Five star quality: National Bocuse d’Or chefs compete using fresh Round Island Barramundi
(Jetwing Beach dish)
Nominated on behalf of Sri Lanka for the Global Bocuse d’Or event, Jetwing Beach is awarded “Best Seafood Dish”.
Oceanpick, Sri Lanka’s producer of oceanic barramundi; supported Sri Lankan chefs as their Seafood Sponsor when they entered the Bocuse d’Or competition, a biennial global culinary competition and a title coveted by chefs around the world. Oceanpick’s operations in Trincomalee also provided the freshest seafood and a grand prize for the best seafood dish at the national level Bocuse d’Or, which was held at the BMICH.
Bocuse d’Or is considered the most prestigious culinary event in the world; created by French culinary legend Paul Bocuse in 1987, It has 3 stages (national, regional and global) and brings together culinary talent from around the world to test their mettle by having them prepare culinary masterpieces live. A jury comprised of the world’s most well-known and respected chefs choose the winner.
At the national event, 24 local hotels presented their finest culinary talent. They were competing to be Sri Lanka’s nominee for the regional and global Bocuse d’Or events. The winning team for Best Seafood Dish was Jetwing Beach, while Waters Edge walked away as overall winner, qualifying them to participate in Bocuse d’Or Asia which will be held next year. Both hotels already use Round Island’s premium quality barramundi in their hotels.
(Jetwing Beach receiving best seafood dish)
Jetwing Beach receives the award for Best Seafood Dish thereby qualifying to represent Sri Lanka at the Global Bocuse d’Or event
Source : DM
