Pro Chef of the Year

What is the Pro Chef of the Year award?

The category of ‘Pro Chef of the Year’ is a separate category to the others and will not be open for industry voting to determine the winner as in previous years. The finalist chefs competing for the live competition at the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management will be contacted by email by 7th November 2021.

UAE-based chefs in leadership positions, including Executive Chef, Head Chef and Chef de Cuisine are invited to submit their nomination for this category by completing the form below.

4 Chefs will then be carefully selected from the nominations to compete against each other in the hope of being crowned ‘Pro Chef of the Year’.

The competition will be a mystery ingredient cook-off followed by a blind tasting judged by a panel of industry experts. The chosen Chefs will have 3 hours to plan and prepare 3 courses and will be judged on the following criteria:

  • Creativity
  • Presentation
  • Taste
  • Technique
  • Time Management
  • Use of Ingredients

The Finalists

Alex Mobsby

Rhodes W1, Grosvenor House Dubai

Alexander Stumpf

BB Social Dining, DIFC Gate Village

Michael Tolkachev

Hôtel FIVE

Ricardo Gonçalves

Bagatelle Dubai, Fairmont Dubai

Russell Impiazzi

Sofitel Dubai The Obelisk

Sara Aqel

Fi"lia, SLS Dubai Hotel & Residences

Sufyan Alkebata

Ninive Restaurant Dubai and La Cantine Du Faubourg, Jumeirah Emirates Towers

Timothy Newton

Demind Group UAE

Troy Payne

The Pangolin Restaurant & Sanderson's Restaurant

Wasala Mudiyanselag

Miyako Japanese Restaurant, Hyatt Regency Dubai

Diary Dates

01st

September 2021

Call for Nominations

10th

October 2021

Voting for shortlisted chefs

07th

November 2021

Announcement of finalist chefs

28th

November 2021

Mystery Box Competition

10th

February 2022

Winners announcement

 

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