Michael Bracero
Philippines
The sustainable chef superstars fuelling your day
Meet the finalists and contestants from the semi-finals of the Cook for Change! Sustainable chef challenge. The finalists will all be participating in the grand finale taking place in March 2026 in London. One finalist has been selected from each of the seven regions in which we operate plus two additional chefs selected based on the next highest overall scores across all regions.
Gordon Carberry
UK&I Finalist - Gordon normally cooks for our Corporate Services clients and consumers in the Ireland, working in a Modern Recipe and Kitchen Works restaurant. His winning dish was 'Parsnip'.
Denisse Galvez
LATAM Finalist - Denisse normally cooks for our Corporate Services clients and consumers in Chile, working in a Kitchen Works restaurant. Her winning dish was 'Chochayuyo stew accompanied by potato mille-feuille decorated with sprouts'
Faustine Germain
France Finalist - Faustine normally cooks for our Corporate Services clients and consumers in France, working in a Modern Recipe restaurant. Her winning dish was 'Creamy polenta with tomme de savoie IGP, perfect egg, spring virgin sauce, glazed asparagus'.
Robert Janse
COEU Finalist - Robert normally cooks for our Corporate Services clients and consumers in the Netherlands, working in a Kitchen Works restaurant. His winning dish was 'Smoked Kohlrabi with miso, white bean cream and kombucha beurre blanc'.
Ricardo Machado
Brazil Finalist - Ricardo normally cooks for our Corporate Services clients and consumers in Brazil, working in a Modern Recipe restaurant. His winning dish was 'Desconstruct to reconstruct'.
Pravin Nanaware
APMEA Finalist - Pravin is part of our Food Platform team in India, planning Modern Recipe dishes for multiple Corporate Services client locations. His winning dish was 'Sustainable sea & root'.
Randall Prudden
NorAm Finalist - Randall normally cooks for Good Eating Company clients and consumers in the USA. His winning dish was 'The whole pumpkin with roasted maitake mushroom & mole negro'.
Peter Brass
Top Tied Runner Up - Peter normally cooks for Energy and Resources clients and consumers in Australia. His winning dish was 'Curried sweet potato & lentil croquette'.
Joel Ryan
Top Tied Runner Up - Joel normally cooks for Good Eating Company clients and consumers in the USA. His winning dish was 'Vegan panisse "poutine" with maitake mushroom hemp gravy and cashew curds'
Meet all the semi-final contestants
Klaud Chen
China
Ezequias de Andrade
Brazil
Jerson Fernandes
India
Matthieu FOPPOLI
France
Elio GENUALDO
France
Hanz Huang
China
Stacy Kniazeva
UK
Ken Lau
Canada
Renan Lemos
Brazil
Roman Lovett
UK
Kevin Melis
Belgium
Christopher Paredes
Chile
Joaquin Suarez
Colombia
Piotr Wasielewski
Poland
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