Bocuse d'Or

Winners - The podium dishes

From the start, the goal of Paul Bocuse and the contest’s organising team was to present an ARTISTIC cuisine while allowing the public to watch the competitors work. This was something very new in 1987. There was no Top Chef programme and no Internet at the time! The visual aspect has always been an integral part of the Bocuse d’Or DNA. Only jury members have the privilege of tasting the dishes made by competitors. However, the visual feast is accessible to all. The photos of the podium dishes reflect how gastronomic cuisine has evolved over the years… and likewise for culinary photography. Really interesting!

CHARTREUSE: “A TRIBUTE TO THE NOBEL PRIZE” – Potato salad with horseradish, dill and crispy herb petals. Herb-glazed aspargus. Purée of oysters and parsley. Chartreuse with leek, potato and shellfish stew. Shellfish sauce.

Take away box around tomato

Take away box around tomato

High North flavours combined with ingredients from the South

FAIRY TALE BY H.C ANDERSEN HIDDEN BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Butternut with raw diet of cucumber, apple, Jerusalem artichokes, macadamia nuts, pumpkin puree, apple & white soy jelly. THE GOLDEN EGG Chicken eggs with squash, mushrooms, sauce on pumpkin & cheese whey, raw pickled cabbage, onion & pommes soufflé. THE BUTTERFLY Pumpkin oil ice cream, pumpkin jam, squash cake, kefir mousse & citrus meringue.

Feed the kids PUMKIN WONDERLAND JOYFUL GARDEN Pumpkin “skin” filled with peas, apricot and lemon verbena Butternut squash freshly cooked in yellow spices Chilled pea and citrus consommé flavored with aromatic oil and green pepper THE GOLDEN EGG Pumpkin cylinders poached in brown butter and wild garlic Chawanmushi: Seasonal sprouts emulsion and crispy sourdough crumbs “Peaso” Butter sauce with pea miso and sour cream WINTER IN WONDERLAND Nyr: Norwegian cream cheese filled with pumpkin fudge, croquant and popping candy Green frost crispy branches. Lemonade: clear sea buckthorn and quince

Feed the kids ENJOY YOUR VEGETABLE: Cold pumpkin broth, cucumber stuffed with pumpkin & parsley. Whipped oat cream with horseradish & peas marinated with smoked oil. CRISPY PUMPKIN “HALLOWEEN”: Pan fried egg with mushrooms, onions, pickled pumpkin, lemon thyme & creamy egg yolk. Sauce with aged Hungarian cheese, pumpkin & pumpkin oil. AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY: Yoghurt mousse with liquid pumpkin, vanilla, apple & raspberry. Pumpkin cake. Crunchy “soil” surprise with chocolate, hazelnuts & lemon verbena

Bresse fatted chicken supreme stuffed with a medley of poultry giblets, truffles in a Chambertin stock.

Bresse chicken with the riches of France.