The Bocuse d’Or — known as “the Olympics of cooking” — has been running for almost four decades, with the UK battling against 23 countries every other year for culinary supremacy.
The spotlight has been renewed this month following the release of We Live in Time, the decade-spanning romance starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield. In the film, Pugh's final ranking is never revealed — but Clare Smyth, president of Team UK, is hoping this weekend's Lyon showdown will produce a more definitive result.
