World
Gourmet Summit Awards
of Excellence
2001
Awards Categories and Finalists
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Achievement Awards
Who's Who in Food & Beverage Industry Award |
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This
award seeks to recognize an individual, in the F&B industry,
who has promoted the enjoyment of gastronomy in Singapore. This
person may be a member of a Food & Wine Association, Chef, Supplier,
Restaurateur, Educator, Hotelier, etc. 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.
Otto Weibel
The Westin Stamford & Westin Plaza
Otto
Weibel joined The Westin Stamford and Westin Plaza in 1985
after distinguishing himself at Shangri-La Hotels in Hong
Kong, Singapore and hotels in Switzerland.
Renowned
on the international scene and in Singapore, Weibel was
voted Chef Restaurateur of the Year at the International
Food & Beverage Forum 1999. He was recently awarded
Swiss Chef of the Year 2001 by Urs Heller of Gault Millau,
Switzerland.
Weibel
has been very active as President of the Singapore Chefs
Association for the past ten years. He has led the Singapore
National Team to many successes in various international
championships. He is currently advisor to the Team.
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MPS
Puri
Manvinder
P. S. Puri was at the helm of the opening team for Fullerton
Hotel in Singapore. He has managed various food and beverage
operations around the world, and widely regarded as one
of the most ingenious minds in the food and beverage industry.
Puri is now back with Raffles International.
Puri
has worked in many famous establishments including The Ritz
Carlton, Mauna Lani, Hawaii, and was remembered for his
contribution towards the success of Raffles Hotel's food
and beverage operations.
He
was the executive assistant manager, at Raffles Hotel, as
well as the vice president - food & beverage in Raffles
International since 1991. He left for British Airways in
1998 to be their vice president - food & beverage, and
subsequently was the vice president - food & beverage
for the Rosewood Hotel & Resort Group, before assuming
the chief operating officer position at The Fullerton Singapore.
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Tan
Kah Hin
Commanderie de Bordeaux
Tan
Kah Hin is a Barrister at Law by training and in practice
since 1977. He is a past president of the International Wine
& Food Society of Singapore.
Tan
was also the co-founder of the Commanderie de Bordeaux of
Singapore in 1985 and held the post of founding Regent for
15 years before retiring to form the Confrerie des Chevaliers
du Tastevin, Singapour. In 1999, the Confrerie Headquarters
based in Clos de Vougeot, France promoted Tan to the rank
of Commandeur of the worldwide confrerie. There are only
five of such Confrerie Commandeurs in Asia.
Tan
also helped to organise the French Wines lectures for SOPEXA,
which is now the only three levels of wine courses available
in Singapore for wine merchants, restaurant managers and
wine waiters. The corp of lecturers for SOPEXA has been
conducting such lectures in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
and even Taiwan. Singapore is the regional hub for French
wine lectures for SOPEXA.
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Justin
Quek
Les Amis
Apart
from being the founder of the ever popular and outstanding
Les Amis, Justin Quek is also a member of the prestigious
Confrererie de la Chaine des Rôtisseurs. In 1995, he
was awarded the Best Achievement Award for Chosen Vocation
by the Rotary Club West. During World Gourmet Summit 1999,
Quek showcased his culinary skills in a joint presentation
with members of the James Beard Foundation.
To
date, Quek has been voted (with Ignatius Chan) Joint Food
& Beverage Men of the Year 2000 by Wine & Dine Magazine.
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