INTERNATIONAL KREMLIN CULINARY CUP

Moscow, Crocus Expo	30 September - 3 October 2009
XII International Exhibition «PIR. Hospitality Industry»

Date: September, 30 – October, 3, 2009
Venue: Moscow, the CROCUS EXPO Exhibition Center, within the XII International Exhibition «PIR. Hospitality Industry»
Organizer: «PIR» Information Project
Co organizer: Center of Culinary Art ‘Exclusive’
Supported by the National Chefs Guild of Russia, Restaurateurs & Hoteliers Federation of Russia
Participants: Competitions are opened to national, regional, city teams and individual participants from different countries
The Jury: The judging competitions are implemented by an international team of judges, which traditionally consist of famous foreign and Russian experts. Most of them are accredited WACS judges.
Honours: gold, silver, bronze medals, diplomas, the Major Cup for national teams and Minor Cup for regional teams.
Participation: team or individual. See a competition outline and competitions’ rules.
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Each country can be represented only by one team from a national professional organization
A team consists of six persons: team-manager, three chefs and two pastry- chefs.
A team shall perform the following program:
1. Display Table, expo-program
2. Restaurant of the Nations (Practical class, the team should prepare a menu consisting of three courses for 100 persons for 6 hours including prepare-time and cleaning)
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A team consists of four persons: team-manager, two chefs and pastry- chef.
The compulsory program comprises:
1. Class R1 «Thematic Display Table», team contest
2. Category À, practical classes (three different classes at choice)
3. Category Ñ, practical classes (one class at choice)
5. Category D, Art Class (one class at choice)
Total program for a team include six classes
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Single competitors can perform in one or more individual classes, categories B, C display, D at choice and in other individual classes. Category A (classes A1, A2, A3, A4) and category C (classes C4, C5) is open to single competitors only in case there are free places.

Art Class (Category D): participants exhibit works of edible pastry materials and other foodstuffs on a free topic.
D1: Butter Showpiece
D2: Art Work in Foodstuffs (panels, pictures, compositions)
D3: Artistic Fruit & Vegetable Carving
D4: Art Work in Dough
D5: Chocolate Showpiece
D6: Marzipan Showpiece
D7: Cooked Sugar Showpiece
D8: Floral Sugarcraft
D9. The three-storied wedding pie
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Display Classes: platters and compositions of various foodstuffs are exhibited according to the requirements of the chosen class. All platters are covered with aspic.

Category Â
B1: 6 (six) Individually Served Restaurant Appetizers
B2: Three-Course Menu
B3: Banquet Fish Dish
B4: Banquet Meat Dish
B5: Vegetarian Restaurant Dish
B6: Main Fish Course
B7: Main Meat Course

Practical Classes: entries are prepared in specially equipped kitchen stations in front of the jury and public. Performances are carried out in blitz regime (a performance lasts from 30 min to 2 hours depending on the chosen class).

Category À
A1: Modern Dish (meat)
A2: Original Fish Dish
A3: Vegetarian Dish
A4: Poultry or Fowl Dish

Category K1: Individual practical contest of artistic fruit & vegetable carving.
Category K2: Team practical contest of artistic fruit & vegetable carving.
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4. Special competitions. Only for Russian competitors and Russian companies.
The Âest sushi-maker
The Best pizza-maker

The International Kremlin Culinary Cup will last 4 days according to the following schedule:

The place of the Closing and Awards Ceremony will be announced additionally.

All works are exhibited according to the timetable of the chosen class (see Appendix 1). The timetable for Practical Classes is set by the Organizing Committee 3-4 weeks before the competition and is sent to the competitors additionally.

National teams: The closing date for all entries from national teams is 10 May 2009
Regional teams: The closing date for all entries from regional teams is 30 May 2009
Single competitors: The closing date for all entries from single competitors is 20 June 2009. The entry form is accompanied by pictures of the competitor’s works (compositions, platters, dishes) according to the chosen class. Additionally the competitor sends his own photo in chefs’ uniform.

General Rules of Entry Forms Submission
- Applications are filled out and sent by e-mail and duplicated by fax with signature and enterprise’s seal (if applicable). The Entry Form is enclosed to this document.
- If necessary, the Organizing Committee can send you the Entry Form by e-mail, by fax or by post. The Entry Form is also available on our site www.cookchamp.ru .
- On receiving an Entry Form, the Organizing Committee registers it.
IMPORTANT: if you’ve sent an Entry Form but haven’t received the registration confirmation, please contact the Organizing Committee.
- Entries are accepted on the first-come-first-served basis.
- The Organizers reserve the right to prolong or suspend the submission of entries for certain classes. Attention! The quantity of participants in each class is limited!
In case of a set of participants before the specified term, the organizing committee stops reception and consideration of applications.
- The organizing committee reserves the right to itself to not consider the applications received after specified term

Entries can be sent to our e-mail addresses: cook@pir.ru ( Galina Semenova) , rp@pir.ru (Olga Dubovik)
or by fax +7 (495) 637-94-40 (*133).
Please, confirm the receipt of your Entry Form at the Organizing Committee by
tel/fax +7 (495) 637-94-40(*133), Galina Semenova, +7 (499)257-38-06, 257-38-07
The registration fee is paid under an invoice issued by the Organizing Committee only after the application is approved
A competitor is considered officially registered after the receipt of the relevant amount of money on the Organizer’s current account

Art Class - 30 EUR, except the Class D1.3 “Artistic Fruit and Vegetable Carving” which costs 25 EUR.
Individual Display Classes –25 EUR.
Individual Practical Classes –25 EUR.

Registration fees are paid for each chosen class (fees are summed) In case a competitor refuses to participate in IKCC, the registration fees are not refunded.

Organizing Committee of the International Kremlin Culinary Cup
Full information about IKCC is available on our site www.cookchamp.ru
If you have any questions concerning participation in the contests, please, contact us:
phone/fax: +7 495 637-94-40 (*133) , +7 499 257-38-06, 257-38-07
e-mail: cook@pir.ru Galina Semenova (Project – manager)
e-mail: rp@pir.ru Olga Dubovik (Head of the Events Department)