After identifying winners in the UAE, four-nation contest hunts for its next champions

Abu Dhabi, UAE, September 25, 2007: Following the spectacular success of the recent Abu Dhabi and Dubai rounds, the four-nation LG Regional SolarDOM Competition 2007 will make its next halt - Iran in October.

Last year, Persian contestants took all the top honours in the team and individual categories and organizers are expecting Iranian participants to better its performance and turn out in larger numbers for this year's event. After Iran, the LG SolarDOM Regional Cooking Competition travels to Saudi Arabia and South Africa, which boast of a large community of budding chefs.

This year, in the Dubai round, Nazek Nabhan and Rasha Arkoub were named as the winners in the Individual category and Noura Mohammad and Nadia Khan as that of the Team category. In Abu Dhabi, where the contest was held due to the overwhelming interest, Suha Al Saadi and Fadia Al Halik were selected as the individual winners.

Futoon Al Saadi and Ahlam Huseein were the winners in the team competition. The Beach Rotana hotel, venue of the event, saw some keen competition, with results being very close. Judges admitted that each dish created was an exquisite experience on its own and described many of them as works of art.

Commenting on the event, Mr. K.W. Kim, President, LG Electronics - Middle East and Africa said, "The LG Regional SolarDOM Cooking Competition 2007 had a greater result than expected and having the second phase of the competition in Abu Dhabi for the first time had a rewarding impact. The results were phenomenal so far and we are looking forward to the next step and the finals eventually."

Due to the overwhelming response of last year's event, organizers had decided to hold the UAE part of the competition in two phases - in Dubai and Abu Dhabi - to be able to give every participant a shot at the title.

Winners of the competition have received SolarDOM microwave ovens from LG Electronics. The next-generation LG SolarDOM is the counter-top light-wave oven that combines both conventional oven and microwave oven technologies. The oven outsmarts conventional cooking appliances in terms of design as well; and acknowledgment confirmed by the iF Design Award, one of the world's most pre-eminent design achievements.

Competitors can participate in either individual or team categories with a total of five winners from each category being selected to participate on the presentation date. A high-profile panel of expert judges will decide on 10 winning recipes - 5 individual entries and 5 team entries. What's more, six out of the 10 winners - 4 individual entries and 2 teams - will get a chance to prepare and share their recipes live at the special grand finale to be held in Dubai on November 19.

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