015, the European semi-final in Budapest in May 2016. Hungary won, our chefs are only in 18th place.
Next regional qualifying rounds will be held for the opportunity to become a participant in the Golden Bocuse 2019 competition.
To prepare and participate in such competitions, an impressive store of knowledge and good financial support are required. If you still decide to participate, I'm ready to help you contacts can be found on the main page
Cooking is not just a profession, but a vocation. Professional chefs of the planet literally live in the world of gastronomy, they love to cook and constantly come up with new recipes and food processing techniques. Chef competitions play a special role in the development of confectionery and culinary skills, where the best of the best compete for the coveted gold medals and figurines of the winners.
We decided to make a list of 3 the best competitions world of gastronomy that you should know about.
Bocuse d'Or
"Golden Bocuse" is the most prestigious and famous professional competition for chefs all over the planet, like an "Oscar" for filmmakers and " Olympic Games» for athletes. It was first held in 1987 at the initiative of the legendary chef Paul Bocuse. The competition involves several stages. First, the participating countries select applicants at the national level, then the Bocuse d'Or Europe, Bocuse d'Or AsiaPacific, Bocuse d'Or Americas and Bocuse d'Or Africa competitions take place. The final stage of the Bocuse d'Or Finale in Lyon determines the absolute winners at the international level - the owners of gold, silver and bronze medals.
Laureates of the "Golden Bocuse" open up tempting professional prospects, and the attention of culinary experts is riveted to their national cuisine.
Coupé du Monde de la Patisserie
For almost 30 years, every 2 years, the "Confectionery World Cup" has brought together the rising talents of the "sweet" art. As with the Bocuse d’Or Chef Competition, the best candidates go through a national selection process, which includes more than 50 countries. Then the continental stage begins in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. About 20 teams go to the final, where they represent the best creations of the confectionery art of their own country or any other cuisine. The top three winning countries are determined by final stage competitions in Lyon. The finalists prepare several sweet dishes, for example, in 2017 they worked on chocolate desserts, sugar sculptures and much more.
Global Chef Challenge
The "International Chef Competition" came into being thanks to the World Association of Chefs' Societies (WACS), which is the main organizer of the event. For 2 years, qualifying stages have been held in 70 countries of the world, and only 1 time in 2 years all the finalists gather in one place to get the title of the best. The competition includes 3 categories: Global Chefs Challenge for chefs over 25 years old, Hans Bueschkens Trophy Global Young Chefs Challenge for participants under 25 years old and Global Pastry Chefs Challenge for pastry chefs over 25 years old.
What do the winners get? Recognition and a lot of new opportunities that will open up the whole world!
If you love cooking or pastry art, and participation in such competitions is your dream, start taking action. The first step is to get a quality education. Culinary schools around the world offer a variety of training programs to develop the right skills and knowledge for the job.
Leading educational institution in the field of gastronomy - the French Academy, whose campuses are located on 5 continents of the planet. Here, not only beginners, but also experienced chefs who want to improve their skills. In addition, future chefs can go for education to Italy (), where they teach the intricacies of Italian cuisine; to Switzerland ( , ) or the USA () to learn the basics of international gastronomy.
The choice of culinary courses and the country of study depends on individual preferences. It is important to know that all of the listed schools share several main advantages:
- Practical orientation of the programs: students attend demonstrations and work in training kitchens
- Opportunity for internships in the best Michelin-starred restaurants in the world
- Building a professional network of contacts
If you have any questions about training as a chef or pastry chef in schools abroad, please contact the experts for a free consultation.
What championships should a strong Ukrainian confectioner pay attention to today - in the report of the DGF International Culinary School.
Championship of Ukraine "BISCOTTI chef confectioner 2015"
The first National Championship of Ukraine in confectionery art "BISCOTTI chef confectioner 2015" invites professional confectioners of Ukraine to write their name in the culinary history of the country. The organizers of the championship, which will be held in Lviv on October 17 - 18, as part of the "National Holy Chocolate", until September 25 accept applications from candidates with an advanced level of skill. The task of the competition is to be as close as possible to European standards: at the competition, the eight strongest participants must sell 1 chocolate sculpture, prepare 1 cake - entreme with two types of fillings and flavors, and 1 type of sweets.
