Thursday, August 27, 2009

World-class culinary showcase

       Bangkok will play host to an extensive international culinary event when Asia's 1st Culinary Cup 2009 comes to Royal Paragon Hall, Siam Paragon, from September 2-5. It will coincide with the Food & Hotel Thailand 2009,one of the kingdom's biggest hospitality trade exhibitions featuring food and drink, hotels, catering, bakery, restaurants and kitchen equipment, retail supplies and services.
       Asia's 1st Culinary Cup will be the first international culinary art contest and convention, and a platform where professionals from all over the world can showcase their talents. The event is organised by the Thai-Swiss Culinary Consultants in association with the Thai Chef's Association, the Thai Hotels Association and the Thai Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB), with experts from World Association of Chef's Societies (WACS) as consultants.
       "More than 200 award-winning chefs from around the world have confirmed their attendance," said Jamnong Nirangsan, president of the Thai Chefs Association."The competition will follow the rules of similar projects in Germany,Singapore and France, and the judges will be well-known culinary experts, most of whom are WACS approved international judges.
       "Taking part in the competition will be teams from national and regional culinary associations as well as individual professionals from around the world.So far,12 countries have already registered - Australia, Austria, China, UAE,Holland, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Slovakia, Taiwan and Thailand."
       The four-day Culinary Cup will see competitions in various fields including fruit and vegetable-carving, ice-carving,Thai cooking, Asian cooking, Western cooking, US turkey-cooking, modern sandwich-making, breakfast-cooking,cake-dressing, meat and poultry-cooking,Italian pasta dishes, petits fours/pralines/tea pastries, dessert-making, East meets West cooking, a Gourmet Team Challenge and the Hans Bueschkens Junior Chefs Challenge
       "Apart from the culinary competitions,the event will become a platform for the Asian industry for presenting a range of related activities, business opportunities,and the chance to explore what Bangkok has to offer in terms of hospitality and culinary arts," said Jamnong.
       "The flourishing infrastructure that Bangkok can provide in terms of its hotels,great restaurants and food facilities will add significantly to the experience of what will probably be the best culinary event ever held in Asia," he said.
       Food & Hotel Thailand 2009 is expected to bring together more than 25,000 hoteliers, chefs, hypermarket executives,restaurant owners and managers, caterers, housekeeping managers and other related professionals. It will also coincide with Hostec Asia, the only international trade event for Asia's food and hospitality professionals; the Asean Hotel Congress;the Thai Restaurant Conference; the Thai Retailers Summit and the Food & Beverage Association of Thailand's International Wine Challenge.
       Food & Hotel Thailand 2009 and Asia's 1st Culinary Cup 2009 and other related shows will all be held at Royal Paragon Hall on the fifth floor of Siam Paragon from September 2-5, daily from 10:30am-6:30pm. For more information, please visit www.foodhotelthailand.com or www.asiaculinarycup09.com.

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