Newsletter January
Getting ready for Bocuse d’ Or at Haaga Helia Finland
On Mid-January 2017, just few days before the finals of the Bocuse d’ Or competition held in Lyon( France) during SIRHA 2017, the Finnish competitor Chef Eero Vottonen with his assistant Miikka Manninen built their training kitchen as pop-up to the Haaga Helia Campus in Helsinki, Finland. This was the final rehearsal with real audience. Sixteen stakeholders of Haaga-Helia UAS were invited to taste the plates – with a strict forbid to take any photos on food. Warm thanks to Chef Eero Vottonen, Miikka Manninen, and to students and staff of Haaga Helia University of Applied Sciences who helped organizing the event.
Chef Eero Vottonen and his assistant Miikka Manninen during the competition in Lyon
Berjaya UCH and CEHE launches the Asian Institute of Culinary Arts( AICA)
China Europe Hospitality Education Group( CEHE), a global organization established with the support of renowned International Hotel Groups and Higher Hospitality Education Institutes Worldwide collaborated with Berjaya University College of Hospitality( BERJAYA UCH) to form a locally based institution. The collaboration is intended to develop an international culinary educational joint venture and establish an Asian Institute of Culinary Arts( AICA). It aims to promote international talents exchange and cooperation programs. In addition, it also facilitates the Chinese and Asian cooking educational training between the two countries; China and Malaysia.
Mae Ho, Executive Director / Chief Executive Officer of Berjaya Higher Education Sdn. Bhd. and Professor Li Li, Chairman of China Europe Hospitality Education Group( CEHE) formally officiated the launch of the Asian Institute of Culinary Arts( AICA) last January 19 th, 2017.
The launching was followed by a Sichuan Cuisine tasting event presented by Professor Yuan Xinyu, Professor and Dean of the School of Hospitality Management, Sichuan Tourism University, China.
Prof. Lee Chai Buan, Mr. Zhicang Yu, Mr. Dongliang Mou, Mae Ho, Prof. Li Li, Emeritus Prof. Walter Wong