Dear Chefs,

The Singapore Chef’s Association would like to cordially invite members for a sport event.

The handicap score for men and women will be pegged at 15 and 25 respectively (except for the Top 10 from the last tournament, who will not have any handicap score).

You may just be the CHAMPION of the Year and walk away with the TOP PRIZE!

Prizes:

1st    S$250 Cash + S$50 Sins Vouchers + Trophy
2nd    S$150 Cash + S$50 Sins Vouchers + Trophy
3rd    S$100 Cash + S$50 Sins Vouchers + Trophy
1st    Turkey prize:    S$100 SINS voucher



Details are as follows:-
Date: Sunday 31 August 2008
Time: 1:30pm - 5:00pm (Tournament starts at 2pm & Hi-tea will be served)
Venue: 60 Tessensohn Road, Planet Bowl @ Civil Service Club - Farrer Park MRT
Please return this completed form and fax to Louis Tay @ 6239 1965 latest by 15 August 2008
(This is on a first-come-first-serve basis. Limited to 35 persons only)


BOOK A PLACE FOR YOURSELF NOW!

Name: ___________________________________________________________

Membership No: __________________________________________________

Company: _______________________________________________________

Tel / HP No: _____________________________________________________

Is this your first participation?     YES / NO

*Note: It is compulsory to provide all the above details clearly before your registration will be considered.



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SCA Invitation to Meat Factory

Dear Members,

EDUCATIONAL TOUR TO “MEAT FACTORY”

We wish to invite you to Vic’s Meat – supplying premium quality meat.

Vic’s Meat was originated from Australia and established its unit in Singapore on 14 January 2008. Vic’s Meat supplies premium quality Australian chilled meat and offers their customers the highest level of service and support. The most unique feature is the comprehensive portion cutting and packing service that it provides its customers. Each customer can have their order cut and packaged to their specifications.

As quoted by the son of the founder, Anthony Puharich, “…Vic’s will not become a business solely reliant upon turnover, instead continuing to offer boutique customer service tailored to its customers in each of the cities it operates in…..”. In 2007, they have won one of the Australia’s most prestigious food service industry awards for “Outstanding Supplier Award 2007” by Vogue Entertaining + Travel / Audi Produce Award.

Date
1 August 2008, Friday

Meeting Time
2.20pm sharp

Meeting Venue / Pick Up Point
Capitol Building (opposite City Hall Mrt)

Destination Venue
Vic’s Meat
1d Senoko Crescent
Singapore 758286

Dress Code
Please dress comfortably

Itinerary
2.30pm Leave Capitol Building
3.15pm Arrive Meat Factory
3.30pm Start of Factory Tour
5.15pm Depart Factory for Capitol Building
6.00pm Arrive Capitol Building

If you are interested to join us on this educational tour, kindly RSVP with the attached form to: -

Lynn Khor (PA to Christophe Megel)
Tel : +65 6877 6981 or Email: lynn_khor@at-sunrice.com

We look forward to seeing you there!


REGISTRATION FORM


Attn: Lynn Khor (PA to Christophe Megel)
Tel : +65 6877 6981 / 9055 5713
Fax: +65 6336 9353
Email : lynn_khor@at-sunrice.com

Fax / Email Reservation

Name: ________________________

Membership No: ________________________

Company Name: ________________________

Contact No: ________________________

Email Address: ________________________

checkbox Yes I would be attending the Educational Tour to ‘Vic’s Meat Factory’ and will bring along ______ of guest/s.
checkbox Please bring warm clothing as the chiller is 0-2 degree and we will spend about 20-minute looking at different cut of meats.





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Signature of Member
Date





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Meeting Point at Capitol Building (in front of BreadTalk Outlet):


Meeting point is marked with ‘B’.


SHATEC: "Celebrating Our Culinary Heritage" Dinner by Chef Randy Chow, 18 July 2008


SCA Family Day 15th June


The theme for this year’s SCA Family Day on 15th June was back to revisit some of activities of many of us had fun with in our childhood years. Growing up, many of us now work in urban concrete jungles and our kids are surrounded by modern environmental landscapes and technologies. The location of our Family Day Program at Bottle Tree Park in Sembawang was to give all a chance to reconnect the same kind of fun and educational insights to farms and nature in “countryside” Singapore. It was a day where many SCA members brought their families, some with three generations in tow to re-experience life in a “kampong” as they knew in their earlier years. Being kampong means to have fun catching fish in long kangs or little drains, fishing for fresh water prawns and collecting fruits and learning how vegetables are cultivated.

Bottle Tree Park sits on an area that was once a village with prawn farms in the Lower Yishun/Sembawang area. Now beautifully landscaped yet still retaining the characteristic of kampong outdoor activities, many SCA members and their families had a chance to see how simple vegetables like the leafy greens we eat everyday and tropical fruits are grown. Being the month of June where many local fruits are in season, there were longans, jackfruit, guavas, durian, mangoes, starfruit and rambutan trees around all beaming with fruit. The kids also had an educational time seeing how cabbage, corn, ladies fingers, tomatoes, spinach and many other local vegetables are grown. Still the main attraction was to be able to have fun learning how to catch long kang fishes with the adults, waddling in ankle high waters. Others also had a go at prawn fishing and some of the lucky ones manage to land quite a few numbers within an hour or two.

