World finals: Winners

Congratulations to all of our contestants who made it to the Final, everyone in particular the jury was most impressed by the creations that our contestants delivered during these three intense days.

 

The winning candidates are...

1st place: Frank Haasnoot from the Netherlands

2nd place: Yoshiaki Uezaki from Japan

3rd place: Palle Sørensen from Denmark

 

Followed by...

4th place: Seung Yun Lee from Australia

5th place: Asgeir Sandholt from Iceland

6th place: Ryan Stevenson from Belgium

7th place: Mariusz Buritta from Eastern Europe

8th place: Claudia Schmid from Switzerland

9th place: Xavier Berger from France

10th place: Luis Robeldo from Mexico

11th place: Chi Hsien Cheng from Taiwan

12th place: Sylvain Bortolini from the United States

13th place: Veronique Rousseau from Canada

14th place: Jana Ristau from Germany

15th place: Yumiko Saimura from Italy

16th place: John Costello from the United Kingdom

17th place: Alexander Ilyukhin from Russia

18th place: Francisco Somoza from Spain

19th place: Damien Deslandes from Lebanon

 

The winners for the Best Category Awards are as follows:

Best Praline: Palle Sørensen from Denmark

Best Pastry: Palle Sørensen from Denmark

Best Dessert: Frank Haasnoot from the Netherlands

Best Showpiece: Frank Haasnoot from the Netherlands

Best Necklace: Jana Ristau from Germany

Best Press Award: Frank Haasnoot from the Netherlands

Most voted online showpiece: Veronique Rousseau from Canada