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PRESIDENT’S STATION
April 2018 Gulf Gourmet
Dear fellow chefs, ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to the April issue of our Gulf Gourmet. We are staring at three hectic months leading up to the summer. Yes, we go non-stop. Following the success of International Salon Culinaire, Chef Prasad and I travelled with 15 other chefs from around the world as ambassadors for our profession to Hoi An in Vietnam. It was a great event with lots of beautiful fresh products to work with. Congratulations to the team in Hoi An for doing a great job again. Thereafter I travelled for the WorldChefs board meeting to Lima, Peru. Thank you to the Chefs from Peru for hosting us in their beautiful city. We began this month with the semifinal for the hozpitality young chef of the year with 16 chefs and looking forward to the finals next month.
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On April 9, we have the US Beef Mini Plated Competition with the highest number of competitors ever. Thank you to Bassam Bousaleh, the Arab Marketing Federation Inc Team, and the US Beef Export Federation, for bringing this event to us.
Prasad and his team are in full swing with the planning.
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Our May meeting will be held on May 7 at the Miramar Al Qasbah. Our Chairman Andy Cuthbert will have his yearly update report ready.
On the April 12, the Emirates Culinary Guild will join hands with the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs for the UAE final of “Concours des Jeunes Chefs Rotisseurs” - UAE Bailliage national competition
On July 2 will be our next Mini Plated brought to us by US Egg Board. This mini plated will be open for Pastry Chefs as well. Savoury and sweet.
I urge all members to check out the calendar at emiratesculinaryguild.net and to visit the WACS Young Chefs page on facebook.com/wacsyoungchefs. Encourage your young chefs to join and to be in contact with over 4,000 chefs across the globe.
I would like to congratulate Chef Majid and the team for the great success in Pakistan. Well done. Our national culinary team is getting ready for Singapore this month-end. Please join me in wishing the team the best of luck. The registration for our East coast competition is still open. If you have not registered yet, do so now. Chef
We all look forward to Kuala Lumpur for the WorldChefs Congress. I believe, after the host, United Arab Emirates will have the biggest delegation. We are now more than 50 and the numbers are growing as the online registration is still open. Our competitors Chef Dammika Herath (Global Pastry Chef) and Chef Mohammad Raees (Global Chef) are practising very hard. If you missed previous issues of Gulf
Please do not miss the company profile of our corporate members. We really do appreciate your support. Also, do look at the Friends of the Guild pages to check all our supporters. Thank you to Chef Rami Jebraiel and his team from Al Jawaher Recreation Center Sharjah for hosting the March meeting. Culinary Regards, Uwe Micheel President of Emirates Culinary Guild Director of Kitchens Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Deira Creek
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