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International Chefs Day 2015 – Taiwan Young Chef Club

What an honor to be with children and our Taiwan Young Chefs Club Members as we celebrated and supported 2015 International Chefs Day “Healthy Kids/Healthy Future” on October 17, 2015.

In conjunction with the Worldchefs given theme, chef students from the Shofu University and Hungkuang University gathered at the Christian Jabez Church Taichung as to celebrate the event with less fortunate children from poor families.

Awareness on healthy food intakes, their affections in a child's growing stage and health benefits where discussed and evaluated by learning with our five senses as our students mentored families and their siblings.

Food samplings of simple intakes such as “French (whole wheat) Toast with Banana” “Italian Pana Cota with Raspberries” and a “Fruit Muesli” where demonstrated and supported towards 30 children whom have shown great awareness in the step-by step introduction.

Health benefits as to reduce daily intakes of fat, salt and sugar, which are quite common for a daily intake, can be found in basic fresh products of great amount.

Eating cycle habits where explored as to divide main meals to smaller amounts with five intakes.

Food intakes with regular exercise activities were also recommended as to reduce obese, diabetes and common overweight. Food selection in regards to its nature, vitamins and freshness where compared to pre-packed and ready-to-eat food available on our local market. Our young chefs learned that the Church will make use of funding’s from collected recycled waste which will support the operation of the church. We had much fun as illustrated in the pictures as we could be part for few hours of our live and be kids too. Overall we were fortunate to support our local community and our future generations.

 

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Worldchefs Without Borders visits Slovakia

On the 14th and 15th of October in Slovakia took place a juniors and seniors competition. 
Organizers: WCWB, Aregala Slovakia, SZKC, WCWB Ambassador Slovakia Miloš Lachkovič with the help of Daniel Ayton – Ambassador WCWB England 
Issues close to their heart on the importance and preservation of traditions in the world gastronomy and making traditions and traditional gastronomy unforgettable for all chefs. It's national treasure, which we have to protect and pass for young generations. 
Young chefs presented their art in front of a crowd of people who rewarded their work with applause. Donation by sponsors will be used by students of Hotel Academy, schools  and preschools for creating meals in the near future. Presents for children were given by chefs.

 

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International Chefs Day 2015 – Pakistan

The Chefs’ Association of Pakistan (CAP) is celebrating the International Chefs Day 2015 in 10 major cities of Pakistan to pay tribute to unparalleled talent of the Chefs of Pakistan as well as to share the common vision of the chefs’ fraternity around the globe.

Following this year’s theme: “Healthy Kids, Healthy Future”, the CAP is organizing full-day activities in Pakistan. On 20th October 2015 More than 10000 chefs/cooks and other guests from the Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Industry across Pakistan will participate in the event.

The Following is the CAP’s event profile:

v  Participation of more than 10000 Chefs/Cooks and other guests from the Hospitality, Culinary, Travel & Tourism Industry across Pakistan.

v  Prestigious CAP Awards ceremony to recognize outstanding services of culinary industry Professionals in different categories.

v  Walk by chefs and other participants to create awareness about the profession and the theme of WACS.

v  Activities with kids in line with the WACS theme “Healthy kids, Healthy future” acknowledging junior chefs and skill showcasing.

v  Kids competition among different schools in line with the WACS theme “Healthy kids, Healthy future”.

v  Junior Chefs cooking classes of underprivileged children from different schools

v  Local as well as International media coverage to create awareness about Culinary Profession and this year theme “Healthy kids, Healthy future”

v  Announcement of Pakistan’s National Culinary Team formation & selection criteria

v  20th October celebrations include balloon releasing, food stalls and other fun filled activities

v  Cake cutting ceremony among the Chefs

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International Chefs Day 2015 – Kerala, India

Our community in Paravur consists of mostly fishermen and daily wage earners. The only school in this community is the,

GOVERNMENT UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOL, Kurumandal B, South Paravur, Kollam Dist., Kerala – 691301

Principal: Mrs. G. Indira Devi, +91 9746980044, [email protected]  

Number of Students : 192

Number of Staff : 20

Standards : LKG, UKG, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th

Total Girls : 102

As part of creating awareness about hygiene and health, just last week, we had taken a class on 15th, on the occasion of Global Handwashing Day.

