World
Gourmet Summit Awards
of Excellence
2001
Awards Categories and Finalists
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Culinary
Awards
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CARDS Chef of the Year |
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This award seeks
to recognize an individual who is directly involved in restaurant
operations in Singapore, and has consistently excelled in the culinary
art as well as provided for excellent dining experiences. The nominee
must be a Singaporean, Permanent Resident, or a non-Singaporean
residing in Singapore and he / she must be working for a Singapore-based
organization or a franchised / branch that is located in Singapore
at the time of nomination.
Justin Quek
Chef de Cuisine
Les Amis
Having graduated from Singapore Hotel And Tourism Education
Centre (SHATEC) in 1985, Justin Quek began his culinary trail
at the Mandarin Oriental, Singapore.
It was
in the year 1991 that Quek went to Europe to further his
culinary arts with some of the finest establishments, such
as Clos Longchamps, Hotel de Crillon, Jean Bardet, Roland
Mazere and L'Oasis in France, and the Waterside Inn and
La Gavroche in England.
In 1993,
Quek ventured with a few partners to start one of Singapore's
most talked-about restaurants - Les Amis.
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Ivan
Yeo
Executive Chef
The Westin Stamford & Westin Plaza
Ivan Yeo has been with The Westin Stamford and Westin Plaza
since its opening. His culinary responsibilities span across
most of Westin's food & beverage outlets, ending with
the Compass Rose, where he had the opportunity to assist numerous
internationally renowned guest chefs.
No stranger
to culinary competitions either, he has participated individually
as well as part of the Singapore Culinary Team in many competitions,
such as the World Cup Luxembourg, IGEHO (Switzerland) and
the Culinary Olympics in Erfurt (Germany).
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Ascione
Gaetano
Executive Chef/General manager
Gaetano's
Gaetano
Ascione came to Marina Mandarin Singapore in 1990 where he
was appointed chef de cuisine of Ristorante Bologna. Under
the stewardship of Gaetano, Ristorante Bologna won the Best
Western Restaurant 1992 awarded by the then STPB. After a
short stint in Singapore, he joined The Palace Hotel, Sun
City in South Africa as executive chef.
Prior
to opening his own restaurant, Gaetano took the post of
executive chef at Tanglin Club. Gaetano has cooked for the
inauguration of President Mandela, as well as for Presidents
Carter and Reagan of USA.
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Benton
Toh
Chef de Cuisine
Snappers, The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore
A Singaporean, Toh was previously with The Westin Stamford
& Westin Plaza for almost a decade before joining The
Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore. He has extensive working
experience with a variety of different cuisine including Szechuan,
Cantonese, International and Japanese. Bringing his expertise
to The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore, Toh continually creates
a selection of contemporary menus with Asian flair at Snappers.
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