The Regent Bangkok Presents The Second World Gourmet Festival

Celebration of the finest culinary pleasures the world has to offer

A sizzling selection of award-winning chefs, delicious food, wine tastings, interactive cooking classes and seminars, plus the world’s finest culinary purveyors will descend upon Thailand as The Regent Bangkok kicks off the city’s second World Gourmet Festival on Tuesday, October 30.

This week-long festival showcases the culinary brilliance and exquisite cuisine of master chefs from America, Canada, Australia, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Egypt, Turkey, Japan, Singapore, and Thailand. Each dazzling creation will be paired with superb wines from famous vineyards of the world.

Regional Director of Food and Beverage Michael Branham said, “Following the popularity of last year’s event we are even more excited to present this gastronomic odyssey in 2001. In conjunction with our talented team at The Regent Bangkok, we are delighted to present an exciting line up that takes our guests on innovative dining adventures that circle the globe. Never before has anyone in this country been able to sample the delights of 18 of the world’s most loved and honoured chefs over an action-packed, eight-night extravaganza.”

The Regent Bangkok is proud to support HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana’s Somdetya’s Charity Fund. A portion of all funds generated through the second World Gourmet Festival will be donated to this prestigious foundation that strives to improve the lives of the underprivileged, sick and elderly especially in remote areas of Thailand.

Master chefs who will meet in Bangkok

The Regent Bangkok proudly presents this diverse group of renowned, international award-wining chefs presenting the finest culinary dishes from their homelands to the second World Gourmet Festival.

Ian Chalermkittichai, Executive Chef, The Regent Bangkok

Gold Medals in the 4th Culinary Gathering of Cooks and Chefs (1997) and the 19th Culinary Olympics in Berlin (1996)

Kenneth Oringer, Clio, Boston, Massachusetts

James Beard Awards: Best Chef - Northeast 2001, 2000, 1999 and 1998, Boston Magazine: Best Chef of the Year 2000

Michael Ginor, Co-founder, Hudson Valley Foie Gras, New York

James Beard Foundation, Culinary Institute of America, New England Culinary Institute: National Advisory Boards

Susur Lee, Susur, Toronto, Canada

Food & Wine: Hottest Chefs Alive 1999

Andrew Fielke, Red Ochre, Adelaide, Australia

Gourmet Traveller: Restaurant of the Year 1994, National Tourism Awards Tourism Category 1996, Double First Prize CIA 1987

Marc Singla Cabre, Chef and Director, Talaia Mar, Barcelona, Spain

TV3: Chefs Programme 2001, BTV: Young Chefs of Spain 2001

Alain Devahive, Chef, El Bulli, Rosas-Barcelona, Spain Three Michelin Stars

Francois Kiener, L'Auberge du Schoenenbourg, France

One Michelin Star

Davide Scabin, Al Combal, Tuscany, Italy

One Michelin Star

Jereme Leung, Chinese Executive Chef, Four Seasons Hotel Singapore

American Academy of Hospitality Science: Five Star Diamond Award for World's Best Chefs, XO Henessy: Culinary Award 2000

Assisted by Kong Kahi Meng, Low Kien Fatt, Teng Wai San and Chew Chen Shiong

Abdel Fattah Shaaban Sayed, Sous Chef, Four Seasons Hotel Cairo

Egyptian Chef Association: Winner 1999 and Top Lunch Award Winner

Donald Wressell, Pastry Chef, Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles

Pastry Art and Design/Chocolatier: Top Ten Pastry Chefs 1999 and 1998, Les Master du Chocolat: Silver and Gold Medals, 2nd Place Honors 1995

Isao Kikkawa, Miyuki Restaurant Chef, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo

Award-winning Japanese restaurant Miyuki

Ciaran Hickey, Executive Chef, Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul

Conde Nast Traveler Reader's Choice Award 2000 No. 1 Hotel in Europe, Gourmet Magazine's Best Restaurant/Chef in Turkey, 2000

Marco Alban, Executive Chef, Four Seasons Hotel The Ritz Lisbon,Portugal



Renowned wineries of the world

Throughout the World Gourmet Festival guests will enjoy an outstanding selection of vintage wines, fine liquors including grappas, champagne, cognac, malt whiskeys and herbal infusion teas flown in specially for this event. It will be a truly exciting week for gourmets and amazingly good value for money.

Batasiolo, Italy

Champagne Veuve Clicquot, France

Pascal Jolivet, France

Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, France

Chateau Cissac, Bordeaux

Cognac Moyet

Louis Jadot

Hugel, Alsace

Hardy's, Australia

Robert Mondavi, California

Glenfarclas, Single Malt Whisky

Alexine Lichine, France

Louis Max, France

Torres, Spain

Penelope Sach Herbal Teas, Australia

An entire week of lunches, tastings and dinners

This year's World Gourmet Festival opens on the evening of Tuesday, October 30 in the Ballroom with an elegant champagne reception and a array of selection of tastings from participating master chefs and vintners. Guests will also have an opportunity to mingle with the chefs and savour their signature creations.

The following seven gastronomic days will feature mid-day cooking classes, evening wine tastings and evening celebrations that allow guests to indulge in multinational cuisines - American, Australian, French, Spanish, Mediterranean, Japanese, Singaporean, Chinese and Thai. Each creation is paired with exquisite wines, cocktails, grappas, champagne or cognacs and served in the hotel’s popular restaurants and well-appointed function rooms.

The World Gourmet Gala Dinner on Friday, November 2 promises to be a unique and very memorable affair. Preceding dinner a cocktail reception hosted by Veuve Clicquot in the beautiful glass enclosed marble foyer of the ballroom begins at 6:30 pm. This is followed by an eight-course dinner prepared by the visiting chefs featuring selections of their favorite dishes accompanied by a harmonious pairing of food and wine. The gala will also feature a live auction featuring unique wines and champagnes plus enticing travel packages. All proceeds from the auction will go to The Somdetya's Charity Fund, a foundation established by HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana. The evening will also feature the riveting sounds of The Bangkok Big Band.

In addition to these evening dining events, there will be mid-day seminars and cooking classes. Highlights include sessions on Japanese, American, Italian, Australian, French, Spanish/Portuguese and Mediterranean cuisine presented by the guest chefs. Back by popular demand is a decadent chocolate seminar presented by award-winning Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles' Pastry Chef Donald Wressell and Vahlrona Chocolate. Each class includes a three-course lunch.

The week will also feature wine seminars, a Cuban cigar roller, foie gras seminar, oyster tasting featuring imported USA oysters from Hog Island and Westcott Oyster Farms, and afternoon tea and herbal infusion seminar with Penelope Sach.

Combining food and lifestyle, the World Gourmet Festival will introduce entertainment with a difference. Performing live throughout the week will be the Manhattan Transfer style, A-Cappella vocal group Aksento, a six-piece acoustic ensemble comprised of four vocalists and two accompanists. The group presents a rich and varied repertoire of well-loved standard songs, jazzy tunes, Broadway favourites, selected pop numbers and novelty hits.