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It started in 2007 in
Colombo Sri Lanka, with the goal of “putting tea back to high tea”, the Dilmah
Real High Tea challenge initially included consumers to partake in the
challenge when it was brought to Australia in 2011.
Now on its 5th
year in Australia, the challenge now involves other countries: New Zealand,
Macau, Thailand, UAE, Malaysia, and Hong Kong.
The 2014 challenge was opened to professional culinary teams to prepare
and craft their own recipe in one or more of four categories, where each recipe
must include a Dilmah tea in it.
The high profile
judges included German born ACF Black Hat Chef Bernd Uber, Australian celebrity
chef Peter Kuruvita, Dilmah’s own tea master Dilhan Fernando - son of Dilmah
founder Merrill Fernando.
Dilhan Fernando said
it’s all about “taking tea to the plate”.
He mentioned that each year, the creativity is astounding and it is
amazing to be around such a passionate teams and culinary artists. Dilhan is the son of Dilmah founder and is
the Director of the Dilmah School of Tea – the first international school of
tea with sessions in Colombo Sri Lanka in partnership with the Institute Paul
Bocuse in Ecully, France. Aside from
the family’s passion behind the Dilmah brand and tea, they are also passionate
about environmental conservation and are involved in humanitarian projects in
Sri Lanka.
This year’s overall
winner from Australia is Geoff Laws and Shaun Thompson of Qantas Lounge by
Pullman, who will compete in Sri Lanka in 2015 against the world’s best
culinary tea masters for the chance to be crowned Global Real High TeaChallenge champions.
Dilmah founder Mr.
Merrill Fernando is excited at the progress tea has made in the culinary
world. He said, “tea is really much more
that what initially meets the eye – not only is it soothing to drink, both hot
and cold, but is also the most versatile herb to be used in the kitchen. I am proud of the winners, their gastronomic
ingenuity and their true respect of tea and the high tea tradition."
For more information
about the Real High Tea Challenge and photos of the winners, please visit www.realhightea.dilmahtea.com
Photos were here are of "tea masterchef" winner - Bloodwood Restaurant Newtown.
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| Photo courtesy of Horizon Communications Group |
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| Photo courtesy of Horizon Communications Group |
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