We're excited to see the field of competitors who have already won their golden ticket and registered to compete at the 2024 World Food Championships. And we are always proud to announce our special guests and celebrity judges participating in our judging events across the nation - we're sure the championship food certainly helps! Best of luck to our 2024 competitors!
COMPETITOR
Ter Marsch & Co
HEAD COOK: Olaf Oldenburg
COMPETITION: World Burger Championship
QUALIFYING EVENT: World Burger Championship
My name is Olaf Oldenburg 48 and together with my business partner Pim de Lange 29 we started in January 2014 Ter Marsch & Co. My expertise is the culinary input and Pim is the creative business developer of Ter Marsch & Co. At an early age I started cooking at home by making the most beautiful breakfasts for the family. When I was 11 years old I started as a dishwasher in a neighborhood restaurant. The cooks asked me to help them a little bit here and a little bit there, and accordinly the passion for cooking was born. Afterwards, it became more and more professional because I got got in touch with some grand masters and learned how to bring flavors to a "higher level.” During my career I've worked in multiple Michelin star restaurants in the Netherlands but also abroad and lived for a longer period in Spain. At the moment I works in Ter Marsch & Co and on the background me and Pim are thinking of opening a new kind of restaurant.