Master chefs travel to Vietnam for aroma festival

03/12/07 (GMT+7)

Regis Marcon, a French master chef, is to travel to VietNam for the third “Aroma Festival” to take place at the hotel Sofitel Metropole Hanoi over December 12 to 16.

Marcon was awarded France’s Michelin Three-Star, a prestigious award given to the world’s most talented chefs. He is proprietor of the Régis & Jacques Marcon Restaurant in St. Bonnet le Froid, central France.

The festival will also see the participation of a master of innovative French-Japanese cuisine, Dominique Corby, from the New Otani Hotel in Osaka, Didier Corlou and Boris Cuzon, chief cooks at the Sofitel Metropole Hanoi and flavour expert Laurent Séverac.

International alcohol distributors will also bring visitors a five-day long adventure in tasty Vietnamese and international brandies and wines while they discover unique European, Asian and Vietnamese cuisines and learn about the fine arts of aroma and wine. 

(Source: SGGP)

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