International Jeunes Chefs Rôtisseurs Competitor Profile
Wishing Gus Koenigsfest well in Paris! Editor’s Note: While the International Jeunes Chefs Rôtisseurs Competition was cancelled for 2020 due to the on-going Covid-19 pandemic, the 2021 competition will now be held in Paris on September 25th. The competition will be staged at Le Cordon Bleu’s outstanding campus.Our best wishes to Gus in Paris and in his future endeavours moving forward. Since winning the Gold Medal and the Canada’s Chef Paul Mastalir Award for Kitchen Excellence at the Canadian National Competition two years ago in September 2019, Gus Koenigsfest, from Vancouver’s renowned Published on Main restaurant, has been waiting for his chance to compete on the International stage. Over that time, he has been working long and hard in the kitchen, training to test his culinary prowess against a field of as many as 20 other young chefs from around the world at the Concours International des Jeunes Chefs (Young Chefs) Rôtisseurs Competition. Now his wait is over! He will be travelling to the worldrenowned le Cordon Bleu school kitchens to compete in the 44th Concours International des Jeunes Chef Rôtisseurs Competition for a five-week
culinary course at le Cordon Bleu, and Wüsthof chefs’knives. Gus entered the Canadian National Competition under the mentorship of award-winning Executive Chef, and Vancouver Bailliage Vice-Conseiller Culinaire, Scott Jaeger of Burnaby’s The Pear Tree Restaurant.
From ‘helping’ his mom cook dinner at a young age to getting caught asleep in front of the T.V. on the Food Network after a ‘sick day’ from school, Gus Koenigsfest had a passion for cooking from a young age. Born and raised in North Vancouver, Gus always knew that this was what he wanted to do.
Bailli Honoraire Cindy Findlay presents the Chef Paul Mastalir Award for Kitchen Excellence to Gus Koenigsfest.
Gus is well prepared to meet the rigors and challenges of culinary competition. Over the next month he will continueto participate in a series of“black box” practices designedto help him further hone his creative and culinary skills.
Wüsthof professional carving knives
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