Convert select option into laravel format

Hi experts i just want to ask on how to convert this to laravel like the {!! form something something !!}}. The first select option is for gender that have the options of male and female. While the second select option has the options of the Company table but i dont want to display the first id of the company. Can you help me convert this to laravel format of select?

 <div class="col-md-2">
                <div class="form-group-sm">
                    <select class="form-control form-control-sm" id="gender" name="gender">
                        <option selected  disabled><small>Gender</small></option>
                        <option>All</option>
                        <option value="Male">Male</option>
                        <option value="Female">Female</option>
                    </select>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="col-md-2">
                <div class="col-md-2">
                <div class="form-group-sm"> 
                    <select class="form-control form-control-sm" id="company" name="company">
                        <option selected  disabled>Company</option>
                        @foreach ($companies as $company)
                            @if (($company->id)=="1")
                            <option>All</option>
                            @else
                            <option value=""></option>
                            @endif
                        @endforeach
                    </select>
                </div>
            </div>
            </div>

via Chebli Mohamed