Chefs stress promotion of Nepali cuisine globally

KATHMANDU: Five-star hotels in the country should have a menu for Nepali food for the promotion of Nepali cuisine globally, say senior chefs. During a reception organised in honour of the newly elected working committee of the Chefs Association of Nepal in Kathmandu, on Saturday evening, they wanted five-star hotels to promote Nepali dishes. Shyam Bahadur Lama, newly elected president of the association,  said Nepali chefs were responsible for popularising Nepali food and for that the support of hotel entrepreneurs was necessary. The association that was established in 1996 had registered the Chefs Association Foundation in 2072 BS. The association offers various training for culinary arts through the Foundation. The foundation's executive director Resham Lama said more than 500 people have received various training. The Chefs Association of Nepal has been providing short-term training on food safety and workplace safety to the Hotel Management students. Association's former president Pushpa Thapa Magar, Jeet Bahadur Lama, Shree Krishna Lama, Ratna Bahadur Thapa, Govinda Narasingha KC, Shree Ram Adhikari, Khadga Bikram Lama, among the speakers, underscored that the association should work towards the transfer of skills and creating an environment for using only the Nepali chefs in the Nepali hotels. As per the statistics shared by the association, there are currently 60% Nepali and 40% foreign chefs in hotels in Nepal.

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Lama elected Association president The ninth convention of the Chefs Association of Nepal recently held unanimously elected a 17-member working committee with Shyam Bahadur Lama as president for a two-year term. Thakur Prasad Poudel is the First Vice-President, Shivahari Ghimire the vice-president, Shree Krishna Gajurel the general-secretary, Hemraj Poudel the secretary and Ram Krishna Thapa the treasurer of the working committee. Likewise, members include Subarnaman Karmacharya, Binod Tamang, raj Kumar Lama, Sunil Tamang, Ram Chandra Dharel, Deepak Dhungana, Prem Thapa, Badri Khadka, Umesh Bhuwai and Ramesh Shrestha. Individuals and the association's former presidents playing significant role in the development and expansion of Nepali chefs were honoured on the occasion. By RSS READ ALSO:

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