Gala Dinner Raises Over $10,000 for Sala Bai’s New Training School for Young Cambodians!
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Gala Dinner Raises Over $10,000 for Sala Bai’s New Training School for Young Cambodians!
Heritage Suites hosted its 2nd Charity Gala Dinner for Sala
Bai with Celebrity Chef Luu Meng and raised over $10,000 for the
building of its new school
Heritage Suites Hotel in Siem Reap held its 2nd Charity Gala Dinner and Auction for Sala Baï Hotel & Restaurant School’s extension project last Friday, March 21st
2014. The event featured the country’s Top Chef Luu Meng, supported by
Heritage’s Executive Chef Boun Vibol and highlighted Cambodia’s
acclaimed Best World Rice campaign. The event raised USD 10,000 net.
Claude Colombié, Director of Sala Baï, commented “It has been such a
successful event, exceeding by far our expectations! We feel really
proud to have such wonderful partners by our side! On behalf of all our
students and team here in Siem Reap, millions of thanks to the Heritage
Suites team, to Chef Luu Meng and the sponsors of the event for their
great dedication. Having organized so many events in my professional
life, I should say that this one will remain very special to me, not
only because of Sala Baï, but also because of the genuine kindness and
commitment of all who participated and supported us! “L’envie de faire
plaisir”… “ Sala Bai Director Claude Colombié with Architect Claire, Photo by Stéphane De Greef
To further combat human trafficking and reduce poverty, Sala Bai aims
to increase the number of students by 50% in 2016 while preserving the
current ratio of young female students (70%). The expansion of Sala Bai:
January 2014 – July 2015: Property Acquisition & Construction Work;
September 2015: Increase of the number of students, reaching 110;
addition of the Beauty Therapy Training; September 2016: 30 more
students. Total of 150. Cambodia’s Top Chef Luu Meng with Sous Chef Sophal alongwith Heritage Executive Chef Vibol and team, Photo by Stéphane De Greef
As Cambodia’s most celebrated chef, Luu Meng is passionate about
creating career opportunities for the younger generation. “I am very
thankful to Sala Baï for creating such an inspirational project for the
Cambodian people. It was a true pleasure to work alongside Chef Vibol
and his team and I admire Heritage Suites for their dedication. Our
teams of the Malis & Thalias group will always support Sala Baï‘s
cause and actions in helping Cambodians youth to get out of extreme
poverty. These youths will become the actors of the economic development
of our country.” Charity Gala Dinner & Auction for Sala Bai with Dean Williams, Photo by Stéphane De Greef
Heritage Suites Hotel is strongly committed to support Sala Baï in
educating underprivileged young Cambodians in the hospitality industry.
It shares their vision of fighting human trafficking through vocational
training. This is what drives the hotel’s active training and hiring of
the students as well as its fundraising events and awareness campaigns.
Magnus Olovson, General Manager, explains the reason for his
commitment: “The little Sala Bai School has simply captured our hearts
and souls through its commitment, tuition quality, consistency, humanity
and performance.” More than 75% of the hotel’s employees in the
restaurant, kitchen, housekeeping and front office departments were
trained at Sala Baï Hotel & Restaurant School in Siem Reap.
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Group Photo with US cooperative Partners included: US Embassy, US Dry Bean Council, Cambodia Tourism Federation & Importers. Supplied
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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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