Beirut, June 21, 2007. Events UnLimited and Hospitality Services of Lebanon, the joint organisers of the annual International Hospitality Forum, held a Professional Culinary Arts Exhibits Workshop in Amman on the 16th and 17th of June 2007 at the College of Hospitality and Tourism of the Jordan Applied University.

The Professional Culinary Arts Exhibits Workshop, sponsored by Nabil Company for Food Products, aimed at improving the level of culinary skills in Jordan and preparing chefs to compete in the various categories of the Culinary Art Show of the International Hospitality Forum, as well as in regional competitions.

The Workshop was conducted by Chef Markus Iten, President of the Egyptian Chefs Association and the Continental Director, Middle East & Africa, of the World Association of Cooks Societies (WACS). Chef Iten is a Chef Consultant and Trainer with more than 25 years of experience in culinary arts competitions. He has been a member of the jury panel at many international competitions including the International Hospitality Forum in Jordan, Horeca in Beirut and National Salon Culinaires in Cairo among others. Chef Iten is the founder and trainer of the National Culinary Team of Egypt, which scored silver and bronze medals in various international competitions.

The 2-day intensive workshop covered many areas including the importance and reasons for participating in culinary arts competitions; the WACS rulings and regulations of the most common culinary art competitions; correct slicing techniques and reinforcing craft skills; preparation of aspic for glazing purposes; professional skills and cooking guidelines in applying aspic to food items and several others. The Workshop provided theoretical as well as hands on training where chefs learnt new techniques and watched several slides and videos.

Participating chefs came from various hotels and restaurants in Jordan including Amman Marriott Hotel, Jordan InterContinental, Kempinski Hotel Amman, Movenpick Resort & Spa Dead Sea, Century Park Hotel, Imperial Palace Hotel, Bristol Hotel, Belle Vue Hotel, Casper & Gambini's in addition to chefs from the Jordan Applied University.

Nabil Company for Food Products, the sponsor of this training workshop, is a leading manufacturer of high quality chilled and frozen food products and pastries. It has announced huge growth in overall sales for the year 2006/2007, accounting for a 25% growth of sales in the local market and 20% sale in the regional market. This substantial performance is attributed to the company's enormous investment in product development, continuous improvement in product quality standards as well as the deployment of state-of-the-art technology.

The International Hospitality Forum will be held at the Amman Exhibition Park from 30 October to 1 November 2007. IHF 2007 features an international trade exhibition of hospitality and foodservice products and services, various competitions including culinary, bartenders', coffee making, bed making and table settings in addition to seminars and workshops.

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For further information please contact Events UnLimited on +962 6 5656550 or Hospitality Services on +961 1 480081

Press Release 2007