Bangkok--28 Aug--GHC Asia
Dilmah Tea, the Sri Lankan family tea company that passionately champions real tea inspired gastronomy and mixology, recently announced the launch of the first ever Dilmah Real High Tea Challenge in Thailand (www.realhightea.dilmahtea.com) - scheduled to take place on two consecutive days from Sept. 30 – Oct. 1, 2014 at Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit.
Dilmah pioneered the concept of a Real High Tea Competition in 2007 to challenge chefs to understand tea, its variety and the limitless possibilities in tea gastronomy and tea mixology. Dilmah Tea Gastronomy is a tea culinary adventure carried out in cooperation with chefs and culinary associations around the world. Dilmah’s culinary and tea events, held in partnership with World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS), have significantly improved the understanding amongst culinary professionals, the hospitality industry and tea aficionados giving them the opportunity to share the pleasure of tea in a unique way, by using tea as an ingredient or by matching tea with food.
The Dilmah Real High Tea Challenge, a platform to create the ultimate 21st century high tea at its most inventive with tea at the heart of it, has been staged in over 12 countries including Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Chile, and The Netherlands and will continue its journey around the world following the competition in Thailand.
“The Thailand Challenge will be a great opportunity for participants from the country’s culinary, hospitality and bartending industry to experiment and explore what tea has to offer in a contemporary style where novelty, innovation and creativity have become the game changers,” said Mr. Dilhan C. Fernando, younger son of Dilmah Founder Mr. Merrill J. Fernando, and the Director of Dilmah School of Tea - the only school in the world dedicated to sharing knowledge on tea, and spearheads all Dilmah Tea Gastronomy projects around the world.
The two-day Dilmah Real High Tea Challenge Thailand 2014 is open to professional culinary teams from hotels/resorts/restaurants/culinary schools. A team should consist of two persons – a Chef and a Food & Beverage person.
Participants will be judged by a panel of internationally acclaimed judges including Mr. Dilhan C. Fernando, award-winning Chef Bernd Uber, and Chef Jamnong Nirungsan, President of Thailand Chefs Association, who will award points based on a WACS (World Association of Chefs Societies) approved point system.
The Thailand winner will be invited to embark on a spectacular seven-day VIP all expenses paid tour of Sri Lanka – the home of Dilmah as well as qualify to travel back to Sri Lanka to compete in the Dilmah Real High Tea Global Challenge due to take place mid-May 2015.
Dilmah is distributed by Global Premium Wine Co., Ltd. exclusively for Thailand. For further information please contact Khun Tassanee 081 619 8290, Khun Fern 088 809 0714.