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The Regional Qualifying Tournaments (Europe, North America, Asia) held between October and December, and the Online Qualifying Tournament determined six finalists of the 10th Washoku World Challenge. The finalists will participate in the Final Tournament scheduled to be held in Tokyo on February 27th and 28th, 2023.

Attended by Japan’s Prime Minister Mr. Kishida, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Hayashi, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Mr. Kihara, State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Mr. Katsumata and others

This year, the Washoku World Challenge celebrates its landmark 10th year.

On February 17, 2022, a reception party sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries inviting media and food industry affiliates was held at the Japan Society in New York. The reception was held to take advantage of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) deactivation of import measures on Japanese food products associated with radioactive materials based on scientific evidence in September of last year.

Due to the worldwide spread of infectious diseases, we have decided to cancel the final tournament in Tokyo. As the result, we offered the special live-streaming online lessons by three top Japanese chefs to the six finalists.

For this year's Washoku World Challenge "Goho - Five methods", 15 participants who had passed the document screening submitted their cooking and presentation videos. In the meeting of video screening, judges carefully reviewed the videos to determine the 6 finalists.

Currently, Japanese Food Supporter Stores around the world are promoting Japanese ingredients in a variety of ways.

This year's Washoku World Challenge "Goho - Five methods" attracted 150 participants from 39 countries and regions around the world for the online document screening.

It has been decided that the 9th Washoku World Challenge, which sees chefs of Japanese cuisine and culinary students from all over the world, will host its qualifying tournaments heats online, with the final to be held in Tokyo.

In 2020, the Washoku World Challenge was held online, and participants with an interest in Japanese cuisine were welcomed from all over the world, resulting in the passionate participation of 199 people from 41 countries and regions.
Amongst them, 15 participants passed the first stage document screening, and 6 finalists were selected during the second stage video screening held in December.
As a bonus, the 6 finalists will have the opportunity to attend an online private lecture by a Japanese chef.

For 2020, the Washoku World Challenge was held online this year. As a result of inviting contestants from around the globe, 199 passionate entries from 41 countries and regions worldwide were brought together for the first stage of the contest, paper screening.

This year, the contest will be held online with an expanded scope of participation, including chefs of Japanese cuisine from across the world and culinary school students.