Al Bustan Rotana Dubai’s Pastry Chef Wins Gold Awards at IKA Culinary Olympics in Germany

October, 2012 - Al Bustan Rotana Dubai’s Pastry Sous Chef Kapila Amaratunga recently brought home honor and pride to the hotel and to the UAE after successfully winning the gold medal in the Pastry category at the IKA Culinary Olympics held in Erfurt, Germany this October, 2012. Chef Kapila was part of the UAE Culinary Team that represented the country in this important event and the team have won 16 gold medals and 1 silver medals in total.

The IKA Culinary Olympics is a highly prestigious gathering of the best chefs and kitchen artists from over one hundred fifty countries to compete in various categories. Held every four years, it is considered to be the “Olympics’’ of individual chefs, kitchen artists and culinary teams from all over the world.

Chef Kapila showcased his extraordinary talent and skills as he presented Petit Four, Plate of Desserts and Pastry Showpiece that was judged as the best making him win the prestigious Gold Medal in the Pastry category. His masterpieces stood out amongst the rest of all the entries done by various pastry chefs all over the world.

Commenting on his triumph, Chef Kapila remarked “It was really inspiring to win such an important international award. All the other pastry chefs were extremly talented and I feel very honored to win the gold medal in the pastry category.” Al Bustan Rotana Dubai’s Executive Chef Christophe Prud’homme added “We are so proud of Chef Kapila and his achievement. IKA Culinary Olympics is a gathering of the world’s finest kitchen professionals and it was really exciting for us to win in such a renowned competition.”  Furthermore, Hussein Hachem, Cluster General Manager of both Al Bustan and Al Murooj Rotana expressed his pride on winning this important award saying “Chef Kapila’s achievement is really an important achievement for us as a hotel and as a representative of the UAE. It just goes to prove that the hotel is home to highly talented chefs who are among the best in the whole world and we are pleased to be able to showcase these talents to all our guests right here in Dubai”.