David Tetrault, Chair of the International Jeunes Chefs Rôtisseurs Competition, posted the above photo on the Competition’s “Alumni” Facebook page, with the tagline: “These are the competitors from the International Final of the Jeunes Chefs Rôtisseurs Competition held in Berlin in 2012” and asked the question: is there anybody out there who was in this group?

Here are the wonderful comments received so far on this Facebook post.

Christina Merz
Hello David, I stood for Germany. I like to think back to the good time in Berlin. It was an incredible experience with many great people. Warm greetings, Christina

Anastase Stefania
What a beautiful and unforgettable experience. Competed for Italy. I’m seated on the right side on the first chair.

Pascal Derksen
Berlin, what a great experience! I enjoyed that time and competed for Switzerland. On the picture I am standing between Wynand (left) and Antti (right).

Jordan Mieczkowski
Canadian representative that year (far left in the picture). Fond memories of the event and fellow competitors. Forever grateful to the Chaîne de Rôtisseurs for that amazing experience.

David Tetrault
It's exciting to hear that you are all still following our Alumni group. Thank you for commenting! I hope you are all doing well.

Ed. The 22 competitors who participated in Berlin, Germany, on September 14, 2012, were:

Australia - Travis Simmonds
Austria - Peter Troissinger
Belgium - Maxime Colin
Canada - Jordan Mieczkowski
Colombia - Alex Barreto
Finland - Antti Tuononen
France - Jonathan Moncuit (Runner-up)
Germany - Christina Merz (Winner)
Great Britain - Daniel Marshall
Indonesia - Ivan Suputro
Israel - Lior Yaacov
Italy - Anastase Stefania
Japan - Minchinobu Uchida
Malaysia - Muhammad Muxhaffer Mohd Aris
Norway - Kristin Skogen
Russia - Marat Kalaidzhian
South Africa - Wynand Reiman (Third Place)
Sweden - Luqaz Ottosson
Switzerland - Pascal Derksen
Taiwan - Li Wan-Rou
Türkiye - Ferhat Sezer
USA - Ryan Manaut