The third and final day of the HORECA Kuwait 2017 exhibition was full of activities, including an honoring ceremony for the winners in the international cooking competition. Leaders Group’s General Manager Nabila Al-Anjeri and Hospitality Services Company’s General Manager Joumana Dammous Salameh honored the 37 winners who earned gold medals.
The competition’s jury panel, comprising of 10 experts announced the winners’ names noting. In addition to the gold medal winners, 60 competitors won silver and 98 won bronze medals. The jury also announced that Kuwait Sheraton Hotel won the highest number of gold medals, as seven of its chefs won first place in various competitions they took part in.
Further, the jury said that over 300 competitors took part in various categories of the competition, which is a record number. The panel added that the competitions highly appealed to visitors who enjoyed watching chefs carve works out of chocolate, ice and fruits.
Speaking on the occasion, the panel’s head chef Samaan Hilal said that the HORECA cooking competition helps support the hospitality sector, adding that it has attracted more participants compared to previous years. Meanwhile, Anjeri stressed that the exhibition achieved remarkable success. She also thanked all participating and sponsoring companies, the jury and competitors, in addition to the media. In the meantime, a number of participating company owners thanked Leaders Group, the event’s organizer, for extending the area at the exhibition allocated for their booths as requested, and for hosted various activities during the three-day event, which attracted over 6,000 visitors.
GOLD Winners
Category |
Etablishment |
Participants’ name |
Asian Cuisine |
Sheraton Hotel |
Edward George |
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Burger Competition |
Symphony Style Hotel |
Gamini Priyantha Lambiyas |
Sheraton Hotel |
Rakesh Shankar |
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Sheraton Hotel |
Blessing Iwuala |
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Radisson Blu |
Shirantha Perera |
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Fruits and Vegetables Carving |
Symphony Style Hotel |
Chintaka Saduruwan |
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Hot and Cold Arabic Appetizers |
Hilton Kuwait Resort |
Ahmad Aboulwaffa |
Jual Shames Alhaque |
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Kout Food Group |
Mostafa Shamas |
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Meljissar Bautista |
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Ice Carving |
Gourmania |
W.W. Lalantha Hasendra Fernando |
Minus 11 |
P.A.L. Samantha |
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Meat Dish |
Jumeirah Messilah Beach Resort |
Beral Polekironi |
Mohamad Akbar |
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Asha's Spoons |
Raghunath Dhanabal |
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Shibin Francis |
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Maki Kuwait |
Iskandar Abdullah |
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Sameera Jamuni P |
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Pasta Competition |
Sheraton Hotel |
Rakesh Shankar |
Jumeirah Messilah Beach Resort |
Midhun Ayyappan |
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Sushi Competition |
Maki Kuwait |
Francis Milar Anora |
Maki Kuwait |
Percival Adrian Shedden |
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D&D |
Ryan Wong |
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Symphony Style Hotel |
Edwin Palaganas |
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Costa del sol Hotel |
Donmis Ron Devera |
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Six Course Set Dinner Menu |
Sheraton Hotel |
Edward George |
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Three Plated Dessert Presentation |
Jumeirah Messilah Beach Resort |
Chandra Kumara Jagodage |
Jumeirah Messilah Beach Resort |
Ranga Wijeyasekara |
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Radisson Blu |
Jitto James |
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Wedding Cake |
MMC |
Hussina Fazier |
Jumeirah Messilah Beach Resort |
Ranga Wijeyasekara |
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Bread Creation and Morning Goods |
Bread And Spice |
Hafid Boukouch |
Crown Plaza & Holiday Inn Kuwait |
Mohamed Issadeen |
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Chocolate Carving |
Sheraton Hotel |
Tarak Das |
Symphony Style Hotel |
Chintaka Saduruwan |
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Cold Canapés |
Sheraton Hotel |
Mohamed Nessar |
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Cold Platter of Fish Poultry or Meat |
Symphony Style Hotel |
Chaminda Keerthi Lokuge |