World
Gourmet Summit Awards
of Excellence
2001
Awards Categories and Finalists
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Culinary
Awards
Electrolux Culinary Institution of the Year
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This
award seeks to recognize a local culinary institution that provides
part/ full time courses/classes for the enrichment of knowledge
and expertise within the field of the culinary arts. The courses
must provide for a high standard of learning and must be conducted
in a formal learning environment. Examples of culinary institution
include: Raffles Culinary Academy, SHATEC, Temasek Polytechnic,
Bakery Institute Training Centre.
Singapore Hotel and Tourism Education Centre (SHATEC)
The Singapore Hotel and Tourism Education
Centre has been supplying Singapore's hospitality needs since
1983. With an annual intake of 650, the institute offers certificates
in various front line operations, including Food & Beverage,
Front Office, and Food Preparation. Its courses also include
Diploma programmes for Culinary, Pastry, Tourism and Hospitality
as well as Higher Diploma in Hotel Management.
SHATEC
has extensive training facilities, from training restaurants,
cooking kitchen, computer and front office lab, demonstration
bar, mock-up guest room, extensive library and fully equipped
classrooms, all located in a hotel institution environment.
It also operates an outside catering team that serves as
a means to provide exposure and training for the students.
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Raffles
Culinary Academy
Raffles Hotel
Being
the region's premier school of culinary arts, Raffles Culinary
Academy, housed in Raffles Hotel, offers an appealing range
of cooking and lifestyle classes to suit the palate and
tastes of discerning gourmets and amateur chefs.
Regular
classes are conducted by award-winning chefs in a conducive
setting, which aims to provide guests with an insight to
international cuisine including some of Singapore's diverse
ethnic dishes. In addition, the Academy also offers specialty
classes such as wine tasting as well as lifestyle workshops
for interested public members to enjoy the finer things
in life.
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Temasek
Polytechnic
School of Business, Hospitality Management
Established
in 1990, Temasek Polytechnic operates from a 30-ha campus
in Tampines and this is the only polytechnic offering hospitality
studies in various disciplines under the Ministry of Education.
The hospitality courses commenced in 1995 with the first intake
of 95 students.
All
lecturers hold internationally recognised qualifications
such as Teaching in Higher Education Certificate awarded
by the UK body and Staff Educational Development Association
(SEDA). The polytechnic has been recognised for its People
Developer system, which aims to maximise all its staff's
potential. The lecturers are also required to keep abreast
of industry's developments through external consultancy
work. The Temasek Business School has a series of innovative
training labs cum live businesses that are specially set
up within the campus to provide practical training for students.
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