On the cover: Chef Sagar Khadkikar, leader of the Emirates Culinary Guild national young chefs team. Also in this issue: Canadian chef Bob Heaton from Weslodge; Chefs from Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Deira Creek and Horizon Manor Doha at the Golden Chef’s Hat Competition; report from the young chefs’ team performance in Singapore; Pastry Chef Ram Babu Maharjan from the Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts; Russian celebrity chef Maksim Tvorogov; images of Le Chaine Young Chefs competition, the Guild meeting and ICCA Million Dirham Scholarship; complete listing of rules and regulations for East Coast Salon; column by Rohit Bassi