TOC Africa 2026 Brings Africa’s Culinary Talent to Agadir

The event gives culinary teams a chance to test their skills against international standards while representing their countries on a major continental stage.

Aya El Maguiri

September 18, 2026

Casablanca – Morocco’s Agadir will turn into a culinary hotspot from September 22-24, as it hosts the fourth edition of the “Official Chefs Tournaments” (TOC).

Rahal Event organizes the tournament, bringing together chefs and pastry professionals from across the continent.

The event will take place at the Palais des Congrès Les Dunes d’Or, where six countries will compete in two major continental competitions: the Bocuse d’Or Africa and the Africa Pastry World Cup.

Two competitions, one road to Lyon

The Africa Pastry World Cup will take place on September 23, bringing together teams from Morocco, Mauritius, Egypt, Algeria, Senegal, and Côte d’Ivoire.

The teams will face 5 hours and 30 minutes of challenges combining tasting, artistic creation, and buffet presentation.

As the competition’s website puts it, “the competing teams do not work on flavor alone. They build pieces, master temperatures, orchestrate timing.”

Their tasks include a reinvented Tarte Tatin, individual frozen plated desserts, chocolate street-food creations, and artistic pieces made from sugar and chocolate.

The Bocuse d’Or Africa will follow on September 24, with teams from Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, and Mauritius competing for the continental title.

The competition tests technical precision, creativity, plating, and the ability to express a culinary identity through the dishes.

Both competitions form part of the road toward the global finals at Sirha Lyon in January 2027, giving African chefs and pastry professionals the opportunity to take their skills onto the international stage.

The tournament’s history

TOC Africa dates back to 2018, when Marrakech hosted its first edition. The Moroccan team, led by chef Aïssam Aït Ouakrim, won the inaugural Bocuse d’Or Africa.

The tournament returned to Dakhla in 2022, where Mauritius won the Bocuse d’Or Africa, while Morocco took first place in the African Pastry Cup.

In 2024, Marrakech hosted the third edition, and Morocco took both major titles. The team led by chef Moha Fedal won the Bocuse d’Or Africa, while Mohamed Lamraoui and Omar Eddib claimed the African Pastry Cup.

Now, the tournament moves to Agadir, continuing its journey across Morocco while giving a new generation of African culinary talent a chance to step into the spotlight.