Sri Lankan Catering team bagged a staggering tally of 53 medals which was inclusive of 13 gold medals, 22 silver medals and 18 bronze medals. The team claimed the highest number of medals at the competition and were only just outdone in the overall Championships by Heritance Kandalama. SriLankan Catering faced stiff competition from highly skilled professionals from the leading Hotels and Resorts in the hospitality industry but performed brilliantly to win several accolades.
The Culinary Expo is an event organized by the Chefs Guild of Sri Lanka, bringing together contestants representing leading Hotels from the leisure sector, enabling them to showcase their talents and culinary expertise at the exhibition. The Chefs of Sri Lankan Catering asserted their dominance throughout the competition by winning medals in each category they competed at the event. The gold medal tally of Sri Lankan was topped by U D Thusitha Asanka Perera, P S Rupasinghe and W B C M Karunasena who claimed two gold medals each. S H S De Silva, C Danangala, W D R Wickramarachchi, D V Paranamana, S H S D Silva, R Q De Silva and W K Alponso with a medal each were the other gold medalists from Sri Lankan Catering.
Expressing his sentiments at the achievement of his colleagues, Executive Chef, Anthony Gibson, noted, “Culinary Art is where the untapped resources or skills of a Culinary Artist flourish and manifest into a wonderful work of art. It allows you to be imaginative and creative. I believe that the entire team should be commended and appreciated for the skills that they demonstrated in creating unique culinary masterpieces that were worthy of being rewarded at an esteemed event of this scale. It’s heartening to note that the team was able to reap rewards of the hard work that they invested towards achieving this feat.”The successful team of Chefs from Sri Lankan Catering were ably supported by their colleagues Dhamin Peiris, Restaurant Manager, Suramya Rupasinghe, Emirates Lounge Manager, Jacky Joseph and Renuka Wijayasundara – Department Coordinators, Chef Shanthilal Perera, Chef Luckshman Hewagama, Chef J M D C Donald, Chef Upul Wijesekera, Chef Gamini Karunathilake, Chef Namal Madhumantha, Chef Ranjith Weerasinghe, Chef Priyankarage and Chef Shiran Jayawardhana.
Sri Lankan Catering is a wholly owned subsidiary of national carrier Sri Lankan Airlines.
