300 competitors and 37 gold medalists at The Hospitality Salon Culinaire, HORECA Kuwait

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.

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