Simon Hulstone, owner of the Elephant restaurant in Torquay with One Michelin Star and British contestant in the recent prestigious Bocuse d’Or European Cooking Competition Finale, sponsored by luxury cookware specialist All-Clad, came 4th in a field of top chefs.

Using state-of-the-art All-Clad cookware, Simon was awarded a medal by a judging panel of 20 leading chefs for being the winner of the best meat dish, which each team had to cook along with a fish dish.

Out of 20 European countries competing in this Finale only 10 will now go through to the Bocuse d’Or Grand Finale, which takes place every two years during the SIRHA Fair (the International equivalent of Hotelympia) in Lyon on 25th to 26th January 2011. This will involve competing chefs from 24 different countries and Simon Hulstone will be there representing Great Britain.

Simon is once again enthusiastic about his chances of winning an award and said “For the ultimate chef competition in the world it is safe to say only the best equipment in the world will suffice, All-Clad surpass these expectations and takes my food to a different level”

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