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Media releases Gold Gold for Horizons! Friday, 29 August 2003 The Port Stephens Cocktail and Cuisine Awards was successfully relaunched at Horizons Golf Resort yesterday with over 40 talented chefs, apprentices, waitpersons being recognised by the industry and suppliers for effort and excellence in their field by receiving 6 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze awards. Horizons waiter, Ray Woodbury took out the Waitperson of the Year and was judged anonymously on his service skills and abilities demonstrated throughout the judges’ meal. Taking out gold for Horizons was Kristen Pounder for Savoury Platter and Best Celebration Cake, Liezel Paranthoiene for Table Presentation and Cream Cocktail, Aaron Sabrowski for 1st & 2nd Year Apprentice Class Knife Skills, Bowen Hanly for 1st & 2nd Year Class Dessert. Full results for the 2003 Port Stephens Cocktail and Cuisine Awards are: Horizons Golf Resort –Savoury Platter Gold: Kristen Pounder Silver: Aaron Sabrowski Horizons Golf Resort – Best Celebration cake Gold: Kristen Pounder Silver: Gaynor Lambert Bronze: Anna Dyson BIDVEST Best Bread or Pie Product Gold: Brad Darvell Silver: Barry Kelly Bronze: Brad Darvell MEGT Dessert Category High School Hospitality Dessert Gold: Alyssa Zaichenko Silver: Beth Hargreaves 1 /2 year Apprentice Class Dessert Gold: Bowen Hanly Silver: Brooke Stoddart Bronze: Thomas Green 3/ 4 year Apprentice Class Dessert Gold: Stuart Strutt Shotton Silver: Gerard Allen Hamersley Chemicals – Table Presentation Gold: Liezel Paranthoiene Silver: Christine McLaren Bronze: Renee Hawler Horizons Golf Resort – Barista Competition Gold: Tonia Chrisstoffel Silver: Stephen Lill Bronze: Matt Fletcher Liquor Marketing Group Sour Cocktail Gold: Matt Fletcher Silver: Rod Merchant Bronze: Glennis Sheath Liquor Marketing Group Cream Cocktail Gold: Liezel Paranthoiene Silver: Micheal Cribb Bronze: Adrian Hoffman Hunter Training Network Knife Skills 1 /2 year Apprentice Class Gold: Aaron Sabrowski Silver: Bowen Hanly Bronze: Brooke Stoddart Hunter Institute of TAFE – Restaurant and Waitperson of Port Stephens Restaurant of Port Stephens: Merretts Restaurant – Peppers Anchorage Waitperson of Port Stephens: Ray Woodberry – Amaryllis Restaurant Horizons Golf Resort. General Manager, Simon Brown said “I would like to congratulate all winners in our inaugural hosting of the 2003 Port Stephens Cocktail and Cuisine Awards and this event is testament to the talent, creativity and the high standard that the Port Stephens hospitality industry is well known for”. Brown added “I would like to thank all the sponsors of the day - MEGT, Hunter Training Network, Hunter Institute of TAFE, Bidvest, Hammersley Chemicals, Liquor Marketing Group and Port Stephens Examiner and the judges who provided their expertise who all assisted in making the relaunch of the Awards possible and such a great success”. |
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