Unilever Foodsolutions Chef of the Year a golden opportunity to put your culinary skills to the test

Since its early days as the Marvello Chef of the Year, the competition has continued to grow in status and reward, with a total of $3,500 being given away this year.

The Chef of the Year competition is now open to senior chefs in the UAE; Chef de Partie and above; with a minimum of 5 years of experience. The competition is in 3 stages:

First, the Chefs are required to send an original recipe's with picture for one starter, one main course and one dessert to by the 1st of June 2009.

A judging panel will judge the recipes based on the number of Unilever FoodSolutions products used, the novel use of products, originality of the recipe as well as the degree of difficulty and skill required. 6 Finalists will be chosen by the judging panel to compete in a mystery basket competition at The Emirates Academy on the 20th of June 2009. Again, a panel of judges will judge the finalists on Professional Preparation, Presentation as well as Taste to choose one winner.

The winner from the UAE will be flown to South Africa to compete against 5 other chefs (3 winners from South Africa, 1 from Pakistan, and 1 from Egypt) on the 11th of September 2009. This event will be a Mystery Basket International Final to take place in Unilever Foodsolutions Head Office in Durban, South Africa.

Don't miss the opportunity to put your creative culinary skills to the test and to put yourself in the media spotlight at this year's Unilever Foodsolutions Chef of the Year competition.

The event is supported by the Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management.