As the F&B Masters competition heats up in Southeast Asia (SEA; including Sri Lanka and the Maldives), the time is nigh for rising F&B talents across Hilton Worldwide‘s SEA properties to put their best food and drink forward. Today, Marinah of DoubleTree by Hilton Jakarta – Diponegoro emerged triumphant as the Country Winner of Pastry Cup of the Hilton Worldwide SEA & India F&B Masters 2015/2016. She will represent Indonesia at the grand final of the F&B Masters 2015/2016 to be held at Conrad Bangkok from February 15-16, 2016.
The annual competition, which aims to celebrate culinary creativity and original mixology, extends to Asia Pacific in 2015 through 2016, following a successful introductory run in Southeast Asia in 2014. Finals of the F&B Masters across APAC will take place in regional clusters namely: Australasia; Greater China; Japan, Korea & Micronesia, and; Southeast Asia & India.
For the 2015/2016 edition, SEA saw 157 team members across 27 properties in the region participating and competing for the honors of winning the ‗Cups‘ across the five disciplines— Bar, Culinary, Pastry, Sommelier and Barista – at the SEA & India F&B Masters.
The clustered countries semifinals took off end 2015 at DoubleTree by Hilton JakartaDiponegoro for the Singapore and Indonesia hotels; Hilton Colombo for Sri Lanka and the Maldives hotels; Millennium Hilton Bangkok for the Thailand and Myanmar hotels; and Hilton Kuala Lumpur for the Malaysia and Vietnam hotels. Team members who emerged winners at the clustered countries semifinals competed in the presence of renowned judges.
“I‘m passionate about desserts and I wanted to hone my skills through this competition. It was also a personal challenge that I am able to represent Indonesia, my country‖, said Marinah, Junior Sous Chef at DoubleTree by Hilton Jakarta – Diponegoro.
The chef with over 10 years of culinary experience highlighted her winning creation at the semifinals, ―Volcano de Choco was inspired by the volcanoes in Indonesia which have become places of interests for tourists visiting the country. For this dessert, I combined chocolate and vanilla to create a unique presentation of flavors”
“The adrenaline and buzz created were through the roof,‖ says the F&B Masters champion for SEA, Jean-Sebastian Kling, general manager, DoubleTree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur. ―The caliber of talent this year has been phenomenal and it is a joy to see the level of dedication, effort and thought shared throughout the competition.”
“Without a doubt, F&B Masters has proven yet again to be a fantastic platform to showcase team member talents and capabilities,‖ adds Jon Warmington, general manager, Hilton Kuching, also F&B Masters champion for SEA.
Follow the competition either on the respective SEA hotel‘s Facebook page or by searching the hashtag #HiltonFnBstars.
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