Shortlisted candidates for the biggest event in the Middle East’s Food and Beverage calendar – the Caterer Middle East Awards – are to be revealed online throughout this week.
The process of shortlisting the best outlets and the F&B sector’s brightest stars in the region across 12 categories has finally come to an end and the countdown to a glittering awards ceremony at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Dubai on September 27 can begin.
The event will mark the second year of the hotly contested awards, which are designed to honour the leading lights in the sector.
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Today we can reveal the identities of some of those F&B professionals who will battle for the titles of Educator of the Year, Pastry Chef of the Year and Sous Chef of the Year.
Interest in the awards has been huge with more than 300 nominations received in total.
The shortlisted candidates for the first three categories are as follows:
Educator of the Year 2010
Sheeja Panicker, the Yas Hotel
Edgar Razon, the Coral Beach Resort Sharjah
Salima Hussaini, Holiday Inn, Dubai Al Barsha
Atul Kundra, Le Meridien/The Westin
Pastry Chef of the Year 2010
Achala Weerasinghe, Renaissance Hotel Dubai
Ajmal Salim, Shangri-la Abu Dhabi
Martin Chiffers, The Address Dubai Marina
Mohammed Haseem Mohamed Rasmi, The Meat Company
Rizwan Al Shafee, Jeddah Hilton Qasr al Sharq- a Waldorf Astoria Collection Hotel
Antony Fernandez, The Rizt-Carlton Bahrain
Sous Chef of the Year
S.T. Murugan, Hilton Dubai Jumeirah
David Miras, Le Meridien al Aqah
Frank Uphoff, Hilton Ras Al Khaimah
Sohail Ali Karimi, Doha Marriott Hotel
Chadi Terro, Shangri-La Abu Dhabi
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Sep 26, 2010 , United Arab Emirates
being a good chef is very easy but to be a favorable chef is not so. then chef atul is the very good example to this comment. he has a very good command on his analyzing power and on his responsibilities as well. i'll be very happy to be the part of his success. wish you all the best..............
Sep 25, 2010 , United Arab Emirates
I have never seen a chef who really listen to his staff in good way, for him he has got many good qualities and best attitudes.for him doesn't matter about the possitions he treat every one as same.He is one of the best chefs that i ever seen.