World Gourmet Summit Awards of Excellence 2001
Awards Categories and Finalists

Culinary Awards

Rising Chef of the Year
This award seeks to recognize an individual who has been involved directly with a restaurant operation in Singapore, and is of 30 years old and below (as of 1st January 2001) at the time of nomination. He / she should must demonstrate a high level of creativity and potential for being a true master in the culinary arts. 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.


Jereme Leung
Chinese Executive Chef
Jiang Nan Chun, Four Seasons Hotel Singapore

Heading the culinary team at Jiang Nan Chun, Four Seasons' flagship restaurant, Leung is one of those rare chefs proficient in the four foundations of Chinese cooking - dim sum, barbecue, hot cooking and vegetable carving.

Clearly the youngest masterchef in Asia, Leung has been responsible for the success of more than eight Chinese restaurants in the region. Leung was also awarded the Five Star Diamond Award as one of the World's Best Chefs from The American Academy of Hospitality Science. He becomes the first and only Singaporean and the 4th Asian chef in the world to receive this honour. Leung also received the prestigious XO Hennessy Culinary Awards 2000 in association with The Peak magazine in Malaysia.

Robin Ho
Chef de Cuisine
Marmalade Restaurant & Bar

One of the many young talents emerging from Les Amis in recent times, Ho spent three months in France learning the ropes from various masterchefs. This trip was beneficial for the young Ho, as he came back with new perspectives for his profession and a flair for modern European cuisine. His interest in the culinary arts was further boosted by a sponsored study in Baking Science and Technology in Thailand. Ho saw the opportunity to put his vast skills to good use when Marmalade opened.

Chookiat Kantha
Sous Chef
Indochine Wine Bar and Restaurant

Chookiat Kantha is currently a sous chef at Indochine Wine Bar and Restaurant at Club Street. His unique style of cuisine of Laotian, Cambodian and Vietnamese has led to much media attention on the local culinary scene.

He was a chef at a Thai-Vietnam Restaurant in 1994 before moving to Holiday Garden Hotel in Chiang Mai to continue his duty as a chef. It was in 1998 that he moved on to the Good Fortune Hotel to assume the same position.

 

More Culinary Awards:

DBS CARDS Chef of the Year
Inniskillin Icewine Pastry Chef of the Year
Asian Ethnic Chef of the Year
Electrolux Culinary Institution