Photos from the Impressive Presentation that Chefs and Pastry Chefs Presented during the Cherry Festival in Pedulas

With the continuous professional growth and development of our CCA members in mind, our association organized the “Approved Wacs Judge Seminar” which took place at Grandresort Hotel in Limassol on the 24^th and 25^th of July 2012 with enormous success.

The seminar was delivered by Mr. Gert Klotze from Sweden, who flew to Cyprus after the invitation of CCA especially for the seminar.

16 colleagues from Cyprus and abroad had the opportunity to attend the seminar.

The attendants and Mr Klotze congratulated the CCA verbally and written for the outstanding organization and co-ordination.

Special thanks to “Grandresort Hotel” for their hospitality and mostly to the owner Mr Charis Theocharous, Mr Costis Hadjicostis general manager and executive Chef Mr Charis Theocharous. Without their help this wouldn’t be possible.

On the first day of the seminar, Mr. Klotze delivered the theoretical part, continuously giving exercises to the attendees, some of which were extremely difficult.

On the second day, and always with the guidance of Mr Klotze, the attendants had the opportunity to judge the cold buffet and a three course menu prepared by our Culinary Olympic Team with the guidance of the team manager Panayiotis Charalambous and team captain Nicos Papanicolaou.

Special thanks to all the members of the team who worked continuously for 48 hours for this seminar and I am certain that through the critic they received will help them to upgrade their knowledge and techniques.

George, from cychefs, cooks  and has dinner with the president of Cyprus Mr Dimitris Christofias and with the CyChef’s friend and partner Mr Panayiotis Papafilipou

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Ο σύνδεσμος αρχιμαγείρων Κύπρου σας προσκαλεί στην ετήσια γενική συνέλευση που θα γίνει την Παρασκευή 23 Νοεμβρίου 2012 και ώρα 16.00 στην αίθουσα συνεδρίων του εστιατορίου “Θάλασσα” στο Γκάβερνος .

Στην συνέλευση θα γίνει απολογισμός από τον πρόεδρο του συνδέσμου για τα πεπραγμένα του συμβουλίου στην απερχόμενη χρονιά και ανακοίνωση των στόχων για την νέα χρονιά.

Ακολούθως θα γίνει ανοικτή συζήτηση και θα απαντηθούν ερωτήσεις μελών.

Πριν από την συνέλευση θα ελεκτούν ξανά τα στοιχεία όλων των μελών και σε περίπτωση αλλαγής διεύθυνσης αλληλογραφίας  ή ηλεκτρονικής αλληλογραφίας παρακαλώ όπως δηλωθούν στην γραμματεία.  Θα εσπρακτεί επίσης και η χρονιαία συνδρομή  των μελών.

As part of the celebrations of the Republic of Cyprus presidency and through the events of our embassy in Beijing from 9 to 13 October, a group of Cypriot Chefs, singers from Limassol and a group of traditional folk dances charmed and passed on the aroma, the colour and the flavour of the Cyprus culture to the Chinese guests.

The events were organised for 5 consecutive nights in the Hilton Hotel and the Gallery Hotel in Beijing. The nights were under the auspices of the Cypriot Embassy and the great sponsor of the events was KANIKA Hotels.

The attendees had the opportunity to taste and enjoy traditional dishes, desserts and salads and to taste Cypriot wines, Zivania and Commandaria. The singers have managed to dress up the evenings with beautiful songs and more. Our traditional dances charmed the audience and have left the best impressions.

The presence of KANIKA Hotels lead by executive chef Andonis Nicolaou (cychefs), Marianna Makromalli (Head Pastry Chef) and Chef Fragkeskos Mastrou, has literally stolen the show.

The evening commenced with the sound of the national anthems of both countries, followed by the opening speech from our ambassador in China, in the presence of government personalities, businessmen, members of the Local Authorities and crowds.

As part of the twelve-day stay, the Cypriot delegation also had the opportunity to visit several attractions in Beijing and to try authentic Chinese creations and furthermore, to establish a culinary bridge between China and Cyprus.

It is many times that the CyChefs have presented and supported our country’s cuisine, each one in his own way. They have collaborated with the Cyprus Tourism Organisation and have continued to offer seminars and training at all levels for the gastronomy of Cyprus.  Therefore, maintain and spread the Cypriot cuisine to your kids, because it is no coincidence that we today impress the distant country of China.

The days are difficult and the worst is yet to follow (we do not wish this) this is why we must invest in our tourist and gastronomic industry which is nevertheless one of our only (if not the only) strong, economic strength and motivation.

Our wish and hope is to continue such events for the good of Cyprus and our people.

On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Was held at the Four Seasons a charity dinner, which organized by the Round table 6. The event was dedicated to the “love child day”.

The dinner stunned the 300 guests were 4-course menu and cooked gratis members of Cyprus chefs Association. The net income profit from the event will go to Fund “love child day”

On behalf of the organizers Mr. Michael Papaefagorou thanked all those who had assist in making dinner. Mr Michael Papaevagorou during his speech thanked with flattering expressions all members and the Board of Cyprus Chefs Association.

In a brief speech by the chairman of the Chefs Association Mr Panikkos Hadjitofi, thanked all colleagues who have dedicated their free time to make this perfect dinner and stressed that the Cypriot Chefs believe always on such charity events and they are offering their efforts cordially and with pleasure for our fellowman

There was a great success on Friday 7/12/2012, at the restaurant of Technical School Makarios in Nicosia Archangel, charity dinner for assistance from the Fund Student Welfare School. The dinner was organized jointly with the Federation of Parents and guardians, together 85 teachers, parents, and former inspectors and Deputy Roula Mavronicola were involved. The school expresses its sincere gratitude to all groups of colleagues (members of the welfare, educational sector Hospitality and Catering, colleagues who played music, singing as well and everyone who volunteered to make the entire event. In addition to this, we thank the companies that gave free food and drinks and those who contributed funds to cover costs and to further strengthen the Welfare Fund. Revenue the event was € 3000.