The Canadians competed in Erfurt, Germany, during the Oct. 5-10 event.
At the World Culinary Olympics, the national team — comprising five members, Poyan Danesh, Brad Horen, Patrick Gayler, Jeffery Young, Peter Dewer and Jennifer Stags, strives to obtain the highest number of total points to win best overall. They use the indigenous foods and flavours of their home country, and are judged in two competitive categories: Restaurant of Nations Hot Competition (66 2/3 points) and Cold Display Table Competition (33 1/3 points).
National Culinary Team Canada received Gold in Restaurant of Nations Hot Kitchen and Silver in Cold Platter Display. They placed fourth overall. Our overall score was 89.15, which is very high silver; just .85 more points and we would have been awarded Gold.
The National Team standings were:
Sweden
Norway
Germany
Canada
Out of 35 National teams, Canada was awarded one of only four Gold medals for the Hot Kitchen, with the third-highest score. Hot Kitchen is an extremely challenging competition, and to have been awarded Gold is a great achievement.
The Cold Platter Display judges were very tough on the teams, and the only National team to be awarded Gold in this category was Sweden.
