Wynn Resorts said in a recent statement that the final of the Young Chef Young Waiter Macao Competition was held at Wynn Palace’s SW Steakhouse on October 18. On the same day the competition’s award ceremony took place at the luxury resort’s Grand Theatre Ballroom.
According to the statement, the contest was organised in June by the Macau Culinary Association in conjunction with the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) and Wynn Resorts, aiming to enhance the culinary skills, professional catering knowledge and international competitiveness of young catering personnel in Macau.
After going through several rounds of competition with many young entrants from the catering sector, the statement said, Wynn team members William Wang (王威程) and Man Cheang (鄭雅雯) finished champion and the first runner-up in the Young Chef competition respectively, while the champion and second runner-up awards in the Young Waiter competition were won by Wynn’s Mondass Velautham (楊文達) and Kate Lei (李嘉琪) respectively.
The statement added that the two champions will represent Macau by competing with their international counterparts from Canada, the Cayman Islands, England, India, Ireland, the United States and Wales at the World Young Chef Young Waiter final in Monaco on November 15-16.
The statement said the company hopes that its support for the competition will encourage the sector’s best to exchange skills, thereby raising young catering personnel’s professional standards and international competitiveness.
This handout photo taken on Tuesday by Wynn Resorts shows Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, director of Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), and winner of the Young Chef Macao Final William Wang (王威程) posing with his certificate, during Tuesday’s award ceremony at Wynn Palace’s Grand Theatre Ballroom in Cotai.
