In 2023, the country failed to finish in the top three as Denmark won the Bocuse d’Or, a fine-dining competition. This year, France reclaimed the crown.

The Bocuse d'Or competition is the World Cup of cuisine, held in Lyon, the gastronomic heart of France. Now New Orleans is turning to the event to elevate its own standing as an international capital of cuisine.

central France, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. The contest, a sort of world cup of cuisine, was started in 1987 by Lyon chef Paul Bocuse to reward young international culinary talents.

France has won the top prize in the prestigious Bocuse d'Or cooking competition, beating 23 other countries including Denmark and Sweden. Receiving the top prize was particularly sweet for

Denmark's chef Sebastian Holberg Svendsgaard, center, celebrates on the podium with his teammates after finishing second of the "Bocuse d'Or" (Golden Bocuse) trophy, in Lyon, central France, Monday, Jan.

THE Bocuse d’Or is the World Cup of cooking — and the equivalence is evident from the patriotic clang produced by spectators from the 24 qualifying countries at the finals. Read more at The Business Times.

On Saturday, 71-year-old Noël Louise Mekah Fossi, the daughter of murdered Cameroon independence activist Jacob Fossi, stands at the site of his death in Metche Falls. She is an outspoken critic of France's foreign policy towards its former colony.

GLOBALLY acclaimed County Antrim-born chef Clare Smyth recently played a central role in the world’s most prestigious culinary competition in France.

Wingstop’s bold plans for 2025 and news of an all-you-can-eat lasagna restaurant coming to Shoreditch were among this week’s most read stories.

Mathew Leong, executive chef of Norway’s three Michelin-starred Re-naa, is the top Asian chef among 24 countries and the world’s #6 in the prestigious Bocuse d’Or culinary competition.

The Andouillettes would be a bang-up name for a Mardi Gras dance troupe, I decided at the counter of a crowded market eatery in Lyon, France.