Thursday, February 21, 2013

New Chef Takes Charge At The Holiday Inn Dubai – Al Barsha

Sandeep Kamal is the newly-appointed Executive Chef at Holiday Inn Dubai – Al Barsha. An Indian national, Chef Sandeep has worked in the Arabian Gulf hospitality sector for 10 years , starting his career in the region as part of the pre-opening team of Grand Hyatt Dubai.

Sandeep Kamal

Holding a diploma in hotel management from a prestigious college in New Delhi, India, Sandeep served an internship at the Leela Kempinski, before moving on to spend three years with Taj Hotels as Chef de Partie at various locations throughout India.

Most recently he worked with the Carlson Rezidor Group launching food and beverage operations at the Park Inn Muscat as Executive Chef.

In his new role at Holiday Inn Dubai – Al Barsha, Sandeep is responsible for a team of 51 members, eight food and beverage outlets and six meeting rooms with a capacity of up to 400 people, as well as outside catering services.

A senior member of the Emirates Culinary Guild, and founding member of the Oman Chefs’ Guild and Oman Food and Beverage Guild, he has received several awards for his restaurant concepts, according to the General Manager of Holiday Inn Dubai - Al Barsha, JS Anand.

“Sandeep is a very welcome addition to our team,” Mr. Anand said.  “Under his direction, we look forward to expanding our culinary menus and enhancing the reputation of the hotel as a dining destination with unique food and beverage concepts to suit a wide range of tastes.”

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Holiday Inn Dubai - Al Barsha supports vulnerable school children through world food programme

As part of its 'Holiday Inn Loves You Campaign', Holiday Inn Dubai - Al Barsha Hotel made a donation to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to provide 100,000 school meals to children in the Middle East.

The CEO of Holiday Inn Dubai - Al Barsha Ms. Roxana Jaffer presented the funds to WFP Head of Partnerships & Business Development for the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia & Eastern Europe, Mr. Ashraf Hamouda.

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