YEAR NAME OF TOWN/COUNTRY CLASSES JUDGED …€¦ · Art 2015 Sri Lanka Chief Judge 2015 ... Riyadh Organizer 2014 Chef Circle Dammam Organizer ... School of the Year

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Thomas A. Gugler

WACS Continental Director

Certified A WACS Judge

Africa & Middle East

Executive Master Chef*

Director F