BUDAPEST, May 13 — With the hometown advantage, Hungary took the gold trophy at the European edition of the prestigious cooking competition, Bocuse d'Or, securing their place at the grand finale next year.

In Budapest this week, Team Hungary out-cooked 19 other teams from countries throughout Europe to take the top spot at the winner's podium.

Norway took silver and Sweden the bronze trophy.

Led by Tamas Szell, the winning team prepared a dish themed as a Hungarian spring forest, using venison with Hungarian spices and mushrooms, along with lobster and sturgeon with garlic and beurre noisette.

Here are the top 11 teams who qualified to compete at the Bocuse d'Or finals — which takes place every two years — in January 2017.

Hungary

Norway

Sweden

France

Iceland

Finland

Netherlands

Switzerland

Belgium

Denmark

Estonia — AFP-Relaxnews