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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 8th, 2010
This musing is true and one that I may or may not share with my grand kids, I have not decided yet, maybe you can help me to come to a suitable conclusion: The Bahamas really was paradise when I moved there from Canada in the winter of 86, I remember boarding the Air Canada [...]
Posted in Chef's Tales on Oct 9th, 2009
As Chefs Tales is a community blog and is quickly becoming a public source of information for everyone to share, it has been suggested that we offer Industry news that is available and for which people may be interested in. We have decided that we will offer this service to ensure that interesting information and posts are [...]
Posted in Chef's Tales on Sep 30th, 2009
This musing was first published in Flavours Magazine and is not in Chef’s Tales the book: Hotel employee’s stay at a five-star hotel is a far cry from the pampered treatment that a guest would expect to receive. Given the nature of my work, I have travelled around the world and put up at the [...]
Posted in Chef's Tales on Sep 17th, 2009
This musing was first published in Flavours Magazine and is not in Chef’s Tales the book: We were getting ready for a large function and the air-conditioning in the hotel broke down and was deemed beyond repair. We had to fly in a new motor from Germany and this was going to take at least [...]
Posted in Chef's Tales on Sep 12th, 2009
This musing was first published in Flavours Magazine and is not in Chef’s Tales the book: Did I ever tell you about the time when I had my first encounter with “The King of Fruits”? It was one I shall never forget as it was my very first romantic date with my dear wife Beatrice. [...]
Posted in Personal on Sep 10th, 2009
This musing was first published in Flavours magazine and is not in Chef’s Tales the book: Did I ever tell you about the time when I was working in Kuala Lumpur and went for my very first visit to Sabah to introduce myself to my in-laws? On announcing the master plan to visit the wife’s [...]
Posted in Chef's Tales on Sep 2nd, 2009
Please enjoy my latest musing which was first published in Flavours Magazine and is not in Chef’s Tales the book: All hoteliers have to deal with difficult, demanding guests, but can the whole stressful ordeal have a happy ending? One of the most difficult components of our wonderful industry is the challenging guest, otherwise known [...]
Posted in Chef's Tales, Uncategorized on Aug 23rd, 2009
I Arrived in Hong Kong to work in my first five-star hotel in Asia in 1988, and was totally blown away, not only by the quality of the staff and services offered. Nonetheless, I thought that the quality of service could only improve as the industry developed and competition for supremacy in service quality standards [...]
Posted in Chef's Tales on Aug 3rd, 2009
Working at the E&O reminds me of why I joined the industry in the first place. It’s a luxury hotel with glamour, romance and intrigue, but most of all it has what many other hotels are unable to offer and that is the fact that this year it is going to be 124 years old. [...]
Posted in Chef's Tales on Jul 30th, 2009
Wacky and Wondrous fun at the poolside Depending on which hotel you work at, the pool can be either an incredibly boring place or the centre of all the action. Usually, the poolside scene at city hotels is not that exciting, but a poolside at a beach resort fronting the sea normally keeps the [...]
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