CHEF VINCENT TAN

“Over 30 years of Professional life on a page” – 30 seconds about me… One of the most successful Malaysian born chefs, Vincent Tan has been involved in the culinary scene for over 30 years. This has

taken him to most parts of the world. Presently holding the position of Executive Chef in one of the top resorts in Maldives – The IHG

/ HPL RESORTS, the prodigal son of Malaysian Culinary scene has been residing in oversea for more than 20 years.

Chef Vincent has won a string of “firsts” in his colorful career, among them:-

The first winner for “The Malaysian Most Outstanding Chef Award” - 1993

Prime Minister Golden Hand Award - 1993

Most Outstanding Culinary Team Award Malaysia 1993

Young Chef of the Year Award - 1994

Singapore Mandarin International Group “STAR OF THE YEAR” Award – 1994

“Best Executive Chef” in Ho Chi Minh City in a National fund raising cooking competition for the year 2003.

A former Malaysian National Culinary Team Captain, his other impressive long list of achievements includes winning medals in:

IGEHO Salon Gastronomique, Basel, Switzerland

IKAHOGA, Culinary Olympic, Frankfurt, Germany

Food and Hotel Asia Singapore

His other achievements are leading his culinary team members to become a Champion for two (2) consecutive years in both “The Meat Live Stock

Australia (MLA) Black Box Culinary Challenge Vietnam 2008 & 2009 & “The Champions for World Spice Food Festival 2009 & 2010 in Sri Lanka”

The MLA Black Box Culinary Challenge champions of Viet Nam represented Viet Nam in the Grand Global finals in Tasmania, Australia in May 2012

where his team has won a Silver medal. His team has also won a silver medal in the previous Grand Global Finals in Dubai 2008.

As a celebrity chef, Vincent’s latest achievement is being given the title of The First “Iron Chef” Viet Nam – A popular cooking competition game show

originated from Japan, organized by Viet Nam Television (VTV) & TVPLUS JSC – 2012. The show has been licensed and has been broadcasted

nationwide and in many countries such as, Japan, US, UK, Australia, Canada, Sweden, China, Malaysia & Thailand.

In a Viet Nam culinary scene, Hotel Equatorial Culinary Team emerged as an Overall Champion for the 9th. Consecutive times in a Viet Nam Culinary

Challenge 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2011. (No competition’s organized from 1998-2002, became a biennial meets since 2009)

And at the Maldives Culinary Challenge 2015, Team IHG Holiday Inn Kandooma, Maldives who was led by Vincent has won the The Best

Establishment Award – The Alan palmer Challenge Trophy for a very first time. The resort has amassed a total of 20 medals winning all the categories

entered.

In his colorful career Vincent has cooked for many dignitaries and Head of States such as:-

Former Malaysian Kings HRH Tunku Jaafar Shah and HRH Syed Sirajuddin

Former President of France HE Jacque Chirac

Former President of Singapore HE S.R. Nathan

Former Prime Minister, Minister Mentor and Father of Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew

Former China’s Prime Minister Mr. Zhu Rong Ji

Former & present Malaysian Prime Ministers Tun Dr. Mahathir, Tun Abdullah Badawi and Dato’ Seri Najib Abdul Razak

Former President of Poland HE Aleksander Kwasniewsk

President of Hungary HE Goncz Arpad

HRH Prince Andrew of UK

HRH Princess Annie of UK

Former US Secretary of States Ms. Madeline Albright

Singapore’s Prime Minister Mr. Lee Hsien Loong

Vincent was invited to cook at the MTV Europe Music Award (EMA) in Madrid, Spain from 2nd to 9th November 2010 for the world famous singers,

The pop industry’s leading lady, Lady Gaga

Beyonce Knowles

Pop princess Katy Perry

Superstar rapper Eminem

Previous winner Rihanna, Shakira, Enrique Iglesias

Rock star Jon Bon Jovi

The EMA’s host for the year - actress and global style icon that was voted as Maxim’s # 1 Hottest Woman in the world for two years

running Eva Longoria and many other famous artists…

For the record, Vincent is the only Chef from Asia to be invited to cook for the event.

As an Approved Member of “A" Grade Global Jury by the World Association of Chef Society (WACS) Vincent has been judging in many international

culinary competitions and participating in international food promotions.

Some of his culinary judging experiences were the:

FCC Food Hotel’s Asia Singapore 2016 - 12th. -15th. April 2016 (since 2010)

The Bali Culinary Challenge 2016 – 2nd - 5th. March 2016 (since 2012)

The 2015 Food Hotel Malaysia Culinary Challenge – September 2015 (since 2003)

The Philippine Culinary Cup 2015 - August 2015 (since 2011)

The 2015 Penang Battle of the Chefs – October 2015 (since 2013)

The Hong Kong Culinary Challenge, HOFEX 2015 - 6th – 9th. May 2015

The Viet Nam Culinary Challenge 2015 – 21st. – 23rd. April 2015 (since 2008)

The Indonesia Culinary Challenge 2015 – 15th – 18th. April 2015 (since 2013)

The Expogast Vileroy & Boch Culinary World Cup, Luxembourg - 22nd – 27th. November 2014

WACS Congress / International Food Fair Stavanger, Norway 2014 – 1st. - 6th, July 2014

The Maldives Culinary Challenge 2013 – August 2013 (since 2012)

The Oceana Fest, Perth WA – April 2013

WACS Congress / International Food Fair Korea 2012 – 1st. 5th, May 2012

"Chef Vincent has also been actively involved in bringing the standard of the Culinary Industry to a higher level in Vietnam previously and now in

Maldives. His civic mindedness is highly commendable. He participated in many funds raising program for the Hospitality School to help the under

privilege children. He also co-authored 2 cook books. The proceeds of the book sold have been channeled to "Street Kids & Old Folks Home"

Presently he is a member of World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS), a Committee Member for WACS Congress Kuala Lumpur 2018, for The

Chef Association of Malaysia.

Vincent Tan - April 2016 – IHG / HPL Resort, Kandooma Maldives, Kandooma Fushi, South Male Atoll, République of Maldives

CELL: +960 778 5911 / +6012 913 9428 / +8493 611 7898