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Waterford Crystal Chef of Chefs Competition

Wine Rendezvous Grand Tasting & Chef Showcase participating chefs, will vye for the coveted $5,000 cash prize and Waterford Crystal Chef of Chefs Awards presented by Goya, while inspired renowned pastry chefs simultaneously compete for the Just Desserts trophy.

2022 Award Winners

2022 Chef of Chef Award Winners

Chef Daisuke Igataki, from Shimogamo in Chandler, Arizona took top honors including a $5,000 cash prize along with the Waterford Crystal Trophy presented by GOYA Foods. His dish was a reconstructed Japanese sukiyaki simmered A5 Miyazaki Japanese Wagyu Shoulder in sukiyaki style with soy, sake and mirin. The eggshell bottom was the sukiyaki wagyu filled with dashi, egg foam topped with charcoal crisps, shiso leaf, shiso flower and salted ikura.

Past Winners

2022 Chef of Chefs Winner

Daisuke Igataki
Shimogamo
Chandler, Arizona

2022 1st Runner Up

Chef Urvin Croes
Infini
Aruba

2022 2nd Runner Up

David Skinner
eculent
Kemah, TX

2019 Winners

Brandon Silva, Wooster’s Garden, Grand Prize Winner of the Chef of Chef Awards presented by Goya; Jesse Cavazos, Nick's Fish Dive & Oyster Bar, 2nd Runner Up; and Carlos Ramos, Latin Bites, 1st Runner Up