Guiding Light Meet Swiss-Australian Chef Thomas Haller, One of UAE’S Few Visionary Leaders and a True Guide to Our Culinary Industry
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FROM US. FOR US. OCTOBER 2015 www.gulfgourmet.net gulfgourmet THE MAGAZINE CHEFS LOVE TO READ volume 10, issue 8 YOUNG CHEFS Arjaan by Rotana are this month’s challengers at the Golden Chef’s Hat competition EAST COAST Images from the East Coast Culinary Competition held at the Miramar Al Aqah Beach Resort GUIDING LIGHT Meet Swiss-Australian Chef Thomas Haller, one of UAE’s few visionary leaders and a true guide to our culinary industry BEYOND IT’S DILMAH LUCK SATURN! HIGH TEA First look at all We asked for an The world’s best the action behind out-of-the-world competitors in the art the scenes for the recipe. Multi-award of making tea were in winners of the million winning Pastry Chef Sri Lanka. Read our dirham scholarship Chandana delivers it special report October 2015 Gulf Gourmet TATION S president’sstation email [email protected] President’s Dear fellow chefs, ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to the October issue of our Gulf Gourmet. Here’s a quick insight into all that’s been happening at the Guild. We had a very busy start after the summer break. Chef Rahil Rathod competed in the Commis Rotisseurs World Final in Budapest and did very well. This was the first time that the UAE was part of this great event, which will next be hosted in Manchester in 2015. Hope to have the opportunity to join then as well. Chef David Hiltbrunner from ICCA was on the panel of judges and he confirmed to me that the standard this year was very high. Our Young Chefs team, led by our Chairman Andy Cuthbert was taking part of the competition in Malaysia and represented us proudly. And in another part of the world, our Continental Director Thomas Gugler and I are in Namibia to judge the Africa Cup and be part of the MEA Continental WACS Congress. You will find all the details from Malaysia and Namibia in our next issue. We are working in full swing with the preparation for the Pastry World Championship in Milan which takes WORLD ASSOCIATION place this month between the 23rd and O F CHEFS 27th. Our Team Manager for this event S OCIETIES will be our Honorary Vice President Andreas Kurfurst and our Pastry Team September 2016 in Greece. I recommend Please do not miss the company profile is made up of Achala Weerasinghe from members to start saving small amounts of our corporate members. We really do Madinat Jumeirah, Kapila Aramatunga of money now and to join us in Greece. appreciate your support. Also do look at from Sheraton Dubai Deira Creek, If you have missed any of our previous the Friends of the Guild pages to check Dammika from Radisson Blu Hotel issues of Gulf Gourmet please visit www. out all our supporters. Dubai Deira Creek, and Rohita Kumara gulfgourmet.net. Kasthuriarchchi from Burj Al Arab. A final thank you to Chef Youssef and his I urge all members to go onto the Guild team from Jood Palace Hotel for hosting The classes, rules and regulations for the website to see what is happening on the September meeting. La Cuisine Du Sial in Abu Dhabi, which the calendar at emiratesculinaryguild. will be hosted at ADNEC from 7th to 9th net and also to visit the WACS Young Culinary Regards, December, have been released and the Chefs Facebook page on facebook.com/ registration is now open. Some classes wacsyoungchefs and encourage your Uwe Micheel are already booked. Register now. young chefs to join that page so they President of Emirates Culinary Guild can be in contact with over 4,000 chefs Director of Kitchens The next WACS Congress will now be in across the globe. Radisson Blu Hotel Deira Creek 3 October 2015 Gulf Gourmet CONTENTS ggcontents 28 32 40 Editor’s Note Cover Story Golden Chef 07 16 28 Our Editor’s take on all Exclusive interview with (by Nestle Professional) things F&B in the region Swiss-Australian Chef Thomas Chefs Baber and Karna from Haller, one of UAE’s few Arjaan by Rotana at Dubai visionary leaders and a true Media City are this month’s 08 Friends of the Guild guide to our culinary industry challengers for the Nestle Brands that support the Professional Golden Chef’s Emirates Culinary Guild Pastry Power Hat competition 24 (by Fonterra) News Bites We asked for an out-of- Beyond Luck 12 32 A quick round-up of what’s the-world recipe. Multi- First look at all the action happening in the Chef award winning Pastry Chef behind the scenes for the community and the food Chandana Nishanta of winners of the million service industry Kempinski Hotel Ajman, dirham scholarship delivers it 4 October 2015 Gulf Gourmet OTE N DITOR'S E 36 High Tea 36 The world’s best competitors in art of making tea were in Sri Lanka. Read our special report Manila Mayhem 40 Images from the Philippines Culinary Cup held in Manila last month East Coast 42 Moments The East Coast Culinary Competition was held over two days at the Miramar Al Aqah Beach Resort in Fujairah last June. We bring you special coverage Events 48 Images from around the region related to the industry. This issue includes images from Emirates Culinary Guild meeting SIAL Rules 50 Exclusive listing of all rules and regulations for the 24 upcoming La Cuisine by SIAL in Abu Dhabi New Members 58 Meet the new and renewed members of the Emirates Culinary Guild Members 62 Directory A listing of all leading food and kitchen supplies companies for this region You’re more than 66 a chef A monthly column by Rohit Bassi for young chefs to help improve their soft skills 5 Gulf Gourmet Ad_March 2015.pdf 1 2/20/2015 1:35:06 PM A wealth of information and tools at your fingertips to move your business forward with U.S. Dairy C M Y CM ThinkUSAdairy.org MY CY CMY K USDEC Middle East (AMFI) • Beirut • Email: amfi[email protected] • Phone: 961-1-740378, 741223 The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) is a free resource to help you find additional information on U.S. cheese applications and distribution channels. 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Now imagine them PRODUCTION Masar Printing & Publishing Nestle Professional with a wide being personally trained by the portfolio under his belt and an biggest chefs from the UAE and LICENSED BY National Media Council equally wide geographic terrain for around the world. We have all the him to manage. Yet, he finds time details starting page 32. PUBLISHED BY SMARTCAST GROUP FZ-LLC to work extra hours towards the PO Box 34891, Dubai Media City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates upliftment of the culinary industry. And finally, do not miss our Pastry Power section by Fonterra. We COPYRIGHT All material appearing in Gulf Gourmet I spent over an hour interviewing asked for an out-of-the-world is copyright unless otherwise stated him for the article and was left recipe and that’s literally what or it may rest with the provider of speechless learning about the multi-award winning Pastry Chef the supplied material. 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