Minnesota Chefs Make Headlines At International Cooking Competitions

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Twin Cities chef made history with the USA Cooking Team at an international competition in France Wednesday.

Gavin Kaysen, the chef from Spoon and Stable, was the coach for team USA at the Bocuse d'Or in Lyon, France.

The team got a silver medal, the highest a USA Team has ever finished. They were just seven points behind the winner, The Netherlands.

Another Twin Cities chef made headlines when his team took bronze at an international pastry competition.

Jon Kraus from Patisserie 46 competed with Team USA at the Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie.

Italy won the competition.