Bocuse d'Or 2025 in photos as France wins top cooking competition
Published: 1:45pm, 29 Jan 2025
After major investments in a bid to restore its lost national culinary prestige, France savoured victory on Monday at the world's most prestigious international cooking competition, the Bocuse d'Or.
Paul Marcon, son of former winner Régis Marcon, clinched the title in France's gastronomic capital, Lyon, 30 years after his much-garlanded father.
The biennial event, which takes place in front of a boisterous live audience, was founded in 1987 by the late French cooking legend Paul Bocuse.
Having seen Scandinavian countries dominate over the last decade, France's team has professionalised and attracted funding from both public authorities and private donors in a sign of the importance of the title for national identity. Marcon prepares dishes as he competes in the 2025 Bocuse d'Or cooking competition. Photo: AFP Régis Marcon, father of Paul Marcon, celebrates after his son wins first prize at the Bocuse d'Or 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE Ismo Sipelainen of Finland competes in the Bocuse d'Or 2025 cooking competition. Photo: AFP
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