With so much activities going on, the scrumptious lunch break at 12pm was much welcomed by the hungry crowd and everybody feasted on a spread of burgers, pasta, laksa, nasi lemak, chicken rice and for the kids, in addition there was ice cream, pop corn and candy floss to go around too! Entertainment was provided with games on stage and some of our very sporting members were edged on to go upstage and have a go with the skits. There were also prizes for prawn fishing and for those with unique collections of long kang fishes caught. Overall everyone had an enjoyable day of fun filled and educational activities that was made possible with generous sponsors like Foodxervices, Nestle Professional, Ng Ai Poultry, Kiom Kee, Angliss, Wan Kee Trading, Sunfresh Singapore, Convotherm Singapore, Matilda Nonya Kuih Pte Ltd.

SCA Family Day


Rehearsal Schedule
For Singapore National Culinary Team
For IKA 2008

Cold Display
24 May
Sat: 9am
21 June
Sat: 9am
19 July
Sat: 9am
30 Aug
Sat: 9am
12 Sep
Sat: 9am
   
Waterfront GrandCopthorne Equinox TBA TBA TBA    
Invitation to SCA committee. Invitation to SCA committee. Invitation to SCA committee. Invitation to SCA committee Invitation to SCA committee & our Sponsors    
Hot Cooking
27 June
Fri - Dinner
11 July
Fri - Dinner
25 July
Fri - Dinner
21 Aug
Thu - Lunch
22 Aug
Fri - Lunch
3 Sep
Wed - Dinner
5 Oct
Sat - Dinner
SHATEC
SHA Villa
Waterfront GrandCopthorne SHATEC
SHA Villa
Temasek Culinary Academy Temasek Culinary Academy Park Hotel Orchard Mandarin Orienta



SINGAPORE’S NATIONAL CULINARY TEAM TO COMPETE FOR
TOP HONOURS AT OLYMPIADE DER KOCHE 2008

19 – 22 October 2008, Erfurt, Germany




(L to R) Jasmine Ng, Nicole Wong, Jason Low, Kong Kok Keong,
Yen Koh, Douglas Tay, Team Coach Ivan Yeo

Singapore, 2 June 2008 – The IKA or “Culinary Olympics” was carried out for the first time in Frankfurt on the Main in the year 1900. Every four years, this biggest and most traditional culinary competition, which takes place in Germany, will see 28 nations from all over the world competing for the Olympic victory. Singapore Chefs Association (SCA) is pleased to confirm that Singapore’s national team will be joining the twenty-eight other nations from culinary powerhouses from Europe and North America at this prestigious competition in Erfurt, Germany. After months of arduous selection and training, SCA has announced the following chefs who will represent Singapore at this competition:

Olympiade der Korche 2008 will take place from 19 to 22 October 2008 in Erfurt, Germany. The contest enjoys an excellent reputation as a non-commercial competition on the international culinary scene. Objectives of the competition include testing the skills and achievements of professional cooks, demonstrating the development and progress of culinary arts to a wide public on a practical level, providing a platform for ideas and suggestions as well as nurturing young culinary professionals.

Each team will compete in the Cold Food Exhibition and Warm Food Competition in the Restaurants des Nations over two intensive days. The seven-member teams must comprise of one team chef, four chefs de cuisine and one patissier.

Singapore’s national team members are all winners in their own rights. Please see below for their illustrious achievements:

Captain

Yen Koh
Research Chef
Unilever Food Solutions

In eleven short years, Yen lays claim to six Gold Medals in several international competitions.  Under his captaincy, Singapore’s national team won Gold Medal at WA Oceanafest 2007 Perth. 

 

Member

Jason Low
Culinary Instructor
Sentosa Tourism@Academy

With 15 years of culinary experience, Jason Low is a multiple-award winner.  Most recently, he was one of the 7 team members for the Expogast 2006 held in Luxembourg, Germany, which the team came in Overall 2nd runner up.

Member

Douglas Tay
Sous Chef
Equinox Complex
Fairmont Hotel Singapore

Douglas acquired nine years of immense experience at the former Westin Stamford & Westin Plaza.  He played an instrumental role in the launch of Equinox Complex and overseeing the kitchen brigade.  He captained the team for the MLA Black Box to be held at the Emirates Salon Culinaire 2008 Dubai.

Member

Kong Kok Kiang
Senior Sous Chef
Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel

Kok Kiang was the Team Assistant for the IGEHO 2005, Switzerland and Expogast 2006, Luxembourg.  He is very committed and passionate in his professional.