In continuation of that, we felt that the occasion of the International Chefs Day would give us an opportunity on lines with the same theme – “Health”. 

Therefore we were given the opportunity by Smt. Indira Devi to conduct ia class today at 1100hrs.

Chef Narayanan Nair,  first began by telling the children the meaning of term “Chef” and the importance of the Day. Chef also educated the children about healthy food and organinc ingrediants.

Thereafter Chef took a demo class for making Rava Kesari. The Ghee used for the demo was Organic (by Aroma Fresh, cow ghee), sugar was not used. Instead, jaggery was used.

The reason to make this dish was that

  1. Easily available main ingredient
  2. Relatively low price
  3. Ease of preparation

We had also taken pre-prepared Rava Kesari (200 pcs), which was made earlier today for distributing amongst the children in banana leafs. The Demo Rava Kesari was also shared amongst the teachers.

The programme concluded by 1130 hrs.

The smiles on the childrens faces said it all!

 

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International Chefs Day 2015 – Taiwan Chefs Association

The Taiwan Chefs Association (TCA) will celebrated the ingenuity of our profession, paying tribute to our chefs, their related skills and talent by the profession under Worldchefs. The main objective of establishing this day on October 20, 2004 was to create widespread awareness for the profession, and for the profession to give back to society what it could through charitable events, culinary competitions and demonstrations.

The Taiwan Chefs Association under its Presidency Chef Jerry Chen and its members are proud to introduce the 2015 International Chefs Day for the fourth time whiles highlighting our theme“Caring and Thankful with Love and Hope

With the great support of the Taichung City Government, the 2015 International Chefs Day was held in the Taichung City Government Square. The anticipated fun filled event will be supported with the presents of our Continental Director Dr. Rick Stephan’s as well as over 150 Young Chefs form 15 Colleges and Culinary Universities as to engage, support and promote “Caring and Thankful with Love and Hope” towards under-privileged and less fortunate members of our community.

This year over 1000 people attended ,Through offering direct interventions with stimulating activities, games, illustrated shows and sponsored food services in a surroundings of 50 sponsored stalls from our supporters around Taiwan; we will lead children with disabilities to outdoor activities whiles receiving community care and warmth. The importance of being able to communicate, interact and action for cause can archive a community unity in being open minded, act as mentors and lead by heart.

Promoting, supporting and actually stimulating the “Caring and Thankful with Love and Hope” effect further supports and nourish a warm parent-child interaction among disadvantaged members of our society so that our society can emerge together filled with love and hope. Prime concerns as to achieve sustainable community development in our belief goes hand in hand with our profession as to have pride and honor in what we do and what we belief.

The Chefs Association with its supporters are confident in contributing to the 2015 International Chefs Day event whiles working together with our community at large by providing our skills of care, mentor ship and pleasure towards the less fortunate and disadvantage children.

 

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The Australian Culinary Federation Fonterra Foodservice National Apprentice Competition Final

The Australian Culinary Federation Fonterra Foodservice National Apprentice Competition Final was held at West Coast Institute of Training, Joondalup Campus on Wednesday 14th October.

Apprentices from all Australian States & Territories arrived Monday & hit the ground running on Tuesday morning when it was off to the markets with a budget to purchase their ingredients for the competition. With products sponsored from Fonterra, Bidvest, Nestle Professional & Krio Krush combined with their purchases the teams spent the afternoon preparing for the competition & tweaking the final details of their menus. They have come together for a week of comaradrie, networking & education including dining at White Salt, touring The Swan Valley & culminating in a Gala Dinner at WCIT on Thursday evening. The awards were presented at the beginning of the evening prior to being treated to an exceptional meal prepared by the ACF National Youth Team.

