Northland Salon Culinaire 2012 call for entries

For Immediate Release:

Northland Salon Culinaire 2012 – Dates confirmed, call for entries and sponsorship

The 2012 Northland Salon Culinaire will be held on 27th & 28th of May at NorthTec, Whangarei. In its 6th year, The Northland Salon Culinaire is an initiative of Northland Chefs, designed to showcase the best of Northland’s talented young professionals.

Salon Director Hughie Blues says "Over the last five years we have seen a definite growth within the up and coming of the hospitality industry. We have seen secondary school students compete at the Northland Salon Culinaire with huge success giving them the courage to move on to a hospitality type course at tertiary level within our region. As Salon Director I am passionate and committed to the continuation in this area as I believe that in the long run this will mean more hospitality staff and more talented young chefs with better skills servicing the visitors to our region."

Northland Chefs are proud to bring you this event along with our major sponsors of which, without them this event would not be possible:

• The New Zealand Chefs Association
• Altura Coffee
• Northland Hospitality
• NorthTec

The Northland Salon Culinaire offers a unique sponsorship opportunity with close to 30 competition classes available to sponsor. Sponsorship of some classes is still available; request your sponsor’s information pack for further details.

Entries for all classes are now open and will close on 25th May.
The Northland Salon Culinaire information pack and official entry form can be obtained by contacting vanessa@collectiveconcepts.co.nz

Background – Northland Salon Culinaire
The Northland Salon Culinaire had its inaugural beginnings in 2007 and has quickly become an important event in our regions Industry calendar as it involves such a wide range of people and skills from Industry and Educational Institutes. This event brings together our Training Providers, Tutors, Students and Secondary Schools as well as Chefs and Food & Beverage staff in Industry; most of which are small to medium sized enterprises that employ, collectively, the greatest number of people in the Industry.

Competitors come together and compete in front of live audiences and Industry Judges in close to 30 competition classes over two days. The Salon is designed to create a friendly competition as well as being a steppingstone to New Zealand’s national competition.

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