Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel led by Khun Titiya Chooto (4rd left), General Manager and Mr. Nicolas Schneller (5rd right), Executive Chef, held a press conference to announce this year's 16th World Gourmet Festival organized by the hotel in conjunction with primary sponsors such as the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Citibank N.A., Mercedes Benz (Thailand) Ltd., Emirates Airlines and the official media partners, Travel+Leisure, Prestige and Hello Magazine, at the hotel's Montathip 3 Room.
Photo shows from left to right are:
1. Mr. Sandeep Batra, Director Credit Cards and Loans Head of Citibank Thailand
2. Mr. Chris Kucway, Editor in Chief Travel + Leisure
3. Mr. Jabr AlAzeeby, Manager Thailand and Indochina of Emirates Airlines
4. Khun Titiya Chooto, General Manager of Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel
5. Mr. Nicolas Schneller, Executive Chef of Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel
6. Khun Sarima Chindamat, Director International Public Relations Division of Tourism Authority of Thailand
7. Khun Ukrit Poshyanonda, General Manager Marketing of Mercedes Benz (Thailand) Ltd.
8. Khun Nuntakorn Phitakchotiwan, Marketing Director Hello Magazine
9. Mr. Francois Oosthuizen, Managing Editor Prestige Magazine
Note: The 16th World Gourmet Festival, a celebration of great cuisine and wine with award-winning chefs, winemakers and food experts from around the globe, will be held September 7 - 13, 2015 at Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel. The full line up of 7 chefs from 5 countries will be as follows:
- Chef Francesc Rovira, Fonda Xesc, Gombrèn, Girona, Spain (1 Michelin Star)
- Chef Jean-François Bérard, Hostellerie Berard, La Cadière d'Azur, Provence France (1 Michelin Star)
- Chef Francesc Gimeno Manduley, Bohemic Bistro, Barcelona, Spain
- Chef Pierre Crépaud, LeCrans Hotel & Spa, Crans-Montana, Sur, Switzerland
- Chef Patrick Raingeard, Cap Estel, Èze-Bord-De-Mer, French Riviera, France (1 Michelin Star)
- Chef Sean Connolly, Sean's Kitchen, Adelaide, Australia
- Chef Hirofumi Imamura, Kazuo Okada Restaurant, Kowloon, Hong Kong (1 Michelin Star)
For more information, please visit www.worldgourmetfestivalasia.com