More awards up for grabs in Sabah Hospitality Fiesta 2018
KOTA KINABALU: Florist, Roti Canai Flair and Barista Challenge, Most Outstanding Award are among the new lineup of the 21st Sabah Hospitality Fiesta 2018.
The event’s organizing chairman, Alvin Ting, said this was done in a bid to be more inclusive towards all departments in the hotel industry.
“We continuously look for mechanisms that will allow for the creation of new classes of competition. This year there will be an addition of three new professional classes of competition, namely the Florist Challenge whereby participants will be given two hours to create a flower arrangement of either Oriental, Modern, Western or traditional style,” he explained.
“The next competition making a debut this year is the Roti Canai Flair competition. In this competition, participants preparing Roti Kosong and a Signature Dish plus a display of their flair techniques in the preparation of roti.
“The third new category is the Barista Challenge whereby participants will prepare Latte Arts and their Signature Coffee,” he added.
Ting said the two-day event would be held on November 3 and 4 at Karamunsing Complex events hall.
He added there would be various competitions that include all the main aspects of the hospitality, hotel industry and higher education institutions.
Ting said the competition classes were separated into the professional classes and apprentice or college classes.
He added annual professional classes would include live hot cooking competitions which include blackbox format and Signature dish, cold platter displays, live cake decorating, pastry showpiece displays, live fruit carving competition, table setting competition, bed making competition Nescafe Tarik Duo competition, Cocktail or Mocktails Bartender Flair Competition, Butcher Challenge, Stewarding Race Challenge and the Engineering Challenge.
In addition, the apprentice or college classes include live hot cooking competitions Signature Dish, live fruit carving competition, table setting competition, bedmaking challenge and cocktail or mocktail bartender flair competition.
“All participants will be vying for a chance to win medals in their respective competitions. Medals are awarded based on a point system, which means competitors are awarded a medal based on the points they have achieved in their event,” said Ting.
He elaborated that the breakdown would be 60 to 69 points to qualify for diploma, 70 to 79 points for a bronze medal, 80 to 89 points for a silver medal, 90 to 99 points for a gold medal and cash price and 100 points earn a gold with distinction and cash prize.
“Starting this year, the Most Outstanding Award is conferred on a participant who achieves gold medals in at least two classes of competition to qualify or consideration of the honor,” said Ting.
“Each medal won by the competitor goes towards points for the overall championship for their respective teams or establishments. There are two Overall Challenge Trophies which are for the professional category and the apprentice or college category respectively,” he added.
This year marks 21 years of the Sabah Hospitality Fiesta since being established in 1997 by students of ATI College as a project.
Shangri-La Hotel general manager and Sabah Hospitality Fiesta organizing committee advisor Morgan Krishnan and Nestle Malaysia regional manager Kho Guan Yaw were also at the press conference.