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Vanuatu's got it all for you! the cuisine, the coffee, the cocktails, and... the service. Salon Culinaire competition winners and their story in this issue.TRANSCRIPT
Monday 28th October 2013 Issue 35 Inside: News from the office
VTO Out n About Industry News Trade & Media
Events & Festivals Entertainment We’ve got it
all here! the cuisine the coffee
the cocktail and…
the service
Origin Salon Culinary competition winners and their stories in this issue
Vila Flyboard Contact Aurélie Ledoux Phone +678 77 78 007 Web www.vilaflyboard.com PO Box 3396 Port Vila Vanuatu Email [email protected]
Contact Pusi George Phone+678 5495372 Website www.enimahtours.info PO Box 906 Port Vila Vanuatu Email [email protected] Enima Traditional Tours
Underwater Scooter
Mike Crawford Phone+678 27 518 www.underwater-scooters.com/fr/ PO Box 1276 Port Vila, Vanuatu Email [email protected]
A feast for the eyes at Kesorn’s
By Alcina Charlie, VTO eMarketing: Earlier this month, I popped into Kesorn’s Exotic Thai, near Peter Pan school in Port Vila to get the owners Mihaly & Kesorn Szabados story on what triggered them to come here and start a restaurant. Originally Hungarian and having moved to Australia in early 50’s, Mr Szabados started his business Kesorn’s Food and Gift House, in Emerald Queensland where guests not only feasted their eyes on their plate but also marvel at Mihaly’s beautiful accessories of opals, sapphires and other precious stones. The couple’s passion in jewelry making continued well into Papua New Guinea for 12 years, the Solomon Islands for 11 years, and now Vanuatu where they’ve decided to reside. In March 2011, Kesorns Exotic Thai opened for business and has been welcoming guests from surrounding resorts and hotels. Kesorn’s also displays and sells a collection of accessories of south pacific seashells and other oceanic gems. The cuisine at Kesorn’s boasts delicious mouth watering Thai, and next month, the restaurant will be welcoming new chefs. The VTO wishes the Szabados all the best and looks forward to working together to promoting Vanuatu abroad. Call Kerson’s Exotic Thai on 29949.
For more info, call the school on 26830, email [email protected]
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Publisher: VTO. Host : Issuu.com. Design & Cover: VTO. Images: HTLTC, Nemo uw scooters, Enima tours, Vanuatu Chefs Assoc, Barista 2013, Vila Flyboard, Vanuatu Mobile Force, Satin Thai, David Kirkland. © All rights reserved. This electronic magazine may not be reproduced in any form, in whole, or part, without the consent of the publisher. The VTO can not be held liable for any information contained in the advertisements. COPYRIGHT: VANUATU TOURISM OFFICE. Vanuatu Tourism Office, PO Box 209, Port Vila, Vanuatu. Ph (678) 22515 / 22685. Email [email protected]. Web www.vanuatu.travel
What a beauty - thanks Barista committee for sharing center pic, taken during the competition on Thursday 24th October. Guess who we met at the VIP Salon canape evening? World renowned chef/author Robert Oliver (2nd and 3rd photo below)
Vanuatu National Culinary Chefs Team for 2014 announced at
Awards
Above photo: Current National Culinary Team members, L-R Bill Leonardo; Chris Bulemene; Maylin Dan; Roslyn George, For immediate release 27th October 2013: After a week of strong competition amongst the best NiVanuatu competitors of the Origin Culinary Arts & Hospitality Show, the 2014 National Culinary Team was announced at the grand finale, the Gala Awards Dinner. All competitors, both Senior Chefs and Junior Chefs, who wanted to make it into the National Culinary Team had to compete in compulsory cooking competitions. They had to make a dessert, cook a Vanuatu beef dish and follow a secret recipe in the Mystery Box challenge. The competition for the Senior and Junior Chef of the Year 2013 is tough with highly skilled Chefs competing against each other for top points and the chance to represent Vanuatu at international cooking competitions. Chefs were awarded medals at the end of the Competition, but the Awards for the Senior and the Junior Chef of the Year, and the announcement of who had made it into the National Culinary Team was left until the Awards Dinner hosted at Iririki Island Resort with celebrated Chef and Author, Robert Oliver.
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Iririki Island Resort takes out top team events
Photo caption: Iririki Island Resort Team of Chefs, Housekeepers, Waiters and Cocktail Maker after the Medal presentation. For immediate release 28th October 2013: The premier team events of the Origin Culinary Arts & Hospitality Show are always hotly contested by the Resorts, Hotels and Restaurants. Iririki Island Resort entered both the Origin Restaurant Challenge and the Cocktail Canape Event, the only team events of the competition that includes Chefs and Wait Service staff, and they won both events. Som Thapa, Food and Beverage Director of Iririki Island Resort said “I am very proud of the results my team achieved in Salon Culinaire. I love being back at Iririki. The medals we won meant so much to me personally. It is one of the proudest moments in the history of Iririki Island Resort.” Read more.
from previous page…The Moffat Senior Chef of the Year was won by Maylin Dan, from Tanna, and Head Chef at Chantillys. The Victorinox Junior Chef of the Year was won by Dickson Enoch, from Pentecost, who is a Commis Chef at La Tentation in Port Vila. Both Chefs were delighted with their wins, for Maylin this is the second year that she has won the Senior Chef of the Year, and for Dickson, a first time entrant, he had every right to be ecstatic with his win. The remaining chefs who make up the National Culinary Team, also did exceptionally well in the competition producing great food at international standards, winning a mix of Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. The National Culinary Team for 2014 is: Senior Chefs: Maylin Dan, from Tanna, and Head Chef at Chantillys. Bill Leonardo, from Emau, and Sous Chef at Holiday Inn. Alick Niavi, from Aniwa, and Sous Chef at Iririki Island Resort Junior Chefs: Dickson Enoch, from Pentecost, and Commis Chef at La Tentation. Roselyn George, from Ambrym, and Demi Chef at Iririki Island Resort. Christopher Bulememe, from Pentecost & Ambrym, and Sous Chef at Coconut Palms Resort. The National Culinary Team is managed by Chef David Holiday of Air Vanuatu Catering who this past year spent a lot of time working with the team to get them ready to compete at an international competition in New Zealand, he said “This year it has been great to work with our National Chefs representing Vanuatu, their employers have been supportive of their Chefs development and I’d love to see that support happen this coming year.
Our Chefs can be proud of their achievements and we will continue to grow and develop their passion for great Vanuatu cuisine”. Read more.
Photo above: Left - new Senior Chef member of the National Culinary Team, Alick Niavi . Right - new Junior Chef member of the National Culinary Team, Dickson Enoch. Below: Senior chefs competing at Origin Culinaire.
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