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Alshaya Group Shines at HORECA Kuwait 2025
22 Jan 2025
Scopes 3 gold medals, 11 silver medals, 25 bronze medals
The 13th edition of Hotel, Restaurant and Catering Awards (HORECA) Kuwait saw 68 of our talented chefs showcasing their skills in a series of competitions designed to test their abilities in a vast array of culinary fields. From Kuwaiti cuisine to pizza challenge, chefs from Alshaya Group’s restaurants emerged as big winners taking home 39 awards in different categories in a range of live competitions covering the hospitality, catering, and food industry sectors at this year's HORECA- Kuwait's leading food and beverage competition.
Alshaya chefs from The Cheesecake Factory, Asha’s, Amiti Noura, Pizza Express, Pf Changs, Texas Roadhouse, Dean & Deluca, Chipotle and Alshaya’s culinary team competed and won 3 Gold, 11 Silver, 25 Bronze medals. The chefs cooked up award-winning dishes that have won the hearts of not just customers but also judges at HORECA.
As part of the event this year, Alshaya’s Sustainability team also participated in HORECA Talks, where Seneca Cottom, Head of Sustainability at Alshaya Group, shared valuable insights on how the company is supporting Kuwait's sustainability vision. She highlighted the importance of promoting sustainable business practices and contributing to a more sustainable future.
“Congratulations to all our chefs who have performed so well year after year. In iconic competitions such as Horeca, we seek to ensure displaying the best form of talent and hard work in what we do. We believe in our chefs’ culinary skills, and we are very proud of this outstanding achievement, these awards only prove we have been doing it right.” said William Zito, Head of Culinary at Alshaya Group.
Speaking about his success, Harish Chandra, Chipotle said, "Being given the opportunity to participate in HORECA keeps me motivated and enthusiastic and further helps me develop my career and culinary journey. I am ecstatic about winning and always enjoy participating in HORECA - it pushes me to the next level creatively - hopefully inspiring others to follow the same."
HORECA is a yearly hospitality event, where various companies directly or indirectly related to hospitality participate and attend the three-day event. This year marks Alshaya’s seventh participation at HORECA.