COMMIS CHEF OF THE YEAR
This role requires someone reliable, quick-learning and dedicated to the profession.
The person who won this award needed to show the judges they had these skills and more, displaying clear progression over the past year, enthusiasm for training and developing new skills and ongoing commitment to the outlet and the team.
The shortlist included:
• Akila Fernando, Sumibiya, Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Deira Creek
• Prabakaran Manickam, The Meat Company, Souk Al Bahar
• Gihan Waruna, Al Manzil Hotel
• Ziad Al Obeid, Radisson Blu Hotel, Kuwait
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Our winner is a young chef who has quickly risen up the ranks, displaying “maturity and discipline well beyond his years”.
Judges noted that although he had undertaken a whole range of duties — from stock-taking and dealing with suppliers to assisting senior chefs with trialling new dishes — this team player is still always there to assist on training days, even on his days off.
The winner of the Commis Chef of the Year 2009 title is…
• Prabakaran Manickam, The Meat Company, Souk Al Bahar
Highly commended was Akila Fernando from Sumibiya, Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Deira Creek.
Read on to find out who took the Sous Chef of the Year title…
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