Western Australian apprentices cleaned up at the awards night taking out top honours in 3 categories Culinary Student, 2nd Year Apprentice Chef, 3rd/4th Year Apprentice Chef, Northern Territory was awarded champion 1st Year Apprentice Chef & first time competitor Rachel Zwarts from South Australia prepared the best omelette on the day. Perth 3rd Year Apprentice & ACF National Youth Team member Brody – Young Steedman from Co – Op Dining was named Champion Apprentice of the Year taking home a R211 Ultra sponsored by Robot Coupe

 

The NAC is a culmination of many apprentice competitions being held throughout the year in each state and territory and includes training chefs in each year of apprenticeship and a culinary students section. The best apprentice from each apprentice year and culinary student section from each state and territory are brought together to compete and decide the overall winners. The numbers of competitors, training schools, culinary educators that the NAC touches is staggering with in excess of 4,000 culinary students and teachers, each with links to industry resulting in exposure to over 10,000 chefs throughout Australia.

 

Medal Results

Culinary Students

Jerome Poret                SA         Bronze

Christel Darion              Vic       Silver

Kuo heng Lin                  WA       Gold & Champion Culinary Student

2nd Year Apprentice Chefs

Joshua Lee                    NSW    Bronze

Kelsea House                TAS       Silver

Wade Fordham            VIC       Silver

Nick Donovan              ACT      Silver

Ross Maxwell                 SA         Silver

Mark Johnson                WA       Gold & Champion 2nd Year Apprentice

1st Year Apprentice Chefs

Hugh Walters                TAS       Silver

Kasae Fraser                  VIC       Silver

Linh Khanh Tran             WA       Silver

Rachel Zwarts               SA         Silver

Zoe Drew                        NSW    Silver

Christopher Carr          QLD      Silver

Jasmine Sawa              ACT      Gold

Maria Hoad                   WA       Gold & Champion 1st Year Apprentice

3rd/4th Year Apprentice Chefs

Sheila Mae Hobbs       QLD      Participation

Sammantha Devlin     ACT      Silver

Tumelo Nthupi              SA         Silver

Tenille Brazel                 NSW    Silver

Brad Sutton                   VIC       Gold

Brody Young – Steedman        WA   Gold Champion 3/4th year Apprentice & Apprentice of the Year

 

For more information please contact Deb Foreman [email protected]

Photos at www.austculinary.com.au & ACF Face book

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Ludovic Chesnay, Elle & Vire Professionnel Culinary Adviser is on tour !

Elle & Vire Professionnel Culinary Expert Ludovic Chesnay was in Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand for pastry demonstrations. The guests had a chance to see and try delightful desserts prepared by the chef with Elle & Vire Professionnel’s products such as Excellence Whipping Cream or Extra-dry Butter.

In Indonesia, he visited the pastry shop Heavenly Sweet where the guests discovered the Passion Fruit Religieuse by Eric Perez among other recipes. Elle & Vire Professionnel thanks Heavenly Sweet for this sharing moment.

 

 

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Australian Culinary Challenge Final Wrap

The 2015 Australian Culinary Challenge was highlight of the year in culinary competition in Australia, held at the Sydney Showground and Sydney Olympic Park as part of Fine Food Australia from September 20th – 23rd inclusive. Chefs, trainees and apprentices pitted their skills against each other and against the clock, competing for a share of cash and prizes. This year’s exciting competition highlights included the inaugural ‘Fonterra Foodservice Battle of the Pacific’, Nestle Golden Chefs Hat National Final celebrating its 50th Year Anniversary & Hospitality Training Network National Final.

The culmination of months of training by the competitors individually & in teams paid off with over 200 medals in all colours presented over the course of the 4 day event. The major awards presented on Wednesday evening at Mecure Parramatta totalled $20,000 in cash & prizes sponsored by Fonterra Foodservice, Peugeot Salt & Pepper mills & Tanita Scales.

 Sunday morning the first 10 live entrants hit the kitchens at the same time NSW, Victoria 1 & South Australia started cooking in the Fonterra Foodservice Battle of the Pacific. The pace was manic for the first hour as entrants familiarized themselves with the kitchens filled with equipment from Moffat, Robot Coupe, Net Chef, Mak Catering commercial Kitchen Hire & all the utensils on loan from Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE. Nestle Golden Chefs Hat Final first 4 teams commenced at the same time lunch service began for the restaurant & the cooking arena was alive with aromas emanating from all kitchens including the chefs lounge where chefs & sponsors networked & the barista’s from Hennessy coffee kept all fuelled with caffeine.

