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Culinary Awards - |
Inniskillin
Icewine Pastry Chef of the Year |
This award
seeks to recognise an individual who has an exceptional
talent in pastry creation, and be able to drive the success
and quality of pastry / dessert products offered at an
outlet or various outlets. The nominee must be a Singaporean,
Permanent Resident, or a non-Singaporean residing in Singapore.
He / she must have been working for a Singapore-based
organisation or a franchise / branch that is located in
Singapore for at least a minimum of one year (as at the
time of nomination).
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Recipient
for 2004
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Gottfried Schuetzenberger
Grand Hyatt Singapore
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Kneading
his way around the world, Gottfried Schuetzenberger
has worked in 22 countries, including Argentina,
Chile, United Arab Emirates, Brunei, France,
Germany and Singapore, in his pie of work
experience. Schuetzenberger’s resume
shines like no other with the gold, silver
and bronze medals he has added to his ensemble
of accolades. Some of his alluring medals
are attained during individual and national
team competitions, such as the Culinary
Olympics in Frankfurt, Food&HotelAsia
in Singapore and the Culinary Classics in
Chicago. Schuetzenberger is unimpeachably
well studied as he has achieved a Master
Degree in Pastry. He is also a notable member
of the jury at various prestigious international
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Daniel Tay
Baker’s Inn
Holdings Pte Ltd |
Dreamy
puff pastries and scrumptious cheesecakes
are among the many delightful creations
of Daniel Tay, director and pastry chef
of one of Singapore’s most reputable
dessert havens, Baker’s Inn. Romancing
the flour and sugar in creating these irresistibly
savoury temptations, Tay went on a journey
round renowned dessert schools in the city
of love, France. He went on to further hone
his baking skills at the prestigious restaurant,
Fauchon in Paris before eventually earning
himself the position of pastry chef at Rive
Gauche Patisserie. He has also attended
the Cocoa Barry Chocolate School, the Valrhona
Ecole du Grand Chocolat and the Bellouet
Conseil école de patisserie, among
others. Tay has represented Singapore at
the 1997 World Pastry Cup in Lyon, France,
and in aid of the local baking industry,
he also participated as a distinguished
speaker at the Bakery Asia 2002 conference.
His achievements culminated in his winning
the ‘Inniskillin Icewine Pastry Chef
of the Year’ award at the prestigious
WGS Awards of Excellence 2001. He was also
nominated as a finalist for this award in
2002 and 2003.
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Irene Soh Lee Tee
Singapore Marriott Hotel
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Mention
‘the chocolate girl’ in the
food and beverage industry and Irene Soh’s
name is likely to pop up. And it’s
not just the nickname that she has earned
from the passion she has for chocolate
and pastries – Soh’s hard
work and tenacity have paid off with numerous
medals and awards. Her career with Marriott
began in 1995 when she joined the Singapore
Marriott Hotel as part of the pre-opening
team. She has championed various innovative
promotions and has received many outstanding
awards and recognition for her work. |
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Kenny Kong
Raffles The Plaza and Swissôtel
The Stamford
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Kenny
Kong embarked on his culinary career as
a junior pastry cook in Hotel Furama Hong
Kong. He has since fine-tuned his pastry
finesse in countries like Saudi Arabia,
France, Switzerland. After crafting a
gleaming portfolio, Kong packed his rolling
pin and headed to Singapore to become
the executive pastry chef of Raffles The
Plaza and Swissôtel The Stamford,
Singapore. Kong was part of the Singapore
team that clinched the gold medal in Food
& Hotel Asia (FHA) 1992 in the hot
cooking competition - won the ‘Battle
of the Lion’ trophy and was also
declared the overall winner of FHA. In
2002 Kong clinched the ‘Inniskillin
Icewine Pastry Chef of the Year Award’
in the WGS Awards of Excellence. Not only
is Kong a master at competitions, he is
also active in the judge panel at several
international competitions such as the
Salon Culinaire 2000 in Bangkok and the
Pastry Championship Competition 2001 in
Beaver Creek, United States, and has been
asked to play jury at Culinaire Malaysia
in 2004.
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