World Gourmet Series Awards of Excellence 2012

World Gourmet Summit 2012

Presents An Epicurean Adventure with

A Heritage of Flavour

Singapore's leading gastronomic event, the World Gourmet Summit 2012 will be held from 23rd April to 3rd May 2012.

Be dazzled by a stellar cast of Michelin-starred chefs, each with distinctive culinary styles, colorful personalities and exceptional cuisines. Gracing this gastronomic festival are wine masters who will offer guests a rare insight to the latest in wines.

World Gourmet Summit 2012 presents an international star-studded ensemble of chefs :

Celebrity Chef

Marco Pierre White, Knorr Brand Ambassador (UK)

Special Guest Chefs

Anatoly Komm,VARVARY (Russia)

Bruno Menard (France) - 3 Michelin stars

Ronny Emborg, AOC (Denmark) - 1 Michelin star

Masterchefs

Dani García - 2 Michelin stars

Daniel Jordà

Fergus Henderson - 1 Michelin star

Ian Curley

Michel Sarran - 2 Michelin stars

Paco Roncero - 2 Michelin stars

Pedro Miguel Schiaffino - 1 Michelin star

Pietro D’Agostino

Vikas Khanna - 1 Michelin star

Special Guests

Annika Strebel

German Wine Queen

Javier de las Muelas

Mixologist

Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Master of Wine 

Awesome! I am hopelessly wishing to watch one of these talented guest chefs cook. It would be impossible for me, as a seat with any one of the chefs costs hundreds of dollars and each event would probably be sold out. I was told some diners flew from around the world just to have a taste of these chefs' cuisines.

Singapore talents showcasing their culinary skills alongside the master chefs :

Hosting Chefs

Douglas Tay

Jakob Esko

Janice Wong

Ken Ling

Kevin Cherkas

Ku Keung

Li Man

Lino Sauro

Lucas Glanville

Manjunath Mural

Susur Lee

The finalists for Awards of Excellence 2012, which recognises and motivates talents to excel in the F&B industry and promotes the appreciation of dining in Singapore and the region, were announced at a press conference on 6th March 2012.

Moving into it's 12th year, the World Gourmet Series Awards of Excellence has been instrumental to the advancement of the Singapore F&B industry.

To nurture the young and emerging food and beverage talent, 7 experiential scholarships and 2 educational scholarships will offer recipients the opportuity to explore the dynamic world of the F&B industry and to hone their skills through intensive hands-on practice in their relevant fields.

Check this World Gourmet Summit for the calendar of events.

Weekend Breakfast At Riders Cafe - PH

Fluffy homemade pancakes

Photohunt theme : fluffy

For overseas readers who are used to seeing horses in your own country, it is rare to see a real horse in Singapore. And to own one, the owner needs to have quite a lot of dough. It costs much more to own a horse in Singapore than a car!

Walk a horse

I love to go to Bukit Timah Saddle Club off Eng Neo Avenue, it provides such therapeutic charm. I feel I am in another country.

I bet many Singaporeans don't know this place. Once in a while, I would go there for weekend brunch. I enjoy watching the owners exercise their horses while I have a hearty breakfast.

Breakfast is served at an idyllic cafe in a colonial clubhouse. It was relaxing to watch the horses trotting past while you bask in fine weather and good food.

I usually order their famous fluffy home-made pancakes with berries compote and maple syrup. Chris love their Norwegian Benedict with generous slices of smoked salmon. Their breakfast is very good!

heavenly breakfast!

You need to make a reservation. It is full-house at all hours and many people who did not have reservations were turned away.

Bukit Timah Saddle Club
51 Fairways Drive
Tel : 6466 9819
Tue - Sun: 8.30am – 10.30pm
Closed on Mondays

Yummy Eats in Taiwan - WW

Superlicious Vanilla Cream Puff  (Kaohsiung) NT35

In Kaohsiung, while my tour group was visiting a Chinese temple, I was checking out the quaint eateries nearby. :P I bought this cream puff to snack on, it was so delicious, I bought another and another......  It was so good, I bought for the whole tour bus. :D

I love visiting Taiwan's 7-Eleven stores. I was eagerly buying food items and beverages to try. I love their wide range of beverages that comes beautifully packaged. The drinks taste good though.

Besides the famous Ding Tai Feng which has long queues at any time of the day, there are other good dumpling restaurants too. Former chefs from Ding Tai Feng set up their own shop..

This is a yummy snack!? This poster was promoting these sexy snacks at a busy street in Ximenting, Taipei. I didn't try.