Monday Auckland 1, ACT & WA battled it out in the restaurants & the record number of entries in the static competition began to set up. Nestle Golden Chefs Hat Final 5 teams heated up the live kitchen arena & MC Peter Howard had a busy time covering everything at once. Perfect Italiano was showcased in the Chefs lounge & the pizza oven worked overtime feeding hungry competitors, members & sponsors.

Tuesday it was the HTN & Futura Apprentice Chef Culinary Competition that started first of 2 days jam packed with individual events filling all the kitchens till 5pm. NSW Juniors, Victoria 2 & Otago challenged each other in the restaurant live kitchens & tables full of sponsors were treated with some great food. Sweets using Nestle Panna Cotta & Crème Brulee were indulged by those that visited the chef’s lounge.

Wednesday 35 competitors vied for the top honour of being named Most Outstanding in their class when they completed the last their live competitions, most outstanding chef was hotly contested & came down to the wire in the last event. Auckland 2 & Vanuatu battled it out with home grown Tasmanian team in the Fonterra Foodservice Restaurant kitchens. Farmer Joe’s & Heng Australia provided sustenance for hundreds of judges, competitors, sponsors & members who visited the chef’s lounge during the course of the week.

The Australian Culinary Challenge Awards presentation was the highlight of the week with the room packed with chefs eagerly awaiting final results for the major awards & presentation of medals & prizes for the 12 teams that competed in Fonterra Foodservice Battle of the Pacific. Chef Kurt Von Buren topped off his week as Chairman of judges providing an awesome spread of food & with sincere gratitude thanked to all who had taken time from busy schedules to judge & scrutineer at the event & at NSI Ryde in the prep kitchens. President Neil Abrahams “This has been an awesome event & the biggest one to date in NSW, the chapter committee & those who have assisted in the organisation of this event are to be commended for their passion & dedication in making this competition so successful in 2015”

The Australian Culinary Federation wishes to express our sincere gratitude to all sponsors of The Australian Culinary Challenge their generous contributions have helped make our vision for this competition a reality.

 

 

 AWARDS

The following awards each received a trophy & a set Peugeot Clermont Duo Salt & Pepper Mills

Le Cordon Bleu Best Centrepiece in Show

Awarded to the individual who scores the highest in savoury or sweet centrepiece category, with a Gold medal the award goes to                       ANDRE SANDISON

Gourmand Providor Best Static Display

Awarded to the individual who has the highest score from class in S & C categories with a Gold medal the award goes to                                        PAULA SOARES MEARS

Chef Works Best Decorated Cake

Awarded to the competitor with the highest overall score in the decorated cake category.

KATEY SHAW

Mastercut Best Live Challenge

Awarded to the individual who has the highest score in over all the live individual competitions.

TAMAR SEVER

Moffat Most Outstanding Establishment.

Trophy awarded to the establishment with the highest accumulative score over all categories and all competitors                                         LE CORDON BLEU

 

The following award received $1000 & a set of Tanita Scales + Peugeot Clermont Duo Salt & Pepper Mills

Bidvest Most Outstanding Chef.

To be eligible to win you must compete in two (2) open live competition Categories & must have competed in at least One (1) static competition. You must achieve at least one (1) Gold Medal in each live and static category. The Chef with the highest aggregate score & is the Bidvest Most Outstanding Chef 2015

LESLIE CHAN VICTORIA

 

Fonterra Food Service Battle of the Pacific

CERTIFICATE OF MERIT

South Australia                      Lorenc Dylgjeri, Takuma Yoneoka & Jerome Poret

BRONZE MEDAL                      

ACT                                        Daren Tetley, Corey Pont & Jasmine Sawa

NSW JUNIOR                          Hou Chin Tang, Alex Kim Jiang Tan & Armesia Erwanto

Vanuatu                                Andy Abel, Precilla Bakeo & Roslyne Tari              

SILVER MEDAL

Victoria 1                               Leslie Chan, Tom Brockbank & Jesse

Auckland 1                            David Schofield, John Kelleher & Daniel Heslewood

