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David Wälti wins San Pellegrino Young Chef Swiss Finale
The San Pellegrino Young Chef Contest Swiss Finale took place on 4th September 2017 in Zurich and the winner was Daniel Wälti.
The Contest
The contest featured nine Swiss Chefs from all over Switzerland, and was acted out in two parts. First of all the chefs prepared their spectacular and delicious creations at Belvoirpark in front of the jury and then after a five course dinner at the Restaurant Sonnenberg high above Zurich, the winners were announced as follows:
The Winners
1st place: David Wälti, Souschef, Eisblume, Worb
2nd place : Filipe Fonseca Pinheiro, Souschef, Restaurant de l’hôtel de Ville de Crissier B. Violer
3rd place : Marco Gaisser, Souschef, Restaurant Rias, Kloten
The Jury
The jury consisted of some very well known and illustrious chefs – André Jäger from Fischerzunft in Schaffhausen, Martin Dalsass from Talvo, Robert Speth from The Cheesery in Gstaad and Marcus Lindner from the Sonnenberg and the The Alpina Gstaad.
The Young Chefs Taking Part
The Chefs taking part in this competition were all from restaurants in Switzerland:
BENJAMIN LE MAGUET Sous Chef, ‘Le Maguet’ – Les Evouettes
DAVID WÄLTI Sous Chef, ‘Eisblume’ – Worb
DIEGO DELLA SCHIAVA ‘Sous Chef, ‘The View Hotel’ – Lugano
FILIPE FONSECA PINHEIRO Sous Chef, ‘Restaurant de L’Hotel de Ville de Crissier B. Violer’ – Crissier
JACO REDELINGHUYS Chef de Partie, ‘Maison Manesse’ – Zurich
KARIM ROBERT SCHUMANN Chef, ‘Hotel Vitznauerhof’ & ‘Waldhotel Davos’ – Vitznau
MARCO GAISSER Sous Chef, ‘Restaurant Rias’ – Kloten
NICOLAS PIERSON Sous Chef, ‘Bottle Brothers’ – Geneva
RODRIGO PARRACHO Chef de Partie, ‘Anne Sophie Pic at the Beau Rivage Palace Lausanne’ – Lausanne
Daniel Wälti will go on to represent Switzerland at the global Young Chef Competition 2018 on 22nd-23rd June in Milan and we wish him the best of luck! Only one chef representing each world area can attend the Grand Finale where the S.Pellegrino Young Chef 2018 will be announced.
The event took place in Zurich at the Restaurant Belvoirpark and the Restaurant Sonnenberg.
Restaurant Belvoirpark
Restaurant Sonnenberg
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All photos by Carmen Sirboiu and Christina Fryer
except for the photo of the winning dish which is courtesy of San Pellegrino
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