S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2016: the 20 finalists

Following three months of intense regional competition we can now reveal the names of the 20 finalists who have qualified for the S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2016 Grand Final which takes place this October in Milan, Italy.

Over 3,000 chefs entered the global search to find the best young talent in the world. Of those, 200 young chefs were short-listed for the 20 regional semi-finals. We are now down to the final 20 who will compete over three days in front of the grand jury to take the crown from last year's winner, Mark Moriarty, and so become the S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2016.

Here is the list in full…

Africa-Middle East
Gregoire Bérger: Chef, Restaurant Ossiano Fine Dining, Dubai.
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Benelux
Andrea Miacola: Chef de Partie, De Librije, Zwolle, Netherlands.
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Canada
Sean, MacDonald: Chef, Market Restaurant, Calgary.
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China
Chang Liu: Sous Chef, Huai Yang Fu, Beijing.
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East Europe
Rodrigo Sandor: Chef de Partie, Costes Downtown, Budapest, Hungary.
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France
Shintaro Awa: Sous Chef, Hotel le Bristol Epicure, Paris.
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Germany-Austria
Matthias Walter: Sous Chef, Burgrestaurant Staufeneck, Salach, Germany.
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Italy
Alessandro Salvatore Rapisarda: Chef, Café Opera - Gallery Hotel Recanati.
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Japan
Seira Furuya: Chef de Partie, Gakusikaikan, Chiyoda-Ku.
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LATAM-Caribbean
Daniel Nates: Chef, Maizal, Puebla, Mexico.
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Mediterranean
Nicolaos Billis: Chef, Botrini's Restaurant, Athens, Greece.
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North-East Asia
Matteo Zonarelli: Chef de Partie, 8 1/2 Bombana, Macau.
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Pacific-Australia
Leslie Hottiaux: Chef, Apero Food & Wine, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Russia-Baltics-CIS
Hezret Berdiev: Sous Chef, Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Scandinavia
Nikolaj Schmidt Skadborg: Sous Chef, Restaurant Sletten, Humlebæk, Denmark.
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South-East Asia
Tharun Batia: Chef de Partie, EK BAR, New Dehli, India.
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Spain-Portugal
David Andrés: Chef, ABaC Restaurant, Barcelona, Spain.
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Switzerland
Anne-Sophie Taurines: Chef, Restaurant et club Le Rouge, Verbier.
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UK-Ireland
George Kataras: Sous Chef, M Restaurants, London.
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USA
Mitch Lienhard: Chef, Manresa, Los Gatos, California.
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