Kyoto, March 3 -- A cooking test to certify real qualifications for foreign Japanese cuisine chefs was held in Kyoto.

Under the global trend of Japanese cuisine, the Japanese Cuisine and Dietary Culture Development Committee (JCDC) organised a cooking skill test to certify real Japanese cuisine qualifications for foreign chefs.

12 foreign chefs applied to it, aiming for gold or silver qualification. Some chefs got training in Japanese traditional restaurants. Others won in the Japanese cuisine championship event held by the Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries.

10 chefs applied to the silver qualification test, cooking 1 soup and 5 plates.

Advait S Patil, India (trainee of Tankuma Kita), said, "Because of the silver certific...