Top young chefs of Dusit Thani College win a silver medal and 2 awards from an international Thailand World Junior Chef Battle 2024

02 September 2024

Thailand World Junior Chef Battle 2024 is the first in the history’s international competition which contains the most chef judges to witness and impartially evaluate the performance. With 16 certified professional chefs by World Association of Chefs’ Societies from 12 countries as judges, the battle challenged competitors with 16 international cuisines, making 640 dishes per day or 2,560 dishes throughout 4 days of the competition. The winner teams of each category will receive rewards totaling more than 1,000,000 Thai Baht and the most scored team will be given the one and only Royal Honorable Trophy by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.

Dusit Thani College, one of the specialized educational institutions in culinary arts training under Dusit International, surely sent student competitors to blast their energy and competencies in this battle. Among top 48 young chefs from 4 continents, 12 countries, the team from Dusit Thani College was able to win a silver medal together with 2 more awards, The Best Southern Thai Cuisine and The Best Greek Cuisine. Here is the list of instructors and students from Culinary Arts and Kitchen Management Program who were parts of this success:

JudgeAjarn Nutthawut Promchan
Team Manager and instructorMr. Apisit Jitprasong
Instructor and SupporterAjarn Chayakorn Dulyakorn
Student CompetitorMr. Suppakit Toey-On
Student CompetitorMs. Phattharaphon Phooltuayad
Student Practical AssistantMr. Watcharaphong Salam
Student Practical AssistantMs. Chutimon Boonthongsri

Dusit Thani College would like to express our gratitude toward our sponsors who have supported and driven our team to this success including

– Products from Saha Pathanapibul Public Company Limited

– ‘Anchor’ products from Fonterra Brands (Thailand) Company Limited

– ‘Maggi’ products from Nestle Professional Thailand

Dr. Ploycharas Pragattakomol, Manager – Culinary & Academic competitions at Dusit Thani College, said “The success in this competition does not come only from the reinforcement of every department in the College and our sponsors, but also from junior students as well as fund students who have supported the team throughout practices. I would like to thank them all for dedication and contribution to this achievement.”

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