The Global Chefs Challenge is where the world’s top chefs meet to compete in four competition categories. Selected through top performance at the Worldchefs Regional Semi-Finals, qualifying teams go head-to-head at the Global Chef Challenge Finals. Here, the best and brightest convene to show mastery in the culinary arts.


The 4 competitions categories:


GLOBAL CHEFS CHALLENGE
The Global Chefs Challenge features top chefs from across the globe. These chefs must compete to show their skills in the kitchen and their adaptability under fire.
Their culinary creations must follow guidelines such as being appetizing and tasteful, while also showing off exemplary plating for ease of service.

GLOBAL PASTRY CHEFS CHALLENGE
The Global Pastry Chef Challenge features the crème de la crème in pastry competition.
Competitors work to prove they can meet the standards of the world’s most modern patisseries, while showing an appeal to the five senses along with knowledge, extraordinary technique and of course, versatility.

GLOBAL VEGAN CHEFS CHALLENGE
This competition features innovative chefs who will showcase vegan culinary skills. Their plates must exclude animal proteins, while also creatively and tastily combining key vegan ingredients.

GLOBAL YOUNG CHEFS CHALLENGE
The Global Young Chefs Challenge features the emerging talent of chefs who are 25 years of age or younger. The top Young Chef competitor is awarded the Hans Bueschkens Trophy.
Its namesake, former Worldchefs president Chef Hans J. Bueschkens, advocated for the inclusion of
programs designed to promote and groom young people for a career in the kitchen.