Hotels
across Asia, Middle East and Africa to serve world-class dishes
designed
by Culinary Ambassadors
Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 24 September 2014:
InterContinental Hotels
Group (IHG)
announces the launch of its Culinary Panel: a new initiative
featuring five celebrated chefs who have been appointed IHG Culinary
Ambassadors to develop a repertoire of unique signature dishes for
guests dining in IHG’s hotels across the Asia, Middle East and
Africa (AMEA) region.
The
five IHG Culinary Ambassadors, who are all award-winning chefs,
represent a diverse range of cuisines:
- Italian by Theo Randall
- Thai by Ian Kittichai
- Chinese by Sam Leong
- Modern Australian by Ross Lusted
- Bakery and Pastry by Dean Brettschneider
Each
Culinary Ambassador has created 20 recipes ranging from appetisers to
main courses and desserts. Launching today and rolling out throughout
the rest of the year, guests can enjoy a selection of these dishes in
select restaurants at InterContinental,
Crowne
Plaza and Holiday
Inn hotels and resorts in the region.
Each
restaurant team has undergone full training by the Culinary
Ambassadors on how to prepare the dishes to ensure a great culinary
experience for guests; and they will receive ongoing guidance from
the Culinary Panel as the programme continues to expand.
Phil
Broad, Vice President, Food and Beverage, Asia, Middle East and
Africa, IHG said:
"Our
whole team is excited to be working with a Culinary Panel of this
stature. These chefs are some of the best gastronomic minds in the
culinary world and our Ambassadors will help us raise the bar and
bolster our hotels' reputation as world-class dining destinations.
Our hotel guests and restaurant diners will now be able to enjoy some
really delectable dishes designed by these renowned chefs.”
Speaking
on his appointment as an IHG Culinary Ambassador, Chef Theo Randall
commented:
“One of the most exciting things about being on the Culinary Panel
is being able to reflect my own personality and world-view on food in
each recipe. I get to share my creations with other chefs and this is
a great opportunity for me to extend the reach of my cuisine with IHG
guests across Asia, Middle East and Africa. I have worked with IHG
for some time now and I’m confident that with the guidelines and
training in place, the restaurants using my recipes will do each dish
justice."
Thai
award-winning chef Ian Kittichai said,
"As a chef, one of my goals is to share Thai cuisine with the
world and bring a taste of the diverse flavours of the cuisine to
people outside of Thailand. Being invited to join the Culinary Panel
gives me a wonderful opportunity to do this and I look forward to
working with IHG to deliver great dining experiences for guests
staying and eating at IHG hotels."
The
company currently operates more than 800 restaurants and bars in AMEA
with more than 240 hotels open across five brands in the region:
InterContinental
Hotels & Resorts, Crowne
Plaza, Holiday
Inn, Holiday
Inn Express
and Staybridge
Suites. A further 137 hotels and resorts will open in the next
three to five years, adding more than 200 new restaurants and bars to
IHG's range of F&B. This includes the first Hotel
Indigo property which will launch in Thailand, Bangkok at the
start of next year.
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