MEET THE QUALIFYING TEAMS OF THE GLOBAL CHEFS CHALLENGE FINALS

Year : 2026
Portugal

André Filipe Serra

United States
Portrait Derek Mazzocoli

Derek R. Mazzocoli

Namibia

Elizabeth Puleni Taati Isai

Italy

Giuseppe De Vincenzo

Iceland

Hinrik Orn Larusson

Mexico

Jaime Emilio Leal Cruz

Finland

Katja Tuomainen

Australia

Leslie Chan

Fiji

Navneet Reddy

Netherlands

Ruben Van Zanten

Singapore

Stanton Wong Hau Zhe

Denmark

Tommy Jespersen

Vietnam

Tuan Dung Trinh

United Arab Emirates
Portrait Yury Evfimenko

Yury Evfimenko

Wales

William Richards

Singapore

Cheng Yen Ping

Czech Republic

Karolína Hávová

Norway

Martine Espeland

Serbia

Milan Lukovic

Mexico

Pablo Elías Galván Vera

United Arab Emirates

Ruwan Kumara Phille Gedara

Romania
Paul Antohi Portrait

Antohi Paul

Wales

Calum Smith

Qatar

Kevin Glorial Putra Pamara

Cyprus

Konstantina Papaioannou

Australia

Liam Brnic

Norway

Trym Karlsen

USA

Yeishalee Santana

Taiwan

Yi-Hsuan Hung

Fiji

Abhinesh Rohit Sharma

Romania

Vadean Alin Viorel

Hong Kong

Ben Chan Chi Bun

Denmark

Bjarke Jeppesen

United Arab Emirates

Janam Maharjan

Italy

Luigi D’Antonio

USA

Michael Jay Stamets

THE GLOBAL CHEFS CHALLENGE 2026

Stay-tuned as the top chefs from across the globe battle for a chance to win their place at the Global Chefs Challenge Finals taking place during Worldchefs Congress & Expo 2026 in Wales!

Meet the winners of the Global Chefs Challenge 2024!

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