(Hong Kong, 26 May 2015) The Food & Beverage Team of Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Management) Limited (“HML”) came away from the Hong Kong International Culinary Classic (“HKICC”) 2015 with a total of nine awards: one Gold, four Silver and four Bronze. Held from 6 to 9 May 2015 during HOFEX 2015, the biennial HKICC is the largest culinary competition in Asia, this year attracting 900 participants from 13 countries and regions.
HKICC is one of only a few culinary competitions endorsed by the World Association of Chefs Societies (“WACS”), and is run and judged entirely according to WACS rules and judging criteria. Co-organised by the Hong Kong Chefs Association and Hong Kong Exhibition Services Ltd, HKICC 2015 was held during HOFEX 2015 to promote culinary excellence among chefs, cooks, pastry chefs and apprentices from near and far.
Commenting on the team’s achievements, Managing Director of HML Ms Monica Lee-Müller said, “HML’s F&B team combines culinary flair and service professionalism on every occasion. Their outstanding results at HKICC 2015 have fully justified the commitment we have made to developing talent and providing professional training for our in-house F&B team, so they can offer exceptional service to the event organisers and the millions of visitors who come to the HKCEC from all around the world. Three of their nine awards were won in the Dream Team Challenge, and offer especially powerful demonstrations of our team’s ability to combine serving skills and cooking skills for a total dining experience.”
Unlike most other exhibition and convention facility management companies, HML has had its own in-house F&B team since the opening of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (“HKCEC”) in 1988. To ensure its success, HML has assembled a F&B team of over 320 full-time staff including chefs, restaurant and catering service staff, and experienced event managers.
The F&B Team has accommodated customer requirements ranging from a cocktail of a few hundreds guests to a single banquet of over 5,000 guests to as many as seven different banquets at a time, serving 4,000 guests.
In the fiscal year 2013/2014 (July 2013 to June 2014), HML’s F&B team served nearly 400 banquets, while also ensuring the smooth daily operation of the HKCEC’s seven restaurants, and also 289 mobile concession stands during exhibitions. Altogether, a phenomenal 2.44 million guests dined at the HKCEC. Of these, over one million were guests attending almost 400 banquets, which included gala dinners for multi-nationals, corporate and association banquets, wedding receptions, and Chinese and Western business lunches.
HML’s achievements at HKICC 2015:
Awards | Categories |
Gold Award and Best of the Best Award | The Dream Team Challenge |
Silver Award
| The Dream Team Challenge |
Butchery Skills Challenge | |
The Gourmet Team Challenge | |
Western Cuisine Hot Cooking (Professional) Beef Short Ribs | |
Bronze Award | Western Cuisine Hot Cooking (Professional) Sustainable Fish – Grouper |
Western Cuisine Hot Cooking (U25 Apprentices) Lamb Loin | |
Chinese Cuisine Modern Chinese Cuisine Challenge Hot Cooking Pork Loin | |
The Dream Team Challenge |
About the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
This award-winning 306,000 sqm building, first opened in 1988, offers 91,500 sqm of rentable space. An iconic Hong Kong landmark, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (‘HKCEC’) is located on a prime waterfront site in the central business district of Hong Kong. It is owned by the Hong Kong SAR Government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
About Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Management) Limited
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Management) Limited (‘HML’) is a professional private management and operating company responsible for providing day to day management for the HKCEC, where it oversees administration, marketing, booking, scheduling, event co-ordination, maintenance and security. It also manages food and beverage operations at the HKCEC, including restaurants and catering services. HML provides world-class services for users, visitors and guests of the HKCEC, a venue which has been consistently awarded the title of ‘Best Convention and Exhibition Centre in Asia’ by leading industry professionals. About 1,200 events are held at the HKCEC every year, including exhibitions, conferences, corporate meetings, entertainment events, seminars and banquets. These events contribute significant economic benefits to the city, and help raise the international image of Hong Kong.
HML is a member of NWS Holdings Limited. NWS Holdings Limited (‘NWS Holdings’, Hong Kong stock code: 659), the infrastructure and service flagship of New World Development Company Limited (Hong Kong stock code: 17), operates businesses in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Macau. Its Infrastructure portfolio includes Roads, Energy, Water and Ports & Logistics projects. Its Services portfolio comprises Facilities Management (the management of Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and Free Duty), Construction & Transport (construction, bus and ferry services) and Strategic Investments.
Issued by Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Management) Limited
For further information, please contact:
Miss Gloria Fong, Communications Manager
Tel: +852 2582 7918
E-mail: gloriafong@hkcec.com
Website: www.hkcec.com
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