Balmoral Head Waiter wins recognition from The Restaurant Association
The Balmoral’s Head Waiter, Kuntal Murkherjee has been selected from many leading hospitality establishments in the UK to win a place in one of four heats in this year’s Young Chef Young Waiter competition run by The Restaurant Association.
23 year old Kuntal, who has worked for the Rocco Forte Collection hotel for three years, will now compete in the Scottish heat of this prestigious competition, which takes place at Adam Smith College, Fife, on 11 September 2007. Kuntal joined The Balmoral as a Banqueting Waiter, quickly moving to Banqueting Head Barman and was recently promoted to Head Waiter. Kuntal is responsible for the smooth running of The Balmoral’s Conference and Events banqueting - a department which oversees events in the hotel’s 10 function suites, sometimes looking after up to 340 guests a night for dinner. In the three years Kuntal has been at The Balmoral he has graduated from the hotel’s Management Development Programme and completed his degree in Hospitality Management from QMUC.
If Kuntal is successful at the heat, he will compete with seven other finalists in the Waiter category in London on 15th October, with the assurance that, if chosen as the winner, he will not only win £2,000, plus an unforgettable study trip to Berlin, but will also gain the status and credibility to succeed within the restaurant industry, as have many of the previous winners.
Young Chef Young Waiter is the longest established competition in the industry and is organized by The Restaurant Association in recognition of the talent found in restaurants and kitchens nationwide, with one prize awarded to the best Chef and one to the best
Waiter. The competition is run in partnership with American Express, the Savoy Educational Trust, Louis Roederer Champagne, HSBC , the
CMA, EBLEX, Sodexho and Restaurant Magazine.
Seen amongst the trade as the industry’s premier award, Young Chef Young Waiter is aimed at under 24’s who are passionate about food and its service and, whether winners or not, entrants will enjoy the experience that the award offers in competing with their industry peers.
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Press Information:
Contact Jessica Trotter in The Balmoral’s Press Office on 0131 622 8825 or please email balmoral.pressoffice@roccofortecollection.com.
NOTES FOR EDITORS
The Rocco Forte Collection was established in 1996 to create a group of luxury hotels in Europe. The hotels have individual styles, with each hotel reflecting its nationality and location. The properties are linked together under The Rocco Forte Collection, which guarantees attention to detail, quality and service delivery.
The Rocco Forte Collection includes:
Hotel de Russie, Rome
Hotel Savoy, Florence
The Balmoral, Edinburgh
The Lowry Hotel, Manchester
Hotel Astoria, St Petersburg
Hotel Amigo, Brussels
Le Richemond, Geneva (re-opening September 2007)
Brown’s Hotel, London
Villa Kennedy, Frankfurt
Hotel de Rome, Berlin
The Charles Hotel, Munich (opening October 2007)
Future openings:
Prague - 2008
Verdura Golf & Spa Resort, Sicily – 2009
Marrakech - 2009
For further information and online reservations, please visit The Rocco Forte Collection website: www.roccofortecollection.com
Angleterre Hotel, St Petersburg, is a deluxe four-star sister to Hotel Astoria. For information and reservations, please visit www.angleterrehotel.com.
