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Bocuse d'Or podiums
Who has won the Bocuse d'Or, the toughest cooking contest in the world? All 20 complete podiums, from 1987 to 2025, are below, with the medal table by country.
Every podium, edition by edition
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Paul Marcon (France) | Sebastian Holberg Svendsgaard (Denmark) | Gustav Leonhardt (Sweden) |
| 2023 | Brian Mark Hansen (Denmark) | Filip August Bendi (Norway) | Bence Dalnoki (Hungary) |
| 2021 | Davy Tissot (France) | Ronni Vexøe Mortensen (Denmark) | Christian André Pettersen (Norway) |
| 2019 | Kenneth Toft-Hansen (Denmark) | Sebastian Gibrand (Sweden) | Christian André Pettersen (Norway) |
| 2017 | Mathew Peters (United States) | Christopher William Davidsen (Norway) | Viktor Örn Andrésson (Iceland) |
| 2015 | Ørjan Johannessen (Norway) | Philip Tessier (United States) | Tommy Myllymäki (Sweden) |
| 2013 | Thibaut Ruggeri (France) | Jeppe Foldager (Denmark) | Noriyuki Hamada (Japan) |
| 2011 | Rasmus Kofoed (Denmark) | Tommy Myllymäki (Sweden) | Gunnar Hvarnes (Norway) |
| 2009 | Geir Skeie (Norway) | Jonas Lundgren (Sweden) | Philippe Mille (France) |
| 2007 | Fabrice Desvignes (France) | Rasmus Kofoed (Denmark) | Franck Giovannini (Switzerland) |
| 2005 | Serge Vieira (France) | Tom Victor Gausdal (Norway) | Rasmus Kofoed (Denmark) |
| 2003 | Charles Tjessem (Norway) | Franck Putelat (France) | Claus Weitbrecht (Germany) |
| 2001 | François Adamski (France) | Henrik Norström (Sweden) | Hákon Már Örvarsson (Iceland) |
| 1999 | Terje Ness (Norway) | Yannick Alléno (France) | Ferdy Debecker (Belgium) |
| 1997 | Mathias Dahlgren (Sweden) | Roland Debuyst (Belgium) | Odd Ivar Solvold (Norway) |
| 1995 | Régis Marcon (France) | Melker Andersson (Sweden) | Patrick Jaros (Germany) |
| 1993 | Bent Stiansen (Norway) | Jens Peter Kolbeck (Denmark) | Guy Van Cauteren (Belgium) |
| 1991 | Michel Roth (France) | Lars Erik Underthun (Norway) | Gert Jan Raven (Belgium) |
| 1989 | Léa Linster (Luxembourg) | Pierre Paulus (Belgium) | William Wai (Singapore) |
| 1987 | Jacky Fréon (France) | Michel Addons (Belgium) | Hans Haas (Germany) |
Medal table by country
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Norway | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| Denmark | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| Sweden | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Iceland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Singapore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Why it is called the chef olympics
Created by Paul Bocuse in 1987, the Bocuse d'Or takes place every two years in Lyon, France, during the Sirha trade fair. Each country sends one chef and one commis, who cook for 5 hours and 35 minutes in front of grandstands packed with uniformed supporters, flags and horns, something no other cooking contest has. The trophy carries the name of the most influential French cook of the 20th century, who died in 2018, and winning is worth a career: nearly every champion went on to run a starred restaurant.
France against Scandinavia
The medal table tells an unlikely duel. France, owner of the contest, has 9 golds, including 2025, when Paul Marcon won 30 years after his father Régis Marcon, the 1995 champion: the first father and son pair at the top. But Scandinavia turned the Bocuse d'Or into a national sport: Norway, Denmark and Sweden add up to 9 golds and 30 medals, with national teams training full time backed by foundations. Norway, a country of 5 million people, has more podium finishes than France itself.
What else the table tells
Léa Linster of Luxembourg remains the only woman to win (1989). Denmark's Rasmus Kofoed collected the full climb: bronze in 2005, silver in 2007 and gold in 2011, before taking his Copenhagen restaurant Geranium to the top of world gastronomy. And no South American country has ever reached the podium in 20 editions.
Sources: bocusedor.com (the organizer) and the palmares compiled on Wikipedia, cross-checked between the English and French editions. Snapshot of July 2026. This site is independent and not affiliated with the Bocuse d'Or or GL events.
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