April 12, 2012: Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok has announced the 13th annual World Gourmet Festival, which is set to take place at the Hotel from September 3 – 9, 2012.
The festival features an extraordinary line-up of some of the best chefs, winemakers and food experts from across the globe for a week-long celebration of outstanding food and superb wines.
Some of the chefs currently confirmed to participate are Shiqin Chen from La Rei, Italy; Sebastian Frank from Restaurant Horváth, Germany; Igor Macchia from La Credenza, Italy; Masa Shimakawa from Onyx, USA; and Frédéric Vardon from Le 39V, France.
Also confirmed to participate in World Gourmet Festival events are Master of Wine Jeannie Cho Lee, who will be conducting a wine masterclass, Eleveur de Fromage Jean-Francois Antony, who will be hosting cheese-tasting events, and a cigar and rum-pairing event with Patoro Cigars and Eastory Rums.
As before, the World Gourmet Festival will be supporting HRH Princess Soamsawali's Save a Child’s Life from AIDS Project under the auspices of the Thai Red Cross Society. A portion of every ticket price, as well as proceeds from an auction, will be donated to this charity.