The Grand InterContinental Seoul’s Team Takes Top Honors at MLA Blackbox Global Finals

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2008-05-19 10:55

Seoul--(뉴스와이어)--Team Korea from the Grand InterContinental Seoul took top honors at the MLA Blackbox Global Finals held at the Madinat Jumeirah Hotel in Dubai on May 13 and 14.

On May 14, after a grueling day of competition cooking, Team Korea came up as the winner out of 19 international teams competing in bi-annual MLA Black Box Global Finals. Representing the Grand InterContinental Seoul, the team won its chance to represent its country by winning the country heats.

The three person team was headed by team manager Chef Bok Jon Dae, and his three team members included chefs Kim Yoo Shik and Lim Ho Teak, both 3rd cooks in the Grand InterContinental Seoul’s flagship restaurant Table 34, and patissier Choi Jin Bok. South Korea also received the awards for Best Soup course, a creamy mushroom veloute, and for Best Main Course.

This MLA Blackbox, which first started in Bali in 1996 is a WACs endorsed competition and has grown from strength to strength in its 12 years of operations. Overall, Asian countries took home most of the awards. Singapore received the award for Best Appetizer, for its Quattro of Norwegian seafood, and Indonesia won the Best Dessert category.

** What's it all about?

Teams are given a Black Box filled with mystery ingredients including prime Australian beef, sheepmeat or goatmeat, seafood, spices, fruit and vegetables as well as dairy products and stocks. The teams are given one hour to devise a 4-course menu using all of the ingredients. The meal is prepared the following evening and is judged by a panel of international chefs at a gala dinner. Points are awarded for taste, skill, creativity and artistic merit.

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