SriLankan Catering wins at Culinary Art
SriLankan Catering (Pvt) Ltd won 24 medals at Culinary Art 2010, one
of the largest food industry competitions in Sri Lanka.
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The winning team |
SriLankan Caterings CEO Sarath Fernando said," Producing cuisine of
the highest standard is a routine matter for the talented team at
SriLankan Catering, since we produce meals for the discerning passengers
on First Class and Business Class of the finest airlines in the world
today.
SriLankan Catering, the fully owned subsidiary of SriLankan Airlines,
recently signed agreements to supply meals to three more major
international carriers that fly into Colombos Bandaranaike International
Airport, in addition to SriLankan Airlines and several other airlines
that it already serves.
"We are having discussions with several other airlines, and are
confident that we will shortly add several more to our list of
customers", said Fernando.
Competing with over 1,600 entries from 1,100 contestants, SriLankan
Caterings team brought home 24 medals, including one Trophy, two Golds,
14 Silvers, and 7 Bronzes.
SriLankan Caterings Production Manager, Sudish Kumar Pande, said
"These medals are a product of true teamwork, since every member of the
SriLankan Catering team worked tirelessly to ensure that all our
customer airlines received a seamless service of the highest standard
while so many members of the team were away at the competition.
Ours is a 24-hour operation, 365 days a year".
Executive Chef Anthony Gibson, said: "This was a really great display
of teamwork, and I feel very satisfied and proud of this team. The
judging for Culinary Art was on par with the highest level international
culinary contests and it's a very satisfying feeling for all our guys to
see their work being recognised. We intend to do even better at the next
Culinary Art and we plan to have entries in every category, which we
didn't do this time".
Larder Chef J.P.K.M. Jayaweera was the star of the team, winning the
Trophy for Best Sculptor for his exquisite ice carving of a princess,
plus one Gold, three Silvers, and one Bronze.
His colleague Chathura Danangala won one Gold for his five-course set
dinner menu plus one Silver. Altogether, 16 members of the SriLankan
Catering team won medals. |
