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SOFITEL SAIGON
PLAZA HOSTS THE 2^nd SAIGON GOURMET WEEK

WITH 5
MICHELIN-STAR CHEFS

Ho Chi Minh City, 2 Nov 2016 – In
celebration of the excellence and creativity of French gastronomy,
five (5) Michelin-star Chefs from France gather for the 2nd Saigon Gourmet Week
taking place at L’Olivier – our authentic Mediterranean restaurant from Sunday
20 to Saturday 26 November 2016.

Familiar faces from our quarterly Michelin
Chef events include two-Michelin-star Chef Thierry Drapeau (Saint-Sulpice-le-Verdon, France), one-Michelin-star
Chef Marc de Passorio (Aix-en-Provence,
France), and one-Michelin-star Chef Geoffrey Poësson (Saint-Maxime,
France).Exciting new additions to the 2nd Saigon Gourmet Week
include one-Michelin-star Chef Laurent Azoulay (Méribel, France),and one-Michelin-star
Chef Jean-Francois Bérard (La Cadiére d’Azur, France).

The 2nd Saigon Gourmet Week program from 20 –
26 November 2016 will be packed with a series of lunches, dinners, cooking
classes, and the event highlight – Gala Dinner. The first time ever introduction
of Star Chef Brunch on Sunday, 20 November 2016 with the cooking demonstrations
of 5 Michelin-star Chefs promises to exceed your expectations by bringing the best food, wine and
service together in one unique location.

Michelin-star Chefs, along with Sofitel
Saigon Plaza Executive Chef Marko Rankel, will host the grand Gala Dinner with
Chef Battle competition in Diamond Hall on 26 November 2016. The Chef Battle competition
will be judged by Mr. Jack Lee – Judge of Junior Master Chef Vietnam ,
Chef Sakal Phoeung - President of Disciples of Escoffier Vietnam, Mr. Paul Le -
Food Expert, VP Operations Central Group Vietnam, and a famous Vietnamese celebrity.
This prestigious Gala Dinner will be one of Saigon’s most star-studded dining
events featuring an extravagant gastronomical treat, prepared by Executive Chef
Marko Rankel together with all Michelin-star Chefs including Thierry Drapeau,
Laurent Azoulay, Jean-Francois Bérard, Marc de Passorio, and Geoffrey Poësson, team
up with famous Vietnamese Iron Chefs for the cooking battle.

The 2nd Saigon Gourmet Week is set to
strengthen the commitment of Sofitel Saigon Plaza as an Ambassador of French
art-de-vivre where guests are offered the best French values of cuisine and
culture in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City. "Sofitel Saigon Plaza prides
itself in providing unique culinary experiences to the gastronomers. The
gathering of Michelin-Star Chefs highlights Sofitel Saigon Plaza as a landmark
of gastronomy in Ho Chi Minh City", said Mr. Bertrand Courtois, General
Manager of Sofitel Saigon Plaza.

The 2nd Saigon Gourmet Week is co-hosted by Disciples
of Escoffier Vietnam, a French association of more than 25,000 chefs from over
26 countries. Transfer of knowledge and passion is one of
the core values of the Disciples Escoffier worldwide.

The 2nd Saigon Gourmet Week is in partnership
with Annam Professional, Evian, Badoit, Masse, Classic Fine Foods, Celliers
d’Asie, Red Apron Fine Wines & Spirits, President, Lactalis,                              The Warehouse and
Caviar de Duc

 

STAR CHEF BRUNCH

20 November 2016

VND 1,138,888++ for food only

VND 1,438,888++ including champagne, wine,
beer and soft drinks

COOKING CLASS

21-25 November 2016, 10:00AM

VND1,090,000++ including 3-course set lunch

Mezz Restaurant, Level 2

***

LUNCH

21-25 November 2016

VND 550,000++ for 2-course set lunch

VND 680,000++ for 3-course set lunch

DINNER

21-25 November 2016

VND 1,650,000++ for food only

VND 2,600,000++ including wine pairing

L’Olivier Restaurant, Level 2

***

GALA DINNER

26 November 2016, 6:30PM - 10:00PM

VND 2,500,000++ including wine pairing

Diamond Hall, Lobby Level

 

Prices
are subject to 5% service charge and 10% VAT.

For
more information or advance reservation, please call +84 (0) 8 3824 1555 or
email

H2077-FB1@SOFITEL.COM

*****

MICHELIN CHEF PORTFOLIO

THIERRY
DRAPEAU, (SAINT-SULPICE-LE-VERDON, FRANCE) –
TWO MICHELIN STARS

Born in Nantes in the Loire – Atlantique, Thierry
Drapeau is a great French Chef. is the owner and chef of his own Relais &
Château property in France. His style reflects the numerous travels he made in
France and in the world, paying a vibrant homage to all products at their best.

Thierry
Drapeau has the passion in cooking since he was a young boy thanks to his
father. Thierry Drapeau’s love of food and cooking comes from Sunday market
mornings with his father. Choosing only the finest ingredients for a simple yet
elegant end-of-week dinner is still, to this day, an element in Drapeau’s
masterpieces, which he charmingly showcases in his restaurant “Logis de La
Chabotterie”.  He is interested to share
more decorative dishes and their preparation. Thierry Drapeau did his apprenticeship
with Mr. Lann at the "Le Central" restaurant in Guilvinec, and Mr.
Thomas at "The Manor's Comet " (one Michelin-star restaurant) in
Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire.