Victoria 2                               Trevor Jenkins, Andrew Ballard & Annie Lao

Auckland 2                            William Mordido, Jeremy Schmid & Kristy Tse

Tasmania                               Michel Norton, Craig Wills & Brigid Mallett

GOLD MEDAL             

 

3rd place for Fonterra Foodservice Restaurant Challenge 2015 trophy

OTAGO                                  Ken O Connell, Corey Hume & Blaike Haines

 

2nd place Fonterra Foodservice Restaurant Challenge 2015

NEW SOUTH WALES                Matt Weller, Matt Breis & Young Hak Ho

 

Champion Team of the Fonterra Foodservice Restaurant Challenge 2015

WESTERN AUSTRALIA              Gwyn Ellis, Iari Prassi & Sophie Cornes

 

Photos www.austculinary.com.au or ACF Facebook

 

For more information please contact Deb Foreman [email protected]         

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Fonterra Foodservice – Battle of the Pacific – Final Wrap

The Inaugural Fonterra Foodservice Battle of the Pacific held during The Australian Culinary Challenge at Fine Foods Australia this week culminated Wednesday night with Western Australian Gold medal winners being crowned Champion Team. Gwyn Ellis, Iari Prassi & Sophie Cornes from Clarkes of North Beach were presented their trophies & prizes by Jeff Dhu Food Service Director of Fonterra Foodservice the principal sponsors of the event. The ACF are proud of our long standing relationship with Fonterra Foodservice & the support from their team has been instrumental in the development of this competition.

 This new title for the competition was hotly contested by 8 regional Australian teams as well as Pacific region teams 3 from New Zealand and 1 from Vanuatu. Three teams went head to head each day preparing & serving meals to guests that included sponsors, industry professionals, team supporters & the jury that consisted not only of kitchen judges Michael Strautmanis, Anita Sarginson (NZ Chefs Ambassador) & Matt McBain but included each day 9 secret taste judges throughout the restaurant.

Michael “As a first competition of this magnitude and inventiveness it was an outstanding success and a firm foundation to keep building onto this concept. My congratulations to all of the participants, the spirit of the competition was outstanding”

 Using mandatory ingredients from the Fonterra Foodservice range teams displayed great use and diversity of product. The rest of the pantry list was donated by generous sponsors Bidvest, Mastercut meats, Gourmand Providor, Nestle Professional, Petuna & Krio Krush. An interesting blend of techniques, menu descriptions and elements on the plate were the order of the competition as was the high level of skill that is always present when international teams cross our shores.

Judges “All the teams clearly demonstrated that products of such high quality provided a great influence on the dishes”

 The Australian Culinary Federation wishes to express our sincere gratitude to all sponsors of The Australian Culinary Challenge their generous contributions have helped make our vision for this competition a reality.

 

 

Results

CERTIFICATE OF MERIT

South Australia                    Lorenc Dylgjeri, Takuma Yoneoka & Jerome Poret

 

BRONZE                   

ACT                                        Daren Tetley, Corey Pont & Jasmine Sawa

NSW   JUNIOR                    Hou Chin Tang, Alex Kim Jiang Tan & Armesia Erwanto

Vanuatu                               Andy Abel, Precilla Bakeo & Roslyne Tari                      

 

SILVER

Victoria 1                              Leslie Chan, Tom Brockbank & Jessica Sewell

Auckland 1                           David Schofield, John Kelleher & Daniel Heslewood

Victoria 2                              Trevor Jenkins, Andrew Ballard & Annie Lao

Auckland 2                           William Mordido, Jeremy Schmid & Kristy Tse

Tasmania                             Michel Norton, Craig Wills & Brigid Mallett

 

GOLD

In 3rd place for Fonterra Foodservice Restaurant Challenge 2015

 

OTAGO

Ken O Connell, Corey Hume & Blaike Haines

 

In 2nd place Fonterra Foodservice Restaurant Challenge

 

NEW SOUTH WALES

Matt Weller, Matt Breis & Young Hak Ho

 

Champion Team Fonterra Foodservice Restaurant Challenge 2015

 

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Gwyn Ellis, Iari Prassi & Sophie Cornes

 

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Global Chefs Challenge Semi-Final Europe Central: German precision at its best!

