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Media Contact: Fred Tibbitts, Jr.
fredbev@fredtibbitts.com
9 September 2011
The Eighth Annual Fred Tibbitts & Associates
“A Fall Evening in Shanghai with Very Special Friends”
InterContinental Shanghai Pudong
Thursday 8 September 2011
Shanghai, P.R.C.-The Eighth Annual Fred Tibbitts &
Associates “A Fall Evening in Shanghai with Very Special Friends” proved to be
another memorable event for the one hundred-twenty guests, who included hotel
executives, senior vice presidents, regional vice presidents, managing
directors, general managers, hotel managers, directors of food & beverage and
executive chefs, industry VIP’s, the press and valued sponsors.
The reception was hosted by Pernod Ricard China, FIJI
Water, Ronnefeldt Tea, Stoelzle glassware, Liquid Luxury and Luzerne Chinaware.
Phillips Foods Asia provided their finest crab meat for many of Executive
Chef Ivan Susanj’s marvelous canapés and hors d’ouvres, while the SHANGHAI
Juerui Industry Co. sponsored a stand with a Master Carver and a delicious
Osborne 5J Iberian ham. All guests
were formally announced with style by Ruby Komkommer, Management Trainee; and
gonged with distinction by Joyce Cai, Management Trainee.
The four-course gala dinner brought Fred Tibbitts to the
podium, who welcomed the guests and asked that they consider “Service as the
Highest Calling”. Tibbitts
explained that the primary purposes of the FTA dinners are to recognize
hospitality excellence, provide scholarships in the names of those whom are
honored and to make charitable contributions to benefit those less fortunate.
Tibbitts promptly called for the evening’s eleven “Loyalty Toasts” with
Champagne Moet & Chandon Imperial by some of the dinner personalities, including
James Koratzopoulos, General Manager,
InterContinental Shanghai Pudong; Oscar Jimenez Nagore, Assistant Sales Manager
Shanghai, Moet Hennessy Diageo China; Robert Murray, Senior Vice
President-Greater China, Accor; Harris Chan, Vice President, Operations Support,
Greater China, Starwood Hotels & Resorts; Jean-Luc Fourrier, Vice President
Restaurant Development, Luxury Brands & Full Service, Asia Pacific, Hilton
Worldwide; Arne Heuwekemeijer, Director, Operations & Pre-Opening Services,
Carlson Hotels, Asia Pacific; Ilja Poepper, Vice President of Operations –
Greater China, Howard Johnson Shanghai Management Co.; Hartmut Schaller, General
Manager, JW Marriott & Courtyard by Marriott Hangzhou; Richard Xu,
Editor-in-Chief, LifeStyle; Nels Frye, Editor-in-Chief, LifeStyle; and Jake
Jacob, Regional Director, Asia Pacific & UAE, Gerard Bertrand Wines.
After the guests enjoyed their elegant First Course of
Phillips Crab Meat & Freshwater Yabbie Layer, Truffled Tomato Tartare, Organic
Cucumber Dill Jelly paired with five delightful white wines from China, the
South of France, South Africa and New Zealand, Tibbitts announced a donation of
$550.00 USD from a portion of the dinner proceeds to UNICEF China, which was
gratefully accepted by Richard Xu, Editor-in-Chief of New Western Cuisine
Magazine on behalf on Madame Annie S.C. Wu..
Tibbitts returned to the podium after the Main Course of
Australian Wagyu Prefecture Beef Tenderloin, Foie Gras Crepinette, Symphony of
Enoki, Shitake, Button, Oyster Mushrooms, Potato Horseradish Beignet and
Cabernet Jus paired with four great red wines from China, Italy and Chile to
announce the Recipients of the 2011 FTA Hospitality Awards for Excellence, which
will be presented at the 2011 FTA Fall Awards Dinners at the Hyatt Regency Hong
Kong, Sha Tin on 11 October and the Vanderbilt Suites in The MetLife Building at
New York City on 15 November.
The Recipient of the 2011 FTA Hospitality Award for
Excellence as an Operator-North America was announced as being Brian Abel, Vice
President, Food & Beverage, North America, Starwood Hotels & Resorts.
The recognition was accepted on behalf of Abel by Harris Chan, Vice
President – Operations Support Greater China, Starwood Hotels & Resorts.
The Recipient of the 2011 FTA Hospitality Award for
Excellence as an Operator-Asia Pacific was announced as being Andreas Stalder,
Senior Vice President, Product & Brand Development, Hyatt International-Asia
Pacific. The recognition was
accepted on behalf of Stalder by Wilson Lee, General Manager, Andaz Shanghai.
The Recipient of the 2011 FTA Hospitality Award for
Lifetime Excellence was announced as being Eric Long, General Manager, The
Waldorf=Astoria. The recognition
was accepted by on behalf of Long by Dirk De Cuyper, General Manager, Waldorf
Astoria Shanghai on the Bund.
The Recipient of the 2011 FTA Hospitality Award for
Excellence as an IT Innovator was announced as being MICROS Systems, Inc.
Kevin King, Managing Director – China, Micros-Fidelio China accepted the
recognition.
The Recipient of the 2011 FTA Hospitality Award for
Excellence as a Humanitarian was announced as being Robert Thurman, President,
Tibet House US & Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies,
Columbia University. In Thurman’s
absence Tibbitts detailed his many humanitarian contributions.
The Cheese Course followed, Phillip Olivier “Coulommiers de
Tradition”, Comte, Fourme d’ Ambert with Thyme-infused Red Onion Jam, Quince
Paste, Caramelized Onions, accompanied by four premium wines from New Zealand,
the South of France and South Africa.
Following the Dessert Course of Fine Swiss Felchin
Chocolate Mousse with Ronnefeldt Mint Tea Infused Mango Compote on Swiss Layer,
Tibbitts asked James Koratzopoulos to return to the podium to “Summon the
Brigade”. Koratzopoulos’s summons
was answered by a resplendent parade of the 10 kitchen seniors who prepared the
dinner, led by Executive Chef Ivan Susanj as well as the 46 service staff led by
Frank Song, Chinese Operations Manager.
Koratzopoulos and his team of seniors, including Executive Assistant
Manager, Emmanuel Stavrakakis then posed on stage for several group pictures to
commemorate the occasion.
Fred Tibbitts & Associates is the leading global wine,
spirits and foodservice products and services consulting agency for National
Account chain hotels and restaurants with offices at Bangkok, Thailand and
Menands, New York, the United States.
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