Chef Peters was born in Austria and has been working in Moscow since 1993. He is presently the Executive Head Chef  at "El Gaucho" which is one of the best Argentinian steak house in Russia!  Prior to that he was at the fine dining restaurant Concorde, the Italian restaurant Autograph, Coffee-Bistro Monte Rosso and the Russian restaurant Petshky-Lavotshky.

Chef Jeff Buben from Washington DC, has been participating in the Food and fun from beginning and for the last 6 years as a steady member of the jury. Winner of the James Beard Foundation's Best Chef Mid-Atlantic 1999. Jeffrey Buben is the chef and owner of two prestigious restaurants in Washington, D.C., Vidalia and Bistro Bis. Acknowledged by Bon Appétit as one of the Best New Restaurants of 1993, Vidalia has garnered both local and national recognition with its regional American cooking delivered with Southern hospitality. 

Lorenzo Fasola Bologna Lorenzo Fasola Bologna is the CEO of Castello Monte Vibiano. After graduating in Business Administration from the University of Perugia he took over his tradtional family business in Umbria growing olives, producing olive oil and wines from the Umbria region.