Crimson Hotel Culinary Dream Team wins gold

THE culinary team of Crimson Hotel Filinvest City, Manila won gold at the Dream Team Challenge category of the 2017 Philippine Culinary Cup held recently at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. The Philippine Culinary Cup is considered as the most prestigious culinary competition in the Philippines.

Crimson Hotel’s winning Dream Team is composed of Executive Chef Marley Flattley, Executive Sous Chef Plaridelio Adora, Chef Daniel Tan and Chef Virgilio Vasquez.

The team was asked to prepare and present a three-course menu for three persons within 120 minutes. Crimson Hotel’s winning Dream Team was able to create the delectable three-course beetroot and sweet pepper reduction as appetizer; Slow roast pork belly with foie gras croquette, boulangere potato and red cabbage puree for the main course; and Chocolate cremeux with basil cream cheese, crunchy milk chocolate croquantine and jalapeno pistachio puree for dessert.

The triumphant Crimson Hotel team was led by Executive Chef Marley Flattley, a Maltese national and Institute of Tourism Studies Malta alumnus bearing a degree in Culinary Arts, who had an extensive global experience in the hotel sector.

Asked what he thinks made them win the category, Chef Marley Falttley was quick to say that, “It’s team work. I think we made our dishes with love.”