Hong Kong Wins IIHM Young Chef Olympiad 2021 Gold, UAE wins Silver and New Zealand, Bronze
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NEW DELHI, Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The 7
th International IIHM Young Chef Olympiad drew to a close at a glittering Closing Ceremony organised at IIHM Kolkata's Global Campus. Lee Maan Ki of Hong Kong won the coveted gold trophy and cheque for USD 10,000 to be crowned Best Young Chef of 2021. The silver went to Srijaenthi Natraj of UAE while Jessica Louise Hoskins of New Zealand bagged bronze.
Hong Kong Wins Gold in YCO
Through seven days across six continents and 24 times zones, a unique and remarkable edition of the world's Biggest Virtual Culinary Battle for Hope connected 50 countries of the world through state-of-the-art technology and infrastructure. The Closing Ceremony, also held on the online platform, saw the same grandeur and glitter as in other years with live streaming of the event happening on the giant screen at the IIHM Global Campus in Kolkata. The Kolkata campus transformed into the YCO Global Studio, that became the nerve centre of all activity through the seven days of this mega culinary event. The winners, connected over video conferencing at different ends of the world and sitting in different time zones, rejoiced and celebrated their win on video, as their names were announced by Prof David Foskett, the Chairman of the Jury, YCO and Padma Shri Chef Sanjeev Kapoor, the Principal Judge of YCO.