 

Pastry Chef

Nicole Wong
Pastry Chef
Swissotel The Stamford
Fairmont Hotel Singapore

Starting from the tender age of 18, Nicole’s passion for pastry arts made her one of Singapore’s brightest stars.  Gracing the cover of The Straits Times in 2003, Nicole’s creations have won her numerous awards and accolades in the international arena.

Team Manager

Jasmine Ng
Culinary Instructor
Temasek Culinary Academy

A veteran with more than 29 years of impressive track records, Jasmine has led Singapore’s national team in 2005 and came in Overall Champion National Team.  Apart from winning over 20 awards globally, Jasmine has also served on judging panels at various international competitions.

Team Coach

Ivan Yeo
Corporate Chef
Park Hotel Group

After more than 22 years of culinary excellence, Ivan will impart his invaluable experiences to the 2005 national team.  Ivan’s most notable achievement is to represent Asia in the 9th Bocuse d’Dor World Cuisine Contest at Lyon, France, in 2003.

On behalf of the Singapore Chefs’ Association, we wish to thank the following SPONSORS who have supported the Singapore National Culinary Team for the IKA2008 in Erfurt. We hope more sponsors could walk together with us on this path toward great success and achievement; in making SINGAPORE proud!

Convotherm Singapore Pte Ltd
Indoguna (Singapore) Pte Ltd
FoodXervices
Somerville (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Nestle
Narumi
Friedr. Dick GmbH & Co. KG
Ruiter Far East
Euraco Finefood Pte Ltd
Swiss-Treats Pte Ltd
Ng Ai Poultry


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June 1, 2008

Dear Colleagues,

Just wish to update with the results from Shanghai regarding the top 3 three for Bocuse d’Or Competition last week, results were announced last night.
1. Japan
2. Malaysia
3. Singapore
On behalf of the President Eric Teo, of the Singapore Chefs Association, congratulations to all competitors & finalists.



Block your dates for...


SCA FAMILY DAY!
15 June, 9am - 5pm
Bottle Tree Park @ Yishun
81 Lorong Chen Charau

Come join us for a full day of fun, food and games!
Stay tuned for more details...


SCA Family Day 2007

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WACS APA "Asia Pacific Africa" Presidents Forum

 

WACS APA 2008 Group Photo

April 26, 2008 (Saturday)
8:30am to 5:00pm
Suntec Singapore International Convention &
Exhibition Centre / MR 301- 302 (Level 3)

Meeting Attire : Chefs Jacket

Spice Tour & Dinner Attire: Smart Casual


 

The results of the much-awaited Singapore chapter of Bocuse d’Or culinary competition are finally out!

After five hours of grueling competition in the training kitchen at ITE Clementi, Chef Jason Tan from Le Saint Julien Restaurant in Singapore beat the other six candidates and emerged winner. He will represent Singapore at the Asia selection of Bocuse d’Or in Shanghai from 29 till 31 may 2008 , where he will once again compete against six other chefs. Four finalists will represent Asia in the bi-annual gastronomic event in Lyon in January 2009.

The 25 year old impressed the judging panel with his dish of slow cooked Norwegian salmon. The judges included chefs such as Otto Weibel (Regional President of Bocuse d’Or Singapore committee), Christophe Megel (Singapore President of Bocuse d’Or Singapore Committee) and Tony Khoo (Co-ordinator).

According to Christophe Megel, “Jason got it right in terms of cooking techniques and respecting the product. He also displayed through his dish that he understood the full concept of Bocuse d’Or.”

The other finalists who were vying for the chance to represent Singapore in this culinary competition included Edward Voon (Executive Chef, Aurum), Robin Ho (Executive Chef, The Marmalade Group) and Yong Bing Ngen (Executive Chef, Majestic Restaurant). The Bocuse d’Or competion, named after the great 3-Michelin star chef Paul Bocuse, was conceived in 1987. The idea was to have chefs prepare a meat and fish dish over a period of five and a half hours in separate equipped kitchens. Although the basic ingredients are pre-determined, the chefs have a free hand in the preparation and the choice of all the side-dishes and sauces. Meanwhile, spectators are cheering and blowing their foghorns on the grandstands while facing the kitchens elevated on grandstands.

In the past, finalists from Singapore were automatically qualified to enter the Bocuse d’Or competition in Lyon. This year, the new structure requires Asian countries to compete in Bocuse d’Or in Shanghai, where the best four will go to Lyon. Finalists who have represented Singapore in the past include Ivan Yeo, William Tan and Benton Toh. The team of experienced chefs from Singapore Chefs Association is all geared up to train Chef Jason Tan to ensure that he will be in tip-top form.

As Christophe Megel shared, “Now is the beginning to excellence. This will be an example of how if one trains intensively, they will be able to master the art and craft of the culinary arts.”


 




Issue 35..



Pheasant and Lobster with Fresh Herbs

Wash the pheasant thoroughly under cold running water and pat dry inside and out with paper towels. Rub the salt and pepper well into the skin and divide the pheasant into 8 pieces. ...More


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