The recently held 3rd Mediterranean Yacht Show was a great success showcasing fabulous Greece charter yachts and other beautiful luxury yachts on display as well as a great number of participants attending the event. One of the integral parts of a show such as MEDYS is a Chef’s competition. This year’s competition was marked by outstanding success and a fantastic participation of chefs from various charter yachts and private vessels, demonstrating their culinary skills creating unique dishes, tastes and aromas representing the Greek gastronomy. On the 8th and 9th of May Chef were required to create the ‘Next Famous Hellenic Dish’ for the judges. In addition, this year’s competition also featured a new Category: ‘Best Tablescaping’, providing the crews with the chance to participate in the event.
Category A
Category A includes yachts with a daily charter rate in high season up to 7.999 euros. The first day of the Chef’s Competition for Category A, found judges Michael Nourloglou, an acclaimed Greek Chef along with brokers Christina Gedamke and Nicolas Benazeth of CharterWorld performing the hard task of tasting in order to identify a dish sufficient enough to become the next best thing when it comes to Greek gastronomy. Though judges spoke the truth when they said it was not an easy decision, the winners for Category A are as follows:
1st Place: double tie
Chef George Georgief – M/Y AURORA
Chef Antonis Zafiriou – M/Y PROJECT STEEL
Aurora Chef George Georgief
Project Steel Chef Antonis Zafiriou
2nd Place:
Chef Alexandros Georgiou – M/Y OBSESION
Obsession Chef Alexandros Georgiou
3rd Place:
Chef Marios Glykas – M/Y KENTAVROS II
Kentavros Chef Marios Glykasjpg
Category A Best Tablescaping
M/Y VALCO
M/Y Valco
Category A Platinum
The second day of the Chefs’ Competition was dedicated to the Category A Platinum, addressing to yachts with a daily charter rate in high season of 8.000 euro and above. The Judging Committee comprised of Michael Nourloglou, Sophia Tutino and Tove Johnson. Chefs did their best to tap their full potential yielding dishes of exquisite techniques, mouthwatering flavours and presentation coupled with a dazzling art de la table. Judges were once again puzzled with this tough call but reached their conclusions, deciding that the winners of the Category A Platinum are:
1st Place:
Chef Sotiris Louis – M/Y ANCALLIA
Alcallia Chef Sotiris Louis
2nd Place: triple tie
Chef Kostas Kampas – M/Y JAAN
Jaan Chef Kostas Kampas
Chef Dionysis Kosmetatos – M/Y MY ELISA
My Elisa Chef Dionysis Kosmetatos
Chef Giannis Papageorgiou – M/Y DUKE
Duke Chef Giannis Papageorgiou
3rd Place: double tie
Chef Giannis Peroulis – M/Y IDEFIX
Idefix Chef Giannis Peroulis
Chef Nicolas Politakos – M/Y DRAGON
Dragon Chef Nicolas Politakos
Category A Platinum Best Tablescaping
M/Y HELIOS
The Chefs’ Competition and Best Tablescaping Award Ceremony was held on May 10th, at the MEDYS Farewell Reception with Nafplion Lighthouse Pier as the ideal backdrop for applauding the Chefs and the Crews for their achievement, their ef-fort, their persistency and their extraordinary talent. The Chefs’ Competition was sponsored by the prestigious Domaine Skouras.
