“Cooking Beyond Borders“

Gissur Gudmundsson, President of the Nordic Chefs Federation (NKF) and Judson W. Simpson, President of the Canadian Culinary Federation (CCFCC), are pleased to announce that they have signed a two-year agreement for a new and exciting Junior Culinary competition to be known as the Canada-Nordic Junior Culinary Match.

The competition will be between two teams made up of five competitors each. The Nordic Team will have one member from each of the Northern European countries, namely Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland. The Canadian Team will have one representative from each of the four different regions of Canada as well as one from the host city. In addition to fostering a culinary exchange between the Northern countries, this competition will also promote healthy food choices with fish and seafood being used as the main ingredients.

Canada will host the Northern European countries in June 2007 at the CCFCC National Convention in Toronto and they, in turn, will welcome Canada in 2008. The progress of the competitions will be carefully tracked and information will be shared so that the concept can then be presented at the WACS Congress in Dubai in 2008. This will encourage similar exchanges all over the world, which is crucial to the development of Juniors Chefs who are the future of the culinary industry.

By signing this agreement, the Nordic countries and Canada are leading the way.

For further information, please contact Gissur Gudmundsson, NKF President at
+ 354 5113474 or restaurant@restaurant.is.

Source: nkf-chefs.com