Constance Festival Culinaire
Régis Marcon Trophy
Friday 20th of March 2026
BLUE PENNY CELLAR
AT CONSTANCE BELLE MARE PLAGE
11h30 to 15h00
United by their shared love of culinary arts, the 19th edition brings together six Michelin-star chefs from Europe and China, each paired with one of our renowned 'Constance Chefs' from our properties across Mauritius, Maldives, and Seychelles.
VOTE & WIN!
Vote for your favourite Régis Marcon Trophy dish and stand a chance to win 3 nights at Constance Belle Mare Plage on Bed & Breakfast.
Voting opens at 16h00 on Friday 20 March 2026 and closes Saturday 21 March 2026 at 10h00 (GMT+4).
TEAM 1
Chef James SOUTHERN, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, UK & Sebastiano Clement, Constance Prince Maurice
TEAM 2
Chef Kristian VANGEN, Gaptrast restaurant, Bergen in Norway & Rita Meme, Constance Ephelia Seychelles
TEAM 3
Chef Ollie BRIDGWATER, Source restaurant, Gilpin hotel, Windermere, UK & Sanveer Mohun, Constance Belle Mare Plage
TEAM 4
Chef Sébastien GROSPELLIER, La Table de Chaintré restaurant, Chaintré in France & Soniya, Constance Lemuria Seychelles
TEAM 5
Chef Simone CANTAFIO, La Stua de Michil, Corvara in Badia BZ in Italy & Chamara Udumulla, Constance Halaveli Maldives
TEAM 6
Chef Anton SCHMAUS, Storstad restaurant, Regensburg in Germany & Yanti Yosepin, Constance Moofushi Maldives
Concept
1st Hot Dish
Prepared exclusively by Constance chefs, this first dish challenge highlights creativity and technical mastery using imposed local ingredients.
Imposed products:
OSO® Sea Bass of the Gulf of Corinth — calibre 1 kg+
Palm Heart
Bilimbi (a sour tropical fruit)
2nd Hot Dish
Prepared exclusively by Constance chefs, this second dish challenge highlights creativity and technical mastery using imposed local ingredients.
Imposed products:
Java Deer from Constance
Green banana
Beetroot
Traditional “Roche Cari” spice
Régis Marcon (3 Michelin stars)
Patrick Bertron (Star chef)
Chef Thomas Frake (MasterChef Champion UK)
Chef Kazuyuki Tanaka (2 Stars)
Racine restaurant, Reims, France
Chef Markus Dalen (2 Stars)
Signum restaurant Sweden - 2025 Winner
Chef Kristian VANGEN
Gaptrast restaurant, Bergen in Norway
Chef Anton SCHMAUS
Storstad restaurant, Regensburg in Germany
Chef Simone CANTAFIO
La Stua de Michil, Corvara in Badia BZ in Italy
Chef Sébastien Grospellier
La Table de Chaintré restaurant, Chaintré in France
Chef Ollie BRIDGWATER
Source restaurant, Gilpin hotel, Windermere, UK
Chef James Southern
Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, UK
Sanveer Mohun
Constance Belle Mare Plage
Sebastiano Clement
Constance Prince Maurice
Yanti Yosepin
Constance Moofushi Maldives
Chamara Udumulla
Constance Halaveli Maldives
Soniya
Constance Lemuria Seychelles
Rita Meme
Constance Ephelia Seychelles
Roche Cari
Among the list of imposed products to be used for the winning dish/recipe,
one of the pre-requisite for our Chefs is to prepare the spices in the traditional Mauritian way – by using the ‘’Roche Cari’ or ‘Ros Kari’.
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18th edition's winners
After a week of exceptional culinary experiences and cultural exchange, we are pleased to announce the winners of the five prestigious competitions held during the Constance Festival Culinaire.
