In a visit this week from the Royal Government of Cambodia’s
Minister of Tourism, H.E. Dr. Thong Khon, the ACAC exceeded
expectations.
Ministry of Tourism delegation. H.E. Dr. Thong Khon sixth from the left; Mr. Pierre Tami, CEO of Shift360 to his left
This was the first visit the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) has paid the
academy and the delegation included three secretaries of state from the
MOT and staff. The private sector was also represented in the
delegation, including ACAC Board members from the Hotel Association,
Chefs Federation and Restaurant Association as well as Mr. Luu Meng,
Cambodia’s infamous chef and entrepreneur.
The visit included a full campus tour and a specialty meal prepared
by ACAC Dean, Markus Kalberer along with Cambodian chef, Matang.
H.E. Dr. Thong Khon (right) and Mr. Pierre Tami (centre) interviewed by Khmer media
Several times throughout the visit, H.E. Dr. Thong Khon noted that
the ACAC hits a very high, international standard. The Minister also
shared about the time he visited an international hospitality training
school in Ticino, Switzerland with Shift360 founder and CEO, Pierre
Tami. The Minister was highly impressed by the facility in Switzerland
and praised Shift360 for replicating such high Swiss culinary standards
in Cambodia.
The Minister and his delegation left happy and proud of what the ACAC
has achieved – putting Cambodia at the same level as other ASEAN
standards.
US Foods Week 2018 ends with a bangAnith Adilah Othman / Khmer Times Share:
Group Photo with US cooperative Partners included: US Embassy, US Dry Bean Council, Cambodia Tourism Federation & Importers. Supplied
The 2018 US Foods Week officially ended, after 10 days of gastronomic promotion, on Wednesday (Dec. 12).
The chargé d’affaires at the US Embassy in Phnom Penh, Michael A. Newbill, spoke at the closing ceremony in Raffles Hotel Le Royal on Friday (Dec.14). Present at the auspicious ceremony were, among others, the economic associate at the US Embassy, Lauren Higgins, and Cambodian Tourism Federation President Luu Meng.
Mr Newbill called the event a grand success, as it won over a great number of people who had sampled the high quality US foods offered, and a manifestation of the growing trade ties between the US and Cambodia.
“Cambodians are eager to try US products and taste American food. We hope to see more US agricultural and food products in Cambodia’s restaurants, in s…
Sweden funds hospitality trainingVen Rathavong / Khmer Times Share: Swedish embassy officials meet with academy representatives yesterday. KT/Ven Rathavong
The Swedish embassy yesterday provided $2 million to the Academy of Culinary Arts Cambodia to train students to become chefs from 2018 to 2020.
The aid follows a similar three-year grant that ran from 2016 to 2018 with a budget of $3 million.
After signing the agreement, Pierre Tami, CEO of ACAC, said that hospitality in Cambodia is evolving, noting that the number of tourists arriving in the Kingdom is expected to reach six to seven million by 2020.
Mr Tami said the strong growth of the tourism sector meant that it is the right time to invest in training students to enter the hospitality industry.
“The industry is looking for skilled staff,” he said. “They want workers with skills, but don’t know where to find them in Cambodia.”
He added that youth entering the workforce are struggling to find jobs as they are turned away due to …
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