The 2018 World Chefs Congress held in Kuala
Lumpur sore more than 140 Registered Young Chefs representing their countries.
The most on record world chefs has seen so far. Young chefs from all over the
globe registered and participated in the Bill Gallagher Young Chef forum in
Malaysia. This is a forum organised by Andy Cuthbert (Chairmen), Allan Oreal
(Vice Chairmen), members of the youth development committee and the Malaysian
Young Chefs Club. Australia had representatives from Victoria, NSW, South
Australia and Tasmania. This congress, we were represented by more than 20
young chefs and did Australia proud.
The young chefs participated in four days
of the congress with the forum tailored pacifically for young chefs. We had
many outings, including having the privilege to pack 100,000 meals for the
‘Rise against hunger’ campaign. We all geared up with hair nets, gloves and
packed meals for the mal-nourished. This was an extremely humbling experience
for the young chefs to be involved in, all thanks to Sunway University
Malaysia.
We also had a 5.00am start to experience
the ‘wet market’, where we were split in small groups for a guided tour through
the market. We were taken through the meat, seafood and produce section of
market where hundreds of people would shop for their fresh produce. This was an
extremely interesting start to our day.
The four days were planned very carefully
with one-on-one conversations with guest speakers. We were able to ask
questions and interact with some amazing and inspirational chefs. No question
was off limits, however tight on time it became an integral part of the forum,
to be able to hear about the lives and stories of these great role models and
learn from their careers.
We also experienced the formalities of the
conference, attending the award ceremonies, elections and congress bid for
2022. Many friendships were made and minds were blown away, with over 1000
chefs and delegates in attendance. The expo was a great chance for chefs to walk
through and discover new products, showcasing industry products from all over
the world. We also had a chance to check out the competitions which ran over
three days. Global Chef, Pastry Chef and Hans Bueschkens competitors were then
awarded on the final night of the Gala dinner.
We can’t thank the hard workers behind the
success of the Bill Gallagher Young Chef’s forum enough for sustaining and
encouraging the future of the culinary industry. We hope all the Australian
young chefs have learnt all things food, sustainability and charity and have
made long life friends through this life changing experience.
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