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Thursday, 15 Jul, 2010
Congratulations Chef Jason Dell
Chef Jason Dell is a New Zealand chef of the Year and Author of Savvy. This latest news is fantastic. Well done Jason.
Chef Jason Dell
NZTE (New Zealand Trade and Enterprise) Singapore has engaged the services of award-winning New Zealand chef Jason Dell introduce New Zealand food and beverage to key influencers and decision makers/buyers in the HRI, culinary education and media sectors.
Trade Commissioner Ziena Jalil says the food and beverage sector accounts for more than half of all trade exports to Singapore and “while a large portion of this is currently dairy exports, opportunities exist for New Zealand to deepen and widen its offering in the Singapore market”.
Over the past six months Singapore has witnessed the opening of its two integrated resorts (IRs) – Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands. Between them, the two IRs serve more than tens of thousands of meals a day and this number is set to grow. Within each IR there is a wide range of F&B offerings with high rollers at the casinos willing and able to spend considerable amounts on exclusive premium products. A selection of New Zealand wines have already done well at the IRs and opportunities exist for food products as well.
NZTE has taken a cluster approach to pitching New Zealand food and beverage products to key decision makers in the lucrative HRI sector.
“From this month, Chef Dell will present our food and beverage at several hotels and culinary schools as well as to media via master classes, cooking demonstrations, tastings and educational information. Products we will feature include salmon, mussels, beef, lamb, olive oil, vanilla, honey, apples, kiwifruit and cheese to name a few. New Zealand companies and/or their distributors in-market have welcomed the initiative and been hugely supportive,” Ziena said.
