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Nicholas Tsiknakos, executive-sous chef from
the Restaurant Carlton in Zurich wins the Swiss Culinary
Cup 2005!
Nicholas Tsiknakos, Executive-Souschef from the Restaurant
Carlton in Zurich wins the Swiss Culinary Cup 2005!
(Lucerne, Swiss Chefs Association) This year's winner
of the Swiss Culinary Cup is Nicholas Tsiknakos, 27.
Mr Tsiknakos, originally from Greece, won the competition
with a composition of "Vegetarian Moussaka, a mille
feuilles from fig and mocca, a Taleggio soup, smoked
quail breast and green tea noodles as a Fingerfood"
and with the main course "Steamed Scampozylinder
in Champagne sauce, Crayfish with pumpkin seeds crust
with yellow beetroot butter sauce, a TricColorReis creation
with scent of lemon“. His autumnal dessert creations
"Gingerbread heart with Cranberry - Mascarpone
mousse, elder soup with Muscat wine, warm autumnal berry
Clafouti and a Chocolate sandwich“, also impressed
the professional jury members.
With these creations, Nicholas excelled in this year’s
final, held in Weggis, against five other competitors.
The Swiss Culinary Cup is held by the Swiss Chefs
Association annually, and is widely known as the most
demanding competition.
For Culinary professionals, the competition is recognised
as the most prestigious cooking competition in Switzerland.
This is the 10 year anniversary of the competition.
Georges Knecht, President of the Swiss Chefs Association
attended this event in Lucerne, and along with the
presence of other prominent gastronomical figures,
was impressed by the high skill level of all six finalists,
saying: "Once more it appears that Swiss Chefs
and cooks are the best advertising media for our tourism."
Information about the finalists on www.kochverband.ch
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