Ceylon Continental triumphs at Black Box Culinary competition
Ceylon Continental Hotel was awarded Joint Championship Winners at
the Black Box Culinary Competition held at the Sri Lanka Exhibition &
Convention Centre. The award was conferred upon the Hotel by the Chefs
Guild of Lanka together with Montgomery Worldwide UK.
The winning team (further right) with GM Kamal Munasin- ghe,
F&B Manager Jorge, and the senior chefs of the hotel |
The esteemed Chef Rainer, Head of the German National Team, was
appointed Head Judge along with established and certified culinary
professionals from the World Association of Chefs’ Societies making up
the rest of the panel.
“The participants were faced with stiff competition from the other
sixteen competing hotels which included all of Colombo’s five star
hotels, but the team’s talent, dedication and teamwork won them the
Championship,” General Manager Kamal Munasinghe stated.
The winning team from Ceylon Continental will receive a Team Trophy,
certificates and airline tickets, at the awards ceremony. In addition,
two of the Ceylon Continental team members will receive a unique
opportunity to take part in the biggest global Culinary Competition held
in UK.
The innovative Black Box Culinary Competition was based on creating a
three course menu inclusive of dessert within 90 minutes - given a
mystery ingredient basket and a choice of a minimum of six items from a
common ingredient table.
Points were awarded based on the creativity, recipe chosen, menu
compilation, cleanliness, correct and professional preparation,
arrangement, presentation and the flavor.
Safe and hygienic work methods in work, during and after the
completion of the event were also taken into consideration in awarding
points. Taste preservation of the food both in quality, flavour and
color standards as well as nutritional values were key considerations.
The talented winning team members were Jeewanthi Kawshalya, Roshan
Pushpakumara, Ganesh Dias and Manoha Deshapriya led by Senior Executive
Chef Tilak Senarathne, Executive Sous Chef Ashan and Executive Pastry
Chef Anura. |