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The Singapore Chef Feast
It’s not
often that one sees a chef in his uniform outside
of the kitchen, but last night’s Singapore Chefs
Association Family Day was an exception. The chef
community, which included five-star hotel executive
chefs and aspiring young talents from the Singapore
Junior Chefs Club, congregated at the grounds of Pasta
Fresca restaurant at East Coast Park with their families
for a night of camaraderie.
Where the Family Day concept is not new in the active
Singapore Chefs Association event calendar, this was
the first time that the event was held at night, instead
of in the day. “The idea came from Otto Weibel.
We thought that it would be a good idea to round off
a day’s worth of activities by sharing it with
our families. It makes International Chefs Day more
meaningful,” shared Eric Neo of Oh’s Farm
Catering. And judging by the 600-strong guests that
turned up, the event was a roaring success.
And much effort has been put into making the event
a unique one. For one, chefs were dressed in funky
denim blue chef jackets, sponsored by Unilever Food
Solutions. A 280-kilogramme buffalo was also specially
flown in from Australia and spit-roasted in the open
a day in advance. The line of buffet food, catered
by Fostre was also well-thought out, with offerings
such as grilled lamb chops on a bed of leek ragout,
lyonnaise potates, Singapore chicken curry or beef
rending. It was not just about eating and drinking.
The team from Unilever Food Solutions took this opportunity
to give the chefs credit, and specially commissioned
a song titled “You are a Star”, which
they belted out at the end of the show. Of course,
there were the games and entertainment, which led
to memorable moments such as Angelo Sanelli doing
the salsa onstage.
As Randy Chow, executive chef of Mount Elizabeth
Hospital shared, “It is very lively and fun!”
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