In
2006, the restaurant got its first Michelin-star award, and in March 2011, the
Michelin Guide awarded him the second Michelin Star.

 

MARC
DE PASSORIO (AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FRANCE) - ONE MICHELIN STAR 

Chef Marc de Passorio
obtained one star in Michelin Guide 2015 for his restaurant L’Esprit de la
Violette in Aix-en-Provence. This large bourgeois villa is the “fief” of the
chef, boasting a Zen and relaxing atmosphere in an elegantly designed room
looking out over an antique garden planted with century-old trees.

 

Chef Marc de Passorio is not
only known for combining research, technique and precision into his cooking,
but also his feeling for flavors and ingenuity for his work. Each dish is a new
take on its original guise. He can concoct modern, colorful and devilishly
creative cuisine, which leads diners from one lovely culinary surprise to the
next.

He especially found his
inspiration to work with spices and seasoning during his stay in Réunion Island
near Madagascar. This granted him ability to blend subtle flavors, textures and
colors and invites you to a thrilling gourmet journey fusion between Europe,
Africa and Asia.

 

GEOFFREY POËSSON (SAINT-MAXIME, FRANCE) - ONE
MICHELIN STAR

Young and talented chef, Geoffrey
Poësson is the owner of his own restaurant which has one Michelin star since
2011. Flavors, creativity, mastery and accuracy best describe the cuisine of
this talented chef.

He has imposed his talent
with local cuisine to create refined, contemporary and graphic dishes. His
dishes are not only beautiful and delicious, but also hardly to expect. Proof
of high-quality dishes, the restaurant has been recognized "Quality
restaurant" by the Culinary College de France.

 

JEAN-FRANCOIS BÉRARD
(LA CADIÉRE D’AZUR, FRANCE) - ONE
MICHELIN STAR

Jean-François Bérard is a
charming, dynamic Chef committed to upholding the traditions of his beloved
Provence.

Jean-François Bérard loves
cooking – the passion handed down to him by the grandmother of the family, then
his father. His vocation was born when he was just a little boy. He then
followed the teachings of his father René Bérard - one of the finest
ambassadors of Provencal cuisine - and went on to develop his own signature
style.

René and Jean-François Bérard
remain inseparable and Jean-François is proud to perpetuate his father's unique
legacy. He cherishes his kitchen garden, overflows with fabulous aromatic
plants, heritage vegetables and tomato varieties from all over the world.

 

LAURENT AZOULAY (MÉRIBEL, FRANCE)- ONE MICHELIN STAR

 

Born in Bagnols-sur-Céze, Chef Azoulay grew
up in a family of epicureans. During the time in culinary school in Avignon he
did his internships in many Michelin starred restaurants in the region.

Passionate about gastronomy, the little free
time he had during his military service was spent in famous places in Paris
such as the Lido and L’Arpége, the restaurant of three star chef Alain Passard.
After military service he worked for chefs such as Pierre Gagnaire and Alain
Ducasse before finally receiving his first Michelin star in 2009 in restaurant
“Le Saule Pleureur” in Monteux.

Currently Chef Azoulay holds a Michelin star
in restaurant L’Ekrin in Méribel in the French Alps.

*****

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luxury hotel brand with a presence on five continents with 120 addresses, in
almost 40 countries (more than 30,000 rooms). Sofitel offers contemporary
hotels and resorts adapted to today’s more demanding and more versatile
consumers who expect and appreciate beauty, quality and excellence. Whether
situated in the heart of a major city like Paris, London, New York, Shanghai or
Beijing, or nestled away in a country landscape in Morocco, Egypt, French
Polynesia or Thailand, each Sofitel property offers a genuine experience of the
French “art de vivre”.

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L’OLIVIER RESTAURANT is a traditional French restaurant named for its Mediterranean
cuisine and well-known in the city for the Michelin star promotions every quarter.
Seating 80 people, the restaurant boasts easy interior access for hotel
guests.  Mediterranean-style décor, the
restaurant emulates the ambiance of Southern Europe,
using classic elements such as Ficus trees, veranda, beautiful tile flooring
and textured providing down to earth and warm tones. Our expert Executive Chef Marko
Rankel creates surprising and amazing fusion dishes to twinkle the palette. L’
Olivier Restaurant opens from 11:30AM to 2:30PM (for lunch) and from 6:30PM to
10:30PM (for dinner)

CHEF MARKO RANKEL is one of the 50 most talented chefs in Germany. He had won
several gold medals in international cooking competitions.

Chef Marko won the 1^st
place by the Accor-Azubi Award of the Cooks in Germany 450 Hotels four times in
succession, and cooked for British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe and US 67^th Secretary of the State Hillary
Clinton. He also received the “Silver Bernache Award for Innovation” from the
Accor Group in 2007.

With his profound
understanding of Asian cuisine, his inspirations from seafood as well as his
experience at Sofitel hotels in Philippines and China, Chef Marko will
unquestionably enchant Saigon gastronomy lovers with his sensational dishes.

*****

 

PRESS CONTACT

HÀ HOÀNG TƯỜNG VÂN
(Ms.)

Marketing
Communications Manager

Tel: +84 8 3824 1555
(ext. 7572)

Mobile: 0983607888

Email: van.ha@sofitel.com