FHAM & The Chefs Guild of Maldives have proudly announced that the culinary team of Maldives which took part in the Emirates Salon Culinaire (ESC) 2018 won one gold medal in hot cooking, bronze medal and 3 merit. 

"We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Culinary Team & Chefs Guild of Maldives whole participated and showed great colours"Reads a statement by FHAM.

"Congratulations Ibrahim Nathif and the Chefs Guild of Maldives for this great achievement"

The competition was held successfully from 18th February 2018 till 22nd February 2018 at the Dubai World Trade Centre during the largest annual food trade show, Gulfood. The competition saw over 1400 competitors from the United Arab Emirates, Maldives, Russia, South Korea, and Bahrain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Pakistan, Luxembourg, Young chefs from Germany, India, Young chefs team from Canada to compete in 29 classes across all disciplines of the Culinary arts, from Ice Carving, Practical cookery, static displays, Emirati cuisine , cake decorating and Show Piece categories.

"We are proud to be able to put on such a great competition that really shows the talents of our chefs here in the UAE and also gives great opportunity for International competitors to come and compete alongside our UAE chefs"Said President of the Guild Chef Uwe Micheel Director of Kitchens at Radisson Bleu Deira Creek

"The completion is growing in stature and to see of so many international young chef teams come to the UAE is fantastic"" added Micheel

28 International Judges from all over the World came to judge alongside 12 UAE based judges during the Culinary spectacular this year. The ESC is the largest Culinary competition in the Africa and Middle East region and is endorsed by the World Association of chefs Societies.

The gold winner , Ibrahim Nathif was sponsored by FHAM & CGM as a result of winning the Best Chef Award at FHAM Culinary Challenge 2017.The rest of the team members were sponsored and guided by the CGM .

A total of 86 Gold Medals, 161 Silver Medals and 280 bronze medals were awarded during the 5 day event.

The Emirates Salon Culinaire is the largest Culinary Competition in the Guilds calendar, with the East Coast Salon in Summer and the La Cuisine Du Sial held in December during La Sial middle East in Abu Dhabi also attracting international competitors.

The Emirates Culinary Guild (ECG) is the association of professional chefs of the UAE. It is a non-profit-making organisation, organised by volunteers dedicated solely to the advancement of culinary art in the UAE.

The World Association of Chefs Societies (Worldchefs) is the 105-nation fellowship of the world's various professional chefs' organisations.

The ECG received its charter into Worldchefs at a ceremony in Stavanger, Norway on June 28, 1994, during the Worldchefs 26th World Congress. Worldchefs endorses the ECG as the authorized professional culinary association for the UAE. The ECG, thereby, has an international culinary focus and multi-national support for the staging of its various competitions, seminars and events.