Kyoto, March 22 -- The Japan Culinary Art Award was recently held in Kyoto to honour the world's top chefs in Japanese cuisine.

The event was organised by the Japanese Culinary Academy and supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, as well as Kyoto City.

A total of 13 chefs, including three international winners from the world preliminary contest, showcased their culinary skills.

Miho Mori, Ministry of Agriculture, forestry said, "We aim to set opportunity to feel supremacy of Japanese cuisine and admire the taste of Japanese agricultural and fishery products. I wish foreign chefs of Japanese cuisine shows its skill and tells the charm of Japanese cuisine to foreign countries."

The chefs were given a time limit...