Chef Keith Pears and assistant cook Joseph Mongillo prepare for the Bocuse d'Or cooking competition — held in Lyon — at their test kitchen in Toronto on Jan. 8, 2025.
The Bocuse d’Or is the most prestigious cooking competition in the world. Chefs from 24 countries square off over the course of two days, in a five-and-a-half-hour cook-off. Toronto's Keith Pears is going for gold.In the kitchen of what once was the Kraft Heinz corporate offices in North York, Toronto chef Keith Pears prepared for his moment on the culinary world's greatest stage.
"My goal for Team Canada is to just continue to build on our momentum and really put Canada on the map for food tourism," Pears said.A family of chefs Pears says the first time he livestreamed the Bocuse d'Or competition: 'I just loved the attention to detail and the intensity of it.' Team Canada plates dishes during the Bocuse d’Or Americas finale in June 2024. The team took home silver.
"Keith always reminds me that we might not win," Mongillo said, "but you have to remember the small wins."
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