The Grand Kandyan wins multiple awards at Culinary Art Exhibition
The Grand Kandyan a Five Star Luxury Hotel, synonymous with setting standards in the hospitality industry have done so once again, winning multiple awards at the Culinary Art Exhibition, organised by the Chef Guild of Sri Lanka.
The Grand Kandyan medals tally includes four gold, nine silver and eight bronze and an outstanding performance award. The bronze medal winners – Food and Beverage Department, Old Reserve Bar tender challenge Deva Bandara, Kitchen Department, Artistic ANODS showpiece and fruit vegetable carving Ravi Shageelan, Fruit and vegetable carving category – Dhananjaya Thennakoon, Artistic ANODS showpiece Thilina Ruwan Kumara, Plated desserts category Chethika Herath, Prima bakery team open live category Chathuranga Kumaranayake and Avishka Gunarathna. The Silver award winners – Dessert Open Live Sanduni Abeykoon, New Sri Lanka Cuisine Rukshan Wijesinghe, Pelwatte Apprentice Hot Cooking M.S.M. Suhail,
Fruit and Vegetable carving and individual ice carving Thilina Ruwan Kumara, Desert open live Lahiru Ekanayake, Hot cooking open Shanauka Palliyaguruge, Pelawatte apprentice hot cooking Deon Leitch, Pelawatte Apprentice Hot Cooking Praveen Anuhas. The Gold award winners – Artistic ANODS showpiece Chathura Chandrasiri, Pyramid Wilmar wedding cake structure Sarath Wijitha Kumara, hot cooking seafood Dilshan Nellige, Lion Lager Beer Stout Cocktail Shiran Ranathunga.
The award for Most Outstanding Creative Seafood Hot Cooking was presented by Marko Mendis and was awarded to Dilshan Nellige.