Press Announcement:
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Chef Emmanuel Stroobant |
Star-studded lineup of international and local
culinary experts will gather in the much-awaited culinary event in the country,
the Chefs on Parade (COP) 2013, which will be held at the SMX Convention Center
from February 28 to March 3, 2013.
Belgian chef Emmanuel Stroobant, host of the Asian
Food Channel’s program “36 Ways to Live” will return to Manila. Stroobant is an
author of cookbooks, a restaurateur, health advocate and consultant.
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Chef Jerome Lacressonniere |
Two Paris-based chefs from the prestigious Alain
Ducasse international restaurants:
Jérôme Lacressonnière and Marc Chalopin, will also grace the event. Lacressonnière,
author of a baby cookbook entitled “Nature Babies”, has traveled extensively and worked as chef in restaurants in Paris, New York and Tokyo.
Chalopin has worked at Jules Verne, the restaurant high up at the legendary
Eiffel Tower. Both Lacressonnière and Chalopin are instructors at Ducasse
Education, the training institution inspired by Chef Alain Ducasse
himself.
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Chef Marc Chalopin |
Baking and chocolate supplier The Puratos Group of
Belgium will be flying in bread-making expert Benny Vervaeck, chocolate expert
Stef Aerts and pastry chef Ludo De Kok to conduct workshops. Moreover, the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde is
bringing in Italian chef Simone Murru of the Italian Culinary Institute for
Foreigners (ICIF) to conduct a demo entitled, “A Culinary Journey to Northern
Italy.”
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Chef Benny Vervaeck |
Fil-Am chef Alex Dino, champion of the Sears Chef
Challenge in the U.S. and author of the cookbook “Modern Tofu”, returns to
Chefs on Parade, together with our local celebrity chefs such as Sau del
Rosario of Le Bistro Vert and Villa Café, Bruce Lim of the Asian Food Channel
show “Tablescapes”, and See Cheong Yan ,
the Culinary Head of Enderun
Colleges. Chef Boy Logro, host of GMA Channel 7’s top-rating show “Kusina
Master”, will serve as competition judge and conduct demos as well.
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Chef Alex Dino |
Meat and
Livestock Australia (MLA) is sponsoring a workshop entitled “From Paddock to
Plate ―
Knowing Your Meat” by Master Butcher Raphael Ramirez.
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Chef Sau Del Rosario |
Over-all Chairman Philippe Bartholomi says,
“Everybody agrees that Chefs on Parade is the most important hospitality and
culinary event in the Philippines. This is why it has been relatively easy for
us to get the support of chefs.”
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Chef Bruce Lim |
COP 2013 is supported by De La Salle - College of
Saint Benilde, Meat & Livestock Australia, Nestlé Professional, Unilever
Food Solutions, Del Monte, Oleo-Fats, the Department of Tourism (DOT), Kitchen
Aid, Mama Sita, La Filipina, Trade Net Events and Management International,
Allied Metals, Multi-Mach, Technolux, Imarflex, Enderun Colleges, the Asian
Food Channel, GMA News TV, Total Gaz, Imacron, The Puratos Group, Resorts World
Manila, Allegro Beverage, Liquid and Liquid Creations, Plan Z, Manila Bulletin,
the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Business Mirror, Cook Magazine, Hospitality News
Magazine, Olive Magazine, Flavors Magazine and F & B . For more information
about Chefs on Parade 2013, contact the Hotel and Restaurant Association of the
Philippines secretariat at tel. 816-2421, fax 816-2419, email
secretariat@hrap.org.ph or hrap@pldtdsl.net, or check out www.hrap.org.ph/cop,
www.chefsonparade.org, and www.facebook.com/chefsonparade
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