Vikram Subbiah, business development manager of Nestle Professional presents the Chef of the Year at a Standalone Restaurant Award 2011 to Hugh Sato Gardiner, head chef, Okku Dubai. Vikram Subbiah, business development manager of Nestle Professional presents the Chef of the Year at a Standalone Restaurant Award 2011 to Hugh Sato Gardiner, head chef, Okku Dubai.

Over the course of this week (starting August 26) Caterer Middle East will reveal the finalists in each of the 14 awards categories ahead of the grand ceremony on September 26, 2012 at Jumeirah Emirates Towers in Dubai.

The Caterer Middle East team has whittled down more than 200 people and outlet awards nominations to come up with the 75 best entries.

These top 75 nominations will now be handed over to the expert judging panel to choose the winning 14.

The 10 finalists in the Chef of the Year - Hotel Restaurant and Chef of the Year - Standalone Restaurant have been announced today. 

Click on the links below to reveal the shortlist entries... 

Chef of the Year - Hotel Restaurant

Chef of the Year - Standalone Restaurant 

The five finalists for each of the following categories were revealed online yesterday, click on the categories below to reveal the shortlists:

Pastry Chef of the Year

Restaurant Manager of the Year

Bar Manager of the Year

The finalists in the below categories were named on Monday.

Bartender of the Year

Sommelier of the Year

Waiter of the year

The finalists in the below categories were named on Sunday.

Events Caterer of the Year
Kitchen Hero of the Year
Sous Chef of the Year
For more information on the awards, click here

For all online coverage to date click here

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