The Grand Final
14ᵗᵸ edition
April 28,
2025
Reims Congress Centre
Cooking–Pastry Contest
Service–Sommelier Contest
Mixed teams from around the world with two candidates under 25 years old.
Winners of
previous
editions
required products
Brook trout
PRODUCER
Pisciculture de Vendresse
Celeriac
PRODUCER
Ferme des Bonnevals
Walnut oil
PRODUCER
Charbonneaux-Brabant
Golden apple
REGION
Grand Est
These producers are members of the “Carré des Producteurs” label created by Philippe Mille.
2025 Jury
Honorary President
Philippe
Mille
MOF, Cooking category, 2011
Chef owner
Arbane*, Reims
Mentor
Marc
HAEBERLIN
Head Chef
Auberge de l’Ill**, Colmar
Cooking-Pastry jury
Karol
OKRASA
Polish Chef
Platter Restaurant by Karol Okrasa - Intercontinental Hotel, Warsaw
Pierluca
ARDITO
Italian Chef
Grand Hotel La Chiusa di Chietri, Alberobello
Nicolas
LEBLOND-BIGOT
MAF, Cooking category, 2024
Philip
CHRONOPOULOS
Greek Chef
Palais Royal Restaurant (Paris** and Venice*)
Yoann
NORMAND
French Dessert Champion 2019
Yoann Normand Pastry Shop, Tinqueux
Pavel
MAREŠ
Czech Chef owner
Restaurant Tři Knížata, Jihlava
Filip
ONDRUŠEK
Slovak Chef
Louna
POUZET
MAF, Dessert of restaurant category, 2024
Laurent
COULMY
Operations Manager of the Reims central kitchen
Jean-François
GIRARDIN
MOF, Cooking category, 1993
President of the National Society “MOF”
Benjamin
ANDREUX
Head Chef
Le Millénaire*, Reims
Service-Sommelier Jury
Mélanie
ARNOULD
Restaurant Manager
Arbane*, Reims
Marion
BONNARD
Cheese maker
Fromages et Vins du Boulingrin
Nicolas
SAUNIER
Head of private hospitality
Maison Veuve Clicquot
Baptiste
COLLIGNON
General Manager
La Caserne Chanzy, Reims
Louise
GRILLET
Oenologist & Oenology Development Project Manager
Maison Veuve Clicquot
David
BIRAUD
MOF, Sommelier category, 2004
Director of Kedge Wine School, Paris
Valentin
GALLAIS
Head Sommelier
Arbane*, Reims
Jacky
HEURTAUX
Vendresse fish farm
Éric
Vigean
Vigean oil mill
Stanislas
CAUDRON
Bonnevals farm
2025 Candidates
Cooking-Pastry
Margaux SAINT-ARROMAN
& Younes DAHHANE
France
Yaroslava Kelemen
& MATĚJ CHVÁLA
Czech Republic
Natalia PINTERA
& Wiktor BUDAJ
Poland
Marco COSTANTINI
& Giorgia MATERA
Italy
Núria ESVERTIT
& Adrià FERNÁNDEZ
Spain
Lena PLÖCHL
& Vincent PRAG
Austria
Bahar AGHAMALOVA
& Dmytro PAVLIUK
Ukraine
Tamara KOVACOVA
& Samuel VARGA
Slovakia
Konstantina-Maria DIMOU
& Antonios ROUSSOS
Greece
Franca KAUFMANN
& Moritz STRITTER
Germany
Service-Sommelier
Lola GUIHO
& Hugo SCHUBNEL
France
Klára JAHODOVÁ
& Matěj ČERNOCH
Czech Republic
Leonie SCHINAGL
& Tobias GROSS
Austria
Virginia PELLICCIA
& Tommaso ROCCHETTI
Italy
Shania BOUMAN
& Issam-Eddine ADRA
Netherlands
2024 Awards
Cooking-Pastry
Laurine MULLER
& Benjamin ROYER
CEFPPA Adrien Zeller
France
Riho TAKAYAMA
& Yuki IRIE
Tsuji Hotel School
Japan
Nikoleta KOIMTZI
& Angelos Spyridon
LE MONDE Institute of Hotel & Tourism Studies
Greece
Special award
Team spirit
Theresa MAYR
& Moritz LENZ
Tourismusschulen Bad Leonfelden
Austria
Service-Sommelier
Juliette MAISONNEUVE
& Ryan SERRES
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing Hotel School
France
Sophie ROITHER
& Lukas PETER NEUMÜLLER
HLT Bad Leonfelden
Austria
Adéla FICKOVA
& Tomas BRAZDA
Secondary Gastronomy school of Adolph Kolping
Czech Republic
Special award
Carré des Producteurs
Juliette MAISONNEUVE
& Ryan SERRES
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing Hotel School
France
