Noriyuki Hamada of Japan, second left, celebrates on the podium with his teammates after finishing third in the 14th World Cuisine contest, in Lyon, France, on Wednesday. The contest, a sort of world cup of cuisine, was started in 1987 by Lyon chef Paul Bocuse to reward young international culinary talents.
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bicultural
Tessa, what does economy have to do with cuisine?
philly1
Congratulations!
sourpuss
Tessa, make fun all you want, but if a Canadian chef placed 3rd, I'd be pretty happy(I'm Canadian). I don't see why there are always comments deriding the Japanese for supporting their compatriots' successes. What's wrong with it?
JA_Cruise
Way to go Japan!!
risugirl
congrats to all the winners!
kiss1969
Well done team Japan!
888naff
@tessa There are are enough examples of G7 countries that have had terrible reputations for food. No point going into names.
Anyway well done for those that tried and got some success. better than not trying...going back to my first point.
gogogo
Nice one :)
Jaymann
who came 1st? 2nd?
kiss1969
If you want to know 1st and 2nd, Google it! I found it
lostrune2
One of these things is not like the others
One of these things just doesn't belong
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
Kakukakushikajika
Funny how they are note saying who won and ranked 2nd... Anyway congrats France!
Wakarimasen
Kind of like a professional Masterchf or Iron Chef? WE should send our Iron Chefs to show the world a thing or 2.
Tessa
Well, quite a lot actually. Just how many Ethiopians or North Koreans were amongst the finalists?
Tessa
I mean no offense to Canada, but Japan is the third (formerly second?) largest economy in the world. The triumphant glee is way out of proportion.
Tessa
It doesn't matter who came first or second, what matters is that Japan placed at all! I love the way that they get all excited about stuff like that. Remember the Olympics, when they took all those bronze medals (and not much else) and still managed to make it look like a major coup?