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Colombo Courtyard wins Gold at prestigious Culinary Art
2015 :::DailyFT
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Colombo Courtyard’s culinary experts won four medals at prestigious Chef Guild Competition Culinary Art Food
Expo 2015, which was held at BMICH from 24 to 26 July.
The winning team comprised Colombo Courtyard’s S.M. Nuwan Somathileka of Food & Beverage department
who won the Gold medal for Anchor Beer Cocktail ‘Cloudy Bay,’ R.T. Nalin. P. Quejo of Kitchen department who
won the Silver medal for vegetarian three course menu and Bronze medal for Hot cookery and R.L. Thushara
Madushanka Rajapaksha of Food & Beverage who won Bronze medal for IDL Arrack Cocktail ‘Sentella’.
The Chef’s Guild Culinary Art competition is held every two years. This was the 16th event where over 2,500
contestants battled it out for top honours over a three day competition under various categories ranging from
live cooking events to artistic showpiece challenges and cocktail competition.
Colombo Courtyard, nestled in the heart of the city is an urban boutique hotel which perfectly captures a fusion
of contemporary style with the essence of environmental design. Art and elements with the extensive use of
recycled material, dashes of vivid color and a sense of space are all thrown together to create striking impact.
With open courtyards and water bodies, Hotel with 32 rooms including 15 suites each uniquely designed,
Scarlet Room (Italian restaurant) an all­day restaurant, Cloud Café a rooftop restaurant to dine in the sky, an
industrial themed Loft Lounge Bar, a wine cellar, a library and meeting room, Jacuzzi, plunge pool, Amber Spa
& Gymnasium. It is still the artistic rustic elements that are most attention grabbing from many other aspects of
this hotel.