2020

Alex Joseph & Louis Weerts - Rouge Tomate & Alice Bar

Jared Manalili & Jean-Jacques Crappe - Good Phill & CERIA

Tineke De Duytsche & Daniel Snyder - COFFtails & Cream

Jeremy Girvan & Victoria Vanwassenhove - GJ Cook & Dolce Campagna

Anais Gaudemer & Yen Pham - Cokoa & Yi Chan

Karel Van Oyen & David Lebeer - Nonam Hotel & The Cobbler

Eric Ivanidis & Hannes Verniers - Door 73

Dany Lomaert & Thomas Biefnot - Val d’Heure & Petrus Bar Van der Valk Hotel Nivelles

Pascal Mertens & Arthur Tanoe - Vertes Feuilles & L’Esta Gin Bar

David Laurent & Alexandra Scheyven - David Laurent & Eatalia

Elisa Delemarle & Tom Kuhn - Humphrey Chez PIAS & Toukoul

Kristof Beens & Saif El Ouachem - Humphrey Chez PIAS & Freelance Cocktail Dream

Pre-selection

The first edition of Chefs & Shakers took place in 2020. We kicked off the pre-selection with 12 duos. For the pre-selection, each duo was asked to create a cocktail & dessert pairing based on a Don Papa Rum of their choice. There was 1 restaurant/bar in each region where the pre-selections took place.

Alice Cocktailbar - Antwerp
Petrus Bar Van der Valk Hotel - Nivelles
Nonam Hotel - Ghent

Jury

Laura Centrella (Freelance journalist La Dernière Heure, La Libre, Blog La Cuisine à Quatre mains)
Tom Ieven (Head Sommelier Hof Van Cleve - Best sommelier of Belgium '18-'19 - Sommelier of the Year Gault&Millau '21)
Rolf Schollaert (Spirits and Cocktails specialist at The Cocktail Nation)

Final

The final of Chefs & Shakers 2020 took place with the top four duos at restaurant Humphrey Chez Pias - Brussels in which 12 duos competed against each other. Dan & Tineke from COFFtails & Cream won the first edition of Chefs & Shakers 2020.

Sofie Ketels (Owner Sofie’s Sunset & Living Room)
Sofie Dumont (Belgische chef-kok, Lady Chef of The Year 2009 - De keuken van Sofie op VTM)
Jurgen Nobels (Experienced bartender & Beverage & hospitality consultant)
Nicolas Van Heemsbergen (Chef d’Atelier – Domestic Bakkerij- Marineau)
Carla De Graef (Blog mijnpuurleven)