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Day 2: Trade Show & Live Competition

Day 3: Out of the Kitchen Dinner and Awards

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The Ritz-Carlton will host the second annual ‘Around the Table’ event to raise funds for the National Youth Culinary Programme.

Chefs from several of Cayman’s best restaurants will serve up their creations at a family-style dinner at the hotel’s Harbour Club.

The evening will feature dishes from Chef Thomas Tennant, as well as from chefs at The Ritz-Carlton, Cracked Conch, the Kimpton Seafire, Ragazzi, Nyamaste, Saucha and the Cayman Culinary Society. Desserts will be provided by the Marriott, the Westin, Agua and Mise en Place. Young chefs from the National Youth Culinary Programme will also be cooking for the guests, serving up a jerk chicken dish.

The dinner will be accompanied by wines provided by Premier, Celebrations will set up the venue, and all Ritz-Carlton employees will be working on a voluntary basis on the night.

Proceeds from the event, which begins at 6:30pm, will go towards funding the culinary programme students who will compete regionally against other aspiring Caribbean chefs in Barbados this summer.

At last year’s culinary competition in Barbados, the Cayman team brought home a silver trophy for their overall performance, as well as individual gold and bronze medals.

For tickets for ‘Around the Table’, which cost $150, call 815-6912.

Source: Cayman Compass

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The Competition (preliminaries) was held on the 10th of October 2016
The Trade Show and Chef Finals on 11th of October 2016
Out of the Kitchen will be on 12th October 2016

As you know this event features the island’s top Chefs preparing their own menu’s at the table. This year we have again partnered with Slow Food South Sound who will be linking the dinner to their ARK of TASTE programme.

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Congratulations fo Gardine Nordica of Mise En Place, Gold medal winner of the 2011 Chef of the Year title.

Runners Up

• Silver: Indika  Kumara  Karunaratna from Harvey’s Grill
• Silver: Tyrone Indika Kariyawasam from Ritz Carlton
• Bronze: Joao Baptist from Kirk Gourmet Deli
• Bronze: Halgoda Saman from Lighthouse Restaurant

Lifetime Achievement

We are pleased to award our first Lifetime Achievement Award to Chef Ottmar.

Best Of The Show

Damith Saminda from Tukka

Philip Prat Memorial Award

Tyrone Indika Kariyawasam from Ritz Carlton

Most Innovative Caribbean Recipe

Indika Kumara Karunaratna from Harvey’s Grill

Best Caribbean Dish

S A Thushara from Grand Old House S A Thushara

Bartender Of The Year

Liviu Cadar

Runners Up

• Silver: Nicole Luftenegger
• Bronze: Jomel Padilla from The Brasserie
• Bronze: Martin Sporer

Best Show Piece

Congratulations to Damith Saminda from Tukka, winner of the Gold Medal for Best Show Piece.

Runners Up

• Silver: Godfrey Richard from Michael’s Restaurant
• Silver: S A Thushara from Grand Old House
• Silver: Saman Dadallage from Rum Point
• Bronze: Damith Saminda from Tukka

Dessert

Congratulations to Altaf Ahmad from Ritz Carlton, Gold Medal winner of the Best Dessert award.

Runners Up

• Silver: David Lewis from Ritz Carlton
• Silver: Johanna Legge from Ritz Carlton
• Silver: Christie Cierzan from Lighthouse Restaurant
• Bronze: Gardine Nordica fromMise En Place
• Bronze: David Lewis from Ritz Carlton
• Bronze: Eric Burell from Ritz Carlton

Main Course

Congratulations to Saman Dadallage from Rum Point, Gold Medal winner of the Best Main Course.

Runners Up

• Silver: S A Thushara from Grand Old House
• Silver: Richard Taylor from Ritz Carlton
• Silver: Joao Baptist from Kirk Gourmet Deli
• Silver: Ajantha Pradeep from Harvey’s Grill
• Silver: Indika  Kumara Karunaratna from Harvey’s Grill
• Bronze: Gardine Nordica from Mise En Place
• Bronze: Subburaj Rajamani from the Marriott
• Bronze: Dimuth Pradeepa from Food For Thought

Cold Appetizer

Congratulations to Tyrone Indika Kariyawasam from Ritz Carlton, Gold Medal winner of the Best Cold Appetizer.

Runners Up

• Silver: Halgoda Samanfrom Harvey’s Grill
• Silver: Richard Taylor from Ritz Carlton
• Silver: Wayne O’Connor from Food For Thought
• Bronze: Carlos A Trejo from Ritz Carlton
• Bronze: Dimuth Pradeepa from Food For Thought
• Bronze: Johann Piscoya Alban from Ritz Carlton

Hot Appetizer

Congratulations to Halgoda Saman from Light House Restaurant, Gold Medal winner of the Best Hot Appetizer

Runners Up

• Silver: Saman Dadallage from Rum Point
• Silver: Joao Baptist from Kirk Gourmet Deli
• Bronze: Carlos A Trejo from Ritz Carlton
• Bronze: Wayne O’Connor from Food For Thought
• Bronze: S A Thushara from Grand Old House

Cold Soup

Congratulations to S A Thushara from Grand Old House, Gold Medal winner of the Best Cold Soup.

Runners Up

• Silver: Indika  Kumara  Karunaratna from Harvey’s Grill
• Bronze: Ajantha Pradeep from Harvey’s Grill
• Bronze: Christie Cierzan from Harvey’s Grill

Hot Soup

Congratulations to Indika  Kumara  Karunaratna   from Harvey’s Grill, Gold Medal winner of the Best Hot Soup

Runners Up

• Silver: Gardine Nordica from Mise En Place
• Silver: Tyrone Indika Kariyawasam from Ritz Carlton
• Bronze: Laurence Gomes from Westin
• Bronze: Subburaj Rajamani from Marriott
• Bronze: Halgoda Saman from Lighthouse Restaurant
• Bronze: Sam Nana from Food For Thought

Students

The Cayman Culinary Society was pleased to have two student chefs compete in this year’s event.

Congratulations to Lottaya Palmer from the Marriot, Gold Medal winner of the Best Student award.

Runner Up

• Silver Medal: Anita Parsons from the Marriott

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Click here for a list of winners.
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A special thanks to everyone who participated in and sponsored the 21st Annual Culinary Awards of Excellence Competition & Trade Show.

Special thanks to our Host:

The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman

Special thanks to the Department of Tourism, Cayman Islands Tourism Association and the Ministry of Tourism.

Culinary Competition Judges

Chef Franz Ferschke
Chef Ariel Rodriguez
Chef Augusto Schreiner
Chef Chris Wagner
Chef Wayne Jones

Guest Chef

Chef Bernard Cuillas

Participants & Supporters

Cayman Distributors
Jacques Scott
Hew’s Group
Island Supply
Seven Fathoms
Creations Unlimited Photography
Apex Video Solutions
Progressive Distributors Ltd.

Special thanks to all the chefs and bartenders who entered the competition.

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