The skill of eight participants on key criteria (taste, appearance, idea and cleanliness of work) will be evaluated by the jury - the World Champion in confectionery art, a specially invited pastry chef from France - Patrick Kazula, domestic experts in gastronomy and confectionery art and representatives of the culinary school DGF International Culinary School, including Zaza Kassashvili, Alexander Brazhevsky, Valery Sozanovsky, Valentin Stefano and others.
The organizers of the event pursue a noble mission! Firstly, a championship of this level creates a unique platform for the exchange of experience and knowledge, improvement of the industry and its representatives, and also popularizes the art of confectionery in Ukraine. In addition, "BISCOTTI chef confectioner 2015" will be the first step towards the formation of a Ukrainian team of real talents for worthy performance at world-class competitions (such as, for example, Mondial des arts sucres).
Mondial des arts sucres (World Pastry Championship)
The World Pastry Championship is one of the key confectionery championships in France, which takes place every two years in Paris as part of the professional exhibition of confectionery art and equipment, Europain.
In 2016, the world championship is scheduled for February 5 - 8. For 4 days, contestants from 16 countries will present their author's products corresponding to a certain topic. The peculiarity of the Mondial des arts sucres is that each team must have 2 participants, a man and a woman. The task of the teams is much more difficult: in addition to the competition set "BISCOTTI chef confectioner 2015", each team must present a dessert on a plate, mini-cakes and sculptures made of chocolate and caramel.
The course of the competition is monitored by 32 judges and 60 commissioners, independent experts, holders of the most honorable professional titles in France, including "Best Confectioner of France", "World Champion in Confectionery Art" and so on. Prize fund- impressive and encouraging - this is both a pleasant monetary reward and many prizes from partners and sponsors of the event.
Coupe du monde de la patisserie (Patisserie World Cup)
Coupe du monde de la patisserie is a famous competition within the largest Lyon gastronomic exhibition Sirha. While the culinary specialists are fighting for the Bocuse d'Or, a competition of the strongest confectioners in the world is taking place in the neighboring pavilion of the salon.
The Coupe du monde de la patisserie features 22 national teams, which are carefully selected through multi-stage national and continental competitions. The teams consist of three participants, an ice cream master, a chocolatier and a confectioner (regardless of gender, orientation and religion).
Competitors prepare for the jury three chocolate entremets, three ice-cream entremets, 12 desserts on a plate, 1 caramel sculpture, 1 chocolate sculpture and 1 ice sculpture. Note that the ice sculpture on the Coupe du monde de la patisserie is something very special! The figures are placed in special illuminated refrigerators so that everyone can admire the unique ice creativity.
And if the enrollment of participants for the next season of Mondial des arts sucres is already closed, everything is just beginning for the Coupe du monde de la patisserie - the championship final is scheduled for January 22-23, 2017.
Mougins chocolate sculpture competition Le concours Sculptures les Etoiles de Mougins
For 10 years now, during the autumn period, the French town of Mougins has become a gastronomic Mecca, because it is there that the International Gastronomic Festival Les Etoiles de Mougins takes place for three days. This year, the international culinary festival took place on September 18 - 20 and one of its participants was Valery Sozanovsky, an honorary judge of the National Championship of Ukraine in confectionery art "BISCOTTI chef confectioner 2015".
The chocolate sculpture competition here is simplified to the maximum and is ideal for those who are not yet ready for hard work under the scrutiny of the judges: participants just need to provide the organizing committee of the festival with their chocolate sculpture that meets the specified requirements (size and theme). There, during Les Etoiles de Mougins, the works will be made available to the viewer and will be judged by the Best Pastry Chef of France, Christophe Renu, and his assistants, teachers of the chocolate academy. Despite the remote format of work, the organizers' award is worthy. The winner receives prizes worth 3500 Euros, of which 1800 is a check). Prizes of 1700 and 1300 Euros go to the silver and bronze medalists, respectively).
Believe in yourself, friends, and take part in professional championships! We wish you good luck!
