First Caterer Awards candidates revealed!

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.
 

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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