The Grand Final
15ᵗᵸ edition
March 30,
2026
Reims Congress Centre
Cooking–Pastry Contest
Service–Sommelier Contest
Mixed teams from around the world with two candidates under 23 years old.
Winners of
previous
editions
required products
Guinea fowl
PRODUCER
Les Volailles et Agneaux de la Ferme
Red onion
PRODUCER
Caillot Saveurs
Morgane pear
PRODUCER
Bouvy Fruit
Buckwheat flour
PRODUCER
Contal Farmer
These producers are members of the “Carré des Producteurs” label created by Philippe Mille.
2026 Jury
Honorary President
Philippe
Mille
MOF, Cooking category, 2011
Chef owner
Arbane*, Reims
Mentor
Kei
KOBAYASHI
Head Owner Chef
Kei Paris ***, Paris
Cooking-Pastry jury
Maxence
Oro
Former Candidate Trophée Mille France 2021 &
Pastry chef
Château de Sacy
Manon
Gouin
Pastry chef
Restaurant Mallory Gabsi*
Bastien
Beal
Finalist au Trophée Mille France 2022 et 2023, & MAF in restaurant desserts 2025 & Pastry chef
Restaurant Erre
Aleksandra
SOWA-TRZEBIŃSKA
Head pastry chef & board member
Cukiernia Sowa
Massimiliano
SENA
Head Chef
Château de Courcelles*
Camille
Delcroix
Head owner
Bacôve*
Filip
ONDRUŠEK
Slovak Chef
Mallory
GABSI
Head owner
Restaurant Mallory Gabsi*
Laurent
COULMY
MOF Head 2011 L'Auberge De L'Ill **
Jacques
DECORET
MOF Head 1996 & Head owner
Maison Decoret*
Pascal
PAGEOT
Cooking Teacher
Lycée Anne Sophie Pic de Toulon
Service-Sommelier Jury
Eric
GOETTELMANN
MOF Sommelier 2019 & Chef sommelier exécutif
Bernard Loiseau
Marion
BONNARD
Cheese maker
Fromages et Vins du Boulingrin
Nicolas
SAUNIER
Head of private hospitality
Maison Veuve Clicquot
Emmanuel
GOUVERNET
Oenologist and Project Manager
Maison Veuve Clicquot
Alexis
HENNUYER
General Manager <br< M Réceptions
David
BIRAUD
Room Director
Restaurant Le Royal*
Matyss
LENTINI
MAF !Cheesemongers 2025 &
Cheese seller
Tonton Eustache, Marseille
Clément
ARMENGAUD
MAF Tableware and Serving 2025
Jacky
HEURTAUX
Manager & Farmer
Caillot Saveurs
Patrick
COGNIARD
Les Volailles et Agneaux de la Ferme
Victor
BOUVY
Farm manager
Bouvy Fruit
Camille
CONTAL
Cultivator of taste & Commercial
Contal Farmer
2026 Candidates
Cooking-Pastry
Lara BECKER &
Emilio David CRIOLLO MONTENEGRO
Germany
Madeleine HASLHOFER-ORTNER &
Adrian mattes
Autria
Léa guchet &
ethan guillaume
Belgium
Anna valle &
alexandre jiang
Spain
Chloé CADORET &
Martin ROUZIERE
France
Sara Emanuela CUCIUREANU &
Matteo STORANI
Italy
Amane NISHIMURA &
Kazuma Kito
Japon
Lisa KLEINERT &
Rafiq MATWALY
Netherlands
Julia GUZENDA &
Wiktor BUDAJ
Poland
Yaroslava KELEMEN &
Matěj CHVÁLA
Czech Republic
Tamara KOVACOVA
& Samuel VARGA
Slovakia
Bahar AGHAMALOVA
& Illia VASVUTINSKI
Ukraine
Service-Sommelier
Bettina GAISBERGER &
Raphael KRONE
Austria
Jeanne CRUEGHE &
Théo BREIL
France
Marisol MALLONI &
Francesco AURELI
Italy
Rhodé SMIT &
Rienk DIJKHUIS
Netherlands
Klára JAHODOVÁ
& Matěj ČERNOCH
Czech Republic
2026 Awards
Cooking-Pastry
Léa guchet
&
Ethan guillaume
Ecole Hôtelière provinciale de Namur – Belgium
Chloé CADORET
& Martin rouzière
Lycée Hôtelier Yvon Bourges – France
yaroslava kelemen
&
Matěj CHVÁLA
Střední Škola Slavkov –Czech Republic
Special award
Team spirit
Chloé CADORET
& Martin rouzière
& Martin rouzière
Lycée Hôtelier Yvon Bourges – France
Service-Sommelier
Bettina gaisberger
&
raphael krone
HLT Bad Leonfelden – Autria
Jeanne crueghe
&
Théo breil
Lycée Valérie Giscard d’Estaing
France
Klára JAHODOVÁ
& Matěj ČERNOCH
Střední Škola Slavkov
Czech Republic
Special award
Carré des Producteurs
Marisol malloni
&
Francesco AURELI
I.I.S.A. Einstein – A.Nebbia Italy