Brian Turner welcomes Bocuse d'Or 2013 rule changes
As revealed on BigHospitality last week, the UK team led by Adam Bennett from Simpsons restaurant in Birmingham have discovered the theme of the meat platter they must prepare in Lyon next year but will not learn the details of the fish dish until November.
"It's good to hear that the Bocuse D'Or competition is constantly changing, appraising and moving on. I think we will need to be careful of the translation of technical details and the execution," Turner said. One of the three side-dishes for the fish part of the contest must be a 'typical national dish', and marks will be awarded on 'geographic specificity' of the entire meat platter.
"The new geographic specificity element is going to be an interesting new twist: clearly the jury will have an idea of what makes a good dish when it is pertinent to their own home country. Where things are more open to interpretation is when they will lend their judging skills to elements that they are not necessarily familiar with, for example if we were to do something with Yorkshire pudding."
As well as the other changes, marks from a kitchen jury surveillance committee will count towards 20 per cent of a candidate's final score. Previously the marks on hygiene, waste, teamwork and sticking to the recipe were only taken into account if the competition was tied.