On the days of 2nd – 4th October 2015, a semi-final round of the Global Chefs Challenge, an international contest designated for the chefs from Central Europe, took place within the framework of the FOR GASTRO&HOTEL 2015 fair.

In this semi-final round, chefs from the Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary, Poland and Germany compared the levels of their culinary skills. Representatives of the individual countries were competing in 3 independent competitions for three days.

Headed by the chief commissioner Carlo Sauber from Luxemburg, the professional jury consisting of accredited commissioners from 6 European countries appreciated the quality of the individual contestants.

Miroslav Kubec, President of the Association of Chefs and Pastry Chefs of Czech Republic, who is at the same time Continental Director for Central Europe within the World Association of Chefs Societies (WorldChefs), a global organisation under whose patronage the competition was taking place, observed that the contestants had been very well prepared for the competition and he highlighted especially the high quality of the young chefs performing in the “Hans Bueschkens Young Chefs Challenge” competition, who were successfully seconding their older colleagues.

In terms of the most prestigious competition “Global Chefs Challenge”, the chefs got an assignment to prepare a three-course menu for 6 persons in 3 hours. We were highly delighted by the bronze medal won in this competition for the Czech Republic by Patrik Bečvář. The second position belonged to Richárd Elek from Hungary and the gold medal went to Germany thanks to Tobias Laabs.

The “Global Pastry Chefs Challenge” competition turned into an exhibition show of the Hungarian representative Dávid Domonkos, who presented a sculpture entitled “Ambrosia – the Food of the Gods”. Sadly enough, our representative Lukáš Skála (winner of the contest Pastry Chef of the Year 2013) had to withdraw from the contest for health reasons at the eleventh hour.

In the final contest set up for the promising young chefs under the title “Hans Bueschkens Young Chefs Challenge”, the gold medal went to Germany once again, this time thanks to Marianus von Hörsten, the silver position was secured by Poland´s Bartosz Peter and the bronze belonged to Barnabás Hack from Hungary.

The final round of the whole contest, which will be taking place next year on the occasion of the worldwide congress WorldChefs Congress & Expo in Thessaloniki, Greece, will so be attended by the winners of the mentioned individual competitions and also by the second ranking in the Global Chefs Challenge competition.

Results of the individual competitions:

GLOBAL CHEFS CHALLENGE

 

1st place:           Tobias Laabs (Germany)

2nd place:          Richárd Elek (Hungary)

3rd place:          Patrik Bečvář (Czech Republic)

     

HANS BUESCHKENS YOUNG CHEFS CHALLENGE

 

1st place:           Marianus von Horsten (Germany)

2nd place:          Bartosz Peter (Poland)

3rd place:          Barnabás Hack (Hungary)  

 

GLOBAL PASTRY CHEFS CHALLENGE

 

1st place:           David Domonkos (Hungary)

 

Headed by its President Mr. Miroslav Kubec, the Association of Chefs and Pastry Chefs of Czech Republic would like to thank to all the partners and supporters of this contest.

General partners of the contest:

Czech Tourism, InterGast a.s., PVA EXPO Praha Letňany – the FOR GASTRO & HOTEL fair, Nestlé Česko s.r.o. and Hotel DUO

Local partners of the contest:

ARDO Mochov s.r.o., ILLE – Papír Service, s.r.o., J.J.Darboven s.r.o., Johann Kotanyi s.r.o., KAYSER, s.r.o., Nektar Natura s.r.o., Veba home textile, Puratos CZ a.s., Private hotel school Buchaschool Most, Apprenticeship centre SPV of the Hotel InterContinental Praha, TITBIT s.r.o., Vorwerk CZ k.s., Winterhalter Gastronom CS s.r.o.

International partners (supporting the WorldChefs contests globally):

Electrolux, Nestlé Professional, Unilever Food Solutions, Segers, Sterling, Olitalia, Dilmah, Fonterra – Dairy for life, VanDrie Group, Valrhona, Dick – Knives, Figgjo Norway, Wasabi, HUG

 

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