CookSmart (10th Issue) Page4

Competition Highlight

Top Chefs Showed Culinary Excellence

The Department of Health held the first EatSmart Restaurant Cooking Competition in 2009, which had received cordial support from EatSmart Restaurants and members of the public. Following the success from last year, we collaborated with the Chinese Cuisine Training Institute (CCTI) to organise the EatSmart Cooking Compeition in 2010.

Unlike the previous round, all local licensed restaurants were invited to participate in this competition, which aims to promoting exchange on culinary skills and encouraging restaurants to enrol the "EatSmart@restaurant.hk” campaign.

The final round of the cooking competition was held at the CCTI on November 4. Early in the morning, nineteen contesting teams from sixteen restaurants got together at the CCTI for an on-site cooking session to compete for the championships. Each team was required to present their dishes to the adjudicators after not more than 60 minutes of preparation and cooking.