An evening of talent and skill
The Jetwing Culinary Challenge was held on June 30th, at Jetwing Blue, Negombo rewarding the best of the best chefs across the Jetwing family. Specialising in a variety of cuisines Jetwing is home to the greatest kitchen brigade creating the finest dishes in the country.
The Jetwing Culinary Challenge was focused on developing associates, helping them to master skills and achieve the mindset required to successfully innovate, and prepare a variety of dishes with a blend of local ingredients while giving them the opportunity to enhance their levels of creativity and imagination. The representatives of the hotels were given a common Jetwing Box of ingredients, making them develop a menu off the included ingredients. The second task allowed them to prepare a set of dishes picked from the respective hotels’ À la Carte menus wherein the guests had the privilege of testing at the competition. Thus, Jetwing associates competed under two categories; the Culinary Challenge and the À la Carte Challenge, where the competitors’ exemplary dishes were judged by a panel of acclaimed chefs.
L.A.P.C. Fernando, P.D. Ukwattage, B.W. Ranaweera, M.C.M. Fernando and A.R. Peiris from Jetwing Blue, Negombo emerged victorious in both À la Carte Challenge and the Culinary Challenge. K.T.I. Karunathilake and W.S.D. Fernando contestants from Jetwing Lagoon, Negombo and W.D.M. Fernando and S.M.I.P. Maduranga from Jetwing Beach, Negombo were awarded 1st and 2nd runners up in the Culinary Challenge. J.D. Leelananda, H.M. Nishan Madusha and M.H. Sumith Bandara representing Jetwing Lighthouse, Galle and I. Lasaruz, R.M.S.S. Rathnayake and K.G.S.L.K. Darmarathne from Jetwing St. Andrew’s Nuwara Eliya emerged 1st and 2nd runners up in the À la Carte Challenge.
The awards were presented to the winners by Ruan Samarasinghe, Managing Director of Jetwing Hotels, Sanjeewa Anthony, Executive Director of Jetwing Hotels, Jerome Auvity, Director Operations at Jetwing Hotels, and Dmitri Cooray, Manager Operations at Jetwing Hotels.