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| The order of the white rose of Finland for Ferdinand and Reinhold Metz | ||||||
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 The President of the WACS Ferdinand Metz and Reinhold Metz have received 1st class medals with golden crosses of the Order of the White Rose of Finland. The orders were applied by the Finnish Chef Association and they were awarded for their promotional work for Finnish food culture. President Jaakko Nuutila, jaakko.nuutila@chefs.fi Information Manager Essi Laamanen, essi.laamanen@chefs.fi In the picture Martti Lehtinen and Jaakko Kolmonen with Ferdinand and Reinhold Metz Helsinki European Meeting last october |
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| Continental Director's Report | ||||||
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 New Culinary Team for Finland |
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The New Culinary Team for Finland was chosen 30th of March in Helsinki. The Team has younger and older talents from all over Finland. The main aim of the Team with its 16 members is the Culinary Olympics 2008 in Germany |
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 Singapore Champions At Western Australia (WA) Oceanafest 2007 Competition |
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 A Great Battle Won! |
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Chefs battled in different categories such as main course (poultry or game, fish or seafood), dessert, ice and fruit and vegetable carving, bartending and even vied for the top awards for Penang char kway teow and lamain (Chinese noodles)! Bagging the gold medal for the Confectionary category was Lu Yee Ling of Equatorial KL, P Shiva Kumar from Genting Hotel won the gold for the plate dishes category, Alex Ho Sheng Qin of E & O Hotel and Mak Keng Seng of Shangri-La KL both attained the gold for the apprentice, main course (meat or seafood) category, and Leong Chin Honk of Westin Langkawi was awarded the gold for the main course II (fish or seafood). Since the last “Battle” in 2005 many chefs have gained tremendous exposure in the top quality competition and have garnered many more major honours, said Audee Cheah, organising chairman. "Some have even moved up to high positions in their respective organisations. This augurs well with our objective of producing, training and guiding more local chefs into challenging the rapidly improving hospitality industry." he said. The Battle of the Chefs is held every once in two years and the next battle will be held in 2009. Click here for more information on the rest of the award recipients. |
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 WACS Global Chefs Challenge-Asia Finals |
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| WACS GLOBAL CHEFS CHALLENGE Asia Finals
Closing Date: 27th April 2007
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| New Elected General Committee for The Chefs Association of Malaysia |
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| The Chefs Association of Malaysia, Penang Chapter is proud to announce the recent newly elected General Committee for the term of 2007 / 2009 are as below: |
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 Young Outback Chef scholarship Up For Grabs |
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The Young Outback Chef scholarship is back again for the third year. Only six chefs with not more than five years post trade experience will be selected on the merits of their written application and employee endorsement, for a week long evaluation process and from that, a recipient will be selected. Hosted by major supporters , Meat & Livestock Australia and other associated supporters, the selected young chef nominees will travel to Sydney and the Hunter Valley wineries for a comprehensive week of food and beverage learning. They will have the opportunity to work with internationally acclaimed chefs & wine makers, renowned for high end food and beverage operations as well as participating in educational programs on food and wine. The scholarship will be awarded in September 2007, during the premier food show in Australia, “Fine Food”. The young chef showing the most promise, ability and creativity during the week long evaluation and interview process will receive a scholarship to travel to the 2008 World Association of Chefs Societies bi-annual conference and receive work experience alongside master chefs from the Asian region based in Dubai. For more information, visit http://www.youngoutbackchef.com/ |
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 Battle of the Chefs contestants |
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 Competition Medal Winners |
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| ECA is launching a new feature on its website: now you can browse through the names of past competition medal winners. In addition, you can view the names of judges, sponsors and contributors to various Salon Culinaires and live cooking competitions held. |
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| Egyptian Chefs Association (ECA) wishes to thank catering companies and hotels |
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 WACS Global Chefs Challenge |
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| WACS region Africa & the Middle East were the first to kick the new WACS Global Challenge Continental Cook off on 21 March, in conjunction with the Hostex 2007 exhibition in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hossam El Din Mohamed, Executive Sous Chef InterContinental Citystars and Commis Ahmed Ragab took third place at the competition where they proudly represented Egypt. South Africa was the winner and will represent the continent at the WACS Global Chef Challenge world finals to be held at the WACS Congress in Dubai in 2008. Second place went to the Dubai team. Also in conjunction with Hostex, a one-day WACS Africa & Middle East Forum was held. |
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| National Culinary Team of Egypt Training Session |
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| The ECA has just conducted the first workshop to prepare the National Culinary Team of Egypt candidates for the 2008 Culinary Olympics in Erfurt, Germany. |
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 Culinary Olympics 2008 |
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| Want to know more about the revised rules and regulations of the upcoming IKA Culinary Olympics scheduled to take place from 18 till 22 October 2008 in Erfurt? |
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| Culinary Exhibits Photo Gallery |
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| In addition to the medal winners archive, the ECA has various photo galleries to view of culinary exhibits of past competitions. |
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| Upcoming Training Workshop |
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| The ECA is happy to announce its next 2-day practical training workshop "Salads & Salads Dressings", which is scheduled to take place on 15 & 16 April, in Cairo. |
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| Certified ECA Workshop Participants |
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| In its continuous efforts to improve the standards of the culinary profession, the ECA conducted two intensive three-day practical training workshops in March: |
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| What Makes a Good Service Provider? |
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| Meet Service Award winner Ahmed Moustafa, Maitre of the Rotisserie Belvedere at the Nile Hilton, and learn what it takes to be a good service provider, from personal characteristics to acquired skills. |
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 WACS Congress Bid 2012 |
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Arnold Tanzer Continental Director Africa and Middle East Johannesburg Friday, 16 March 2007 Dear Colleague, Attached WACS Congress Bid 2012 please find a request for proposal to host a WACS Congress in your country. I hope you take a moment to peruse the document and give serious consideration to submitting a proposal. The World Association of Chefs Societies is a global network of chefs associations first founded in October 1928 at the Sorbonne in Paris. There is great prestige in hosting a WACS Congress as it not only profiles your country’s cuisine and chefs, it also brings potential tourism to your country and elevates your country’s status within the international culinary community, opening doors globally and bringing some of the world’s finest chefs to your doorstep. Kindly take note of all requirements and deadlines, and should you wish to pursue your proposal, may I suggest that you contact your Continental director to inform him of your association’s intention and for further assistance in the submitting of your proposal. Please note, that no late entries will be considered and that the deadline for the document to be in South Africa is September 2007. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Yours faithfully Arnold Tanzer Chairman WACS Congress Committee Proud Member of the World Association of Chefs Societies |
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