GOURMET NEWS
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Last month’s events in focus
Bangkok Chefs Charity Fundraiser ■ THE city of angels once again witnessed, for the fourth consecutive year, a gathering of Executive Chefs from 21 of Thailand’s leading five-star hotels and Thai Airways International, who created and successfully staged a nine-course feast at the “2012 Bangkok Chefs Charity Gala Dinner and Fundraiser,” graciously presided over by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, in the Royal Ballroom of Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok. Initiated in 2009 by General Managers Nuntiya and Patcharin Hame-ung-gull of Gourmet One, importer and supplier of fine foods, the event helps raise funds for Border Patrol Police Schools under the Patronage of Her Royal Highness, as well as underprivileged children in the remote Amphur Omkoy in Chiang Mai.This year a grand total of B14,100,000 was raised.
IMPACT Chefs win culinary competition ■ IMPACT’s chefs won the championship title at the Thailand International Culinary Cup 2012. The team garnered the HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Cup from its achievement of the Overall Best Establishment Award together with a Winner trophy for the highest score in Modern Thai Cuisine and 21 medals in total.
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