ACF Restaurant Challenge
In 2019 there will be two new cooking competition at Foodservice Australia, organised by the Australian Culinary Federation, the Global Chef Challenge and the Battle of the Pacific.
Global Chef Challenge
On Sunday we will see the Pacific Region Semi Finals of the Global Chef Competition. Competitors will be coming from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Competitors will prepare and present their dishes to the international judges. The winners will then compete in Russia at the Worldchefs Congress.
7am-10am Global Young Chef
Judges: Brendan Hill, Michael Strautmanis, Matt McBain Competitors: Rebeca Merhi (Australia) William Pokino (Cook Islands) Ravinesh Prasad (Fiji) Cole McDonald (New Zealand)11am-2pm Global Chef |
11am-2pm Global Chef
| Judges: Michael Strautmanis, Karen Doyle, Matt McBain, Emmanuel Lorieux Competitors: Mathew Lee (Australia) Ngattopuna Vou Williams (Cook Islands) Navneet Reddy (Fiji) Marc Soper (New Zealand) |
3pm-5pm Global Pastry Chef
Judges: Karen Doyle, Dale Lyman, Emmanuel Lorieux, Gary Miller
Competitors: Muni Vikash Chetty (Fiji) Ganesh Khedekar (New Zealand
Battle of the Pacific
On Monday and Tuesday we will see eight pop-up restaurants operating on the show floor. Teams of four will each prepare lunch for 40 guests. To buy tickets to the lunch, click here
Judges: Andre Kropp, Shane Keighley, Matt McBain, Gary Miller
Monday
Federation of Italian Chefs
Alessandro Biviano, Giorgio Distefano, Carmela D’Amore,
Interstate Team
Rosie Griffiths, Nathan Mitchell, Andrew Bath
Victoria
Kelvyn Yeoh, Chun Kok, Xiaoying Chen
Australian National Culinary Youth Team
Billy Fox, Tori Pickens, Nattawat Thiengdee
Tuesday
Fiji
Navneet Reddy, Ravinesh Prasad, Muni Vikash Chatty,
Country Club Tasmania
Christopher Wright, Adam Lockhart , Aleksander MacKowski,
New Zealand
Eric Lim, Marc Soper, Cole McDonald,
Tasmania
Neil li, Michael Norton, Robin Kelly, s