World-class culinary showcase in Bangkok's Siam Paragon

Asia's 1st Culinary Cup will be the first international culinary art contest and convention, and a platform where professionals from all over the world can showcase their talents. The event is organised by the Thai-Swiss Culinary Consultants in association with the Thai Chef's Association, the Thai Hotels Association and the Thai Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB), with experts from World Association of Chef's Societies (WACS) as consultants.

"More than 200 award-winning chefs from around the world have confirmed their attendance," said Jamnong Nirangsan, president of the Thai Chefs Association. "The competition will follow the rules of similar projects in Germany, Singapore and France, and the judges will be well-known culinary experts, most of whom are WACS approved international judges.

"Taking part in the competition will be teams from national and regional culinary associations as well as individual professionals from around the world. So far, 12 countries have already registered - Australia, Austria, China, UAE, Holland, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Slovakia, Taiwan and Thailand."

The four-day Culinary Cup will see competitions in various fields including fruit and vegetable-carving, ice-carving, Thai cooking, Asian cooking, Western cooking, US turkey-cooking, modern sandwich-making, breakfast-cooking, cake-dressing, meat and poultry-cooking, Italian pasta dishes, petits fours/pralines/tea pastries, dessert-making, East meets West cooking, a Gourmet Team Challenge and the Hans Bueschkens Junior Chefs Challenge