On the cover: UAE's Pastry Team - Chef Achala Weerasinghe, Chef Dammika Herath, and Kapila Amaratunga - head to Italy. Also in this issue: Ammar Hilal, General Manager of Fairmont Dubai; Chefs from Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Deira Creek and Shangri-La Jeddah compete for the Nestle Professional Golden Chef’s Hat Award; Ibrahim Nourozi, executive chef at Bahar restaurant in Dubai Marina; Atul Kochhar returns with a battle of the TV chefs; images from Guild meeting; SIAL Rules; column by best-selling author Rohit Bassi