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WACS Congress 2006 – Day 4
With the Presidiums speeches, Continental Directors reports and committee updates all out of the way, there was only one thing left to decide. Which country would win its bid to host the 2010 WACS Congress? Would it be an easy majority, or would the fight come down to a final vote between two closely ranked countries? The question had been on everyones lips since Monday and this morning, a decision had to be made.
Voting slips were handed out, proxies verified and then the ballots were cast. Continental Director Arnold Tanzer took the lead in ensuring everything proceeded smoothly then he and Board members, Ed Brown and Norbert Schmidiger, headed off to count the votes.
Each bidding delegation was all ready to pop the bubbly when Tanzer returned and took to the stage. But the celebration had to wait; no one country had achieved a 51 per cent majority vote. Xian, China and Colombo, Sri Lanka were out, leaving the fight to Santiago de Chile and Prague, Czech Republic.
Tanzer and his team repeated the whole process and when he walked back in for the second time, the country that will host Congress 2010 had been decided. Tanzer left it up to fellow South African, Honorary President Bill Gallagher to make the final call. For the first time, Gallagher said, We are going to Latin America.
And the Chilean team celebrated their victory with a burst of hugs, smiles, shouts and jumps of joy. And as a generous gesture, the Chilean team offered runner-up Prague a consolation gift Achiga, Chiles WACS association, will sponsor all the accommodation costs of Pragues chefs association President when he goes to the 2010 Chile Congress.
On that high note, the business session of the 32nd World Association of Chefs Societies Congress came to a close. Still to come, the Gala Dinner (Did you pack a tux?) sponsored by Unilever Foodsolutions on 16 March Thursday. Watch out for a host of awards to be given out as well as the announcement of the winners from the Hans Bueschkens World Junior Chefs Challenge.
*Want to review the days speeches and presentations? Look for the speakers name or presentation title on the programme below and click on the links. Where available, we have included the PowerPoint slides, voice and / or video recording.*
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WACS Congress Newsletter of Day 4 (PDF document)
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Saga barónanna lifir – Veitingahúsið Hornið heldur upp á 46 ára afmæli
Viðskiptavinir okkar eiga skilið að hafa valkost: Segir Sigurður um ákvörðun MooGoo að vera opinn allt árið
Jamie Oliver rífur þögnina um erfitt samband sitt við Marco Pierre White
Launahækkun í næsta launaumslagi – Allir eiga að fá hækkun, hvort sem þeir eru á taxtalaunum eða umsömdum launum
Ný bylgja í vínheiminum – Fyrsta áfengislausa vínverslunin opnar í hjarta vínborgarinnar Bordeaux
Bolludagurinn – Choux au Craquelin með jarðarberjarjóma
Kokteilar og smáréttir í nýjum búningi: Nýtt franskt brasserie opnar í Uppsala
Fuglaflensa veldur eggjaskorti: Veitingastaðir og bakarí í vanda
Súkkulaðið sem fór á flug á TikTok – Hvað er svona sérstakt við PortaNOIR?
Starbucks og Workers United hætta við lögsóknir og hefja sáttaviðræður
World Class barþjónakeppnin – Skráning 2025
Graham’s Blend Series Kokteil keppni 2025
Matargestir ferðast aftur í tímann til villta vestursins – Myndir og vídeó
Monkeys PopUp á Hótel Vesturlandi – Ekki missa af þessum viðburði
Skemmtilegt viðtal við franska bakarameistarann Remy Corbet – Steinn Óskar: how do you like iceland? – Vídeó
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Viðtöl, örfréttir & frumraun3 dagar síðanSaga barónanna lifir – Veitingahúsið Hornið heldur upp á 46 ára afmæli
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Viðtöl, örfréttir & frumraun3 dagar síðanViðskiptavinir okkar eiga skilið að hafa valkost: Segir Sigurður um ákvörðun MooGoo að vera opinn allt árið
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Frétt5 dagar síðanJamie Oliver rífur þögnina um erfitt samband sitt við Marco Pierre White
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Frétt5 dagar síðanLaunahækkun í næsta launaumslagi – Allir eiga að fá hækkun, hvort sem þeir eru á taxtalaunum eða umsömdum launum
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Nýtt bakarí, veitingahús, fisk- og kjötbúð og hótel4 dagar síðanNý bylgja í vínheiminum – Fyrsta áfengislausa vínverslunin opnar í hjarta vínborgarinnar Bordeaux
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Vín, drykkir og keppni3 dagar síðanHvað er Heitast á BWW 2025? Sóley Björk og fremstu vínsérfræðingar heims afhjúpa leyndardóma Spænskra vína
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Viðtöl, örfréttir & frumraun2 dagar síðanSúkkulaðið sem fór á flug á TikTok – Hvað er svona sérstakt við PortaNOIR?
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Frétt1 dagur síðanFuglaflensa veldur eggjaskorti: Veitingastaðir og bakarí í vanda