Winning
chefs, judges and sponsors all agree that it was a good contest.
Manoon Makpol
Ten teams of chefs from throughout Thailand faced off at
Makro Cash & Carry’s “Horeca 2011” cooking competition to see who would
qualify to compete for 200,000 baht in prizes at a national competition
later this month.
Professional hotel and restaurant chefs comprised the
teams that set to simmering Feb. 17 at the Makro South Pattaya Branch.
Traditional Thai dishes were the cuisine being judged with the top two
winners advancing to the March 24-27 finals at Bangkok’s Impact Arena, where
they will compete for the HRH Princess Soamsawalee trophy.
Thailand’s winner will represent Makro at an Asian
cook-off in Singapore next year.
Supornsri Naktanasukan, store manager, presided over the
event. Judges were Chalee Amatayakul, Chef Booncherd Sornsuwan, vice
president of Thai Cuisine Association, and Sa-nga Damapong, nutrition expert
from the Ministry of Public Health.
The winning teams were “Authayan Kaew 9 Manee” with lead
chef Sombat Ngamsa-Ad who prepared a sour fresh mullet soup, and Team Yummy
Yummy led by Sannipa Jiranuwat, which prepared roasted shrimp paste.
Makro said the competition was aimed at raising the level
of chefs in the tourist industry, both new and experienced.
Chef
Booncherd Sornsuwan (right) takes an early taste test of one of the
contestant’s creations.
Team
Yummy Yummy, led by Sannipa Jiranuwat, prepared roasted shrimp paste.
The
judges have a difficult task deciding who won.
