'The Culinary Home of Escoffier'
Sharing knowledge, training young people and instilling in them the basics of our profession are in the Escoffier Spirit that each Disciple undertakes to respect.
The Auguste Escoffier International Culinary Grand Prix competition, organized by the fraternal cooks of Nice and the Disciples Escoffier International for professionals since 1960, gave the idea in 1970 to our association to create a competition for young people from hotel schools.
In 1971, under the patronage of the City of Nice, the rectorate of the Alpes Maritimes and the Ecole Hôtelière de Nice, 4 candidates competed to create recipes for the culinary guide on the theme of turbot and beef tenderloin.
A few years later, French delegations of Disciples Escoffier launched regional competitions to encourage young people to discover Auguste Escoffier.
Places
The international final takes place each year in a city alternating once between France and once a country in the world, member of the Association Disciples Escoffier International.
The last finals were held in Barcelona in 2015, Strasbourg in 2016, Paris in 2017, Zurich in 2018 and Bordeaux in 2019.
In 2020, the International final was due to take place in Shanghai but it was canceled following the Covid 19 epidemic.
In 2021, it will take place in Nice during the world congress of Disciples Escoffier who will honor their Master on the occasion of the 175 years of his birth.