The SHTA and SMTA in collaboration with the SBO and Sundial school have teamed up to revive St. Maarten’s culinary competition under its new name: Sint Maarten’s Annual Chef Competition. Formerly known as the Taste of Sint Maarten culinary competition, this competition is being organized with the goal of developing a national culinary team for Sint Maarten, which could represent the island at regional and international culinary competitions. Aside from this, the organizers hope to promote St Martin as the Culinary Capital of Sint Maarten as well as promote the importance of hospitality among the Sint Maarten population.
Why the name change? With other organizations using the name to promote their culinary events, the 4 organizers thought it best to avoid confusion and start fresh with a new name, new faces and new rules.
In order to partake in this competition you must be employed at an established restaurant, hotel or resort on the Dutch side, Sint Maarten, and must have the necessary documents needed to travel. The format has also changed:
The participating chefs have to prepare a 3 – course menu for 4 persons
Each course will have a Mystery basket with specific ingredients that must be used in the recipe.
Registration Fee $ 100.00 (Competition is limited to max. 15 Chefs)
Closing date for registration is: March 10, 2012
The competition will be held on March 24 at the Sundial School from 10 am to 6 pm. The competition will be held in two shifts. Group 1 from 10 am – 12:30 pm and group 2 from 1:30 pm – 4 pm. Organizers are looking for sponsors to cover the ingredients and prizes. If you’d like to sponsor the event, please contact the SHTA office on 542-0108 or send an email to in**@sh**.com.
Chefs interested in participating should send an email to in**@sh**.com requesting the registration form.