RACHNA LAL
SUVA
Hollywood has the Golden Globes before the Oscars. For the Tanoa Hotel Group here, it is the Tanoa Salon Culinaire before the National Moffat Salon Culinaire.
This is Tanoa Hotel Group’s premiere culinary event in celebration of a journey dating back 2008.
The locally-originated hotel group uses this event as a platform to select its participants/competitors what it says is a “most transparent and fair process” for the national competition.
The Tanoa Salon Culinaire 2014 begins today and continues till tomorrow at the Tanoa International Hotel in Nadi.
Tanoa Hotel Group director, Kalpana Reddy, described the event as a unique situation where all teams at Tanoa Hotels compete in skills which they perform daily at work.
“There will be competition both amongst fellow colleagues and members from sister properties,” she said.
“One must not let down their guard but draw on your knowledge, strength, confidence and ability to perform second to none.”
Event for its people
Group Training and Development manager, Alamgeer Shah, said: “This event is about our people and for our people.
“As part of our Tanoa Way culture and service philosophy, it is about our people having fun, helping each other success, being passionate, embracing the Tanoa family and eventually celebrating success.”
“At Tanoa, our people are our main assets, hence, we continuously seek to train, develop and empower them.
“It is about recognising the talent we have, acknowledging it and reinforcing their abilities by providing them the appropriate platform to display their skills and flair.”
Who says a little competition internally is a bad thing.
Mr Shan stressed fun and games apart, this event is a true test of skills and competency.
“It provides the opportunity to test our employees hence a win-win situation for all,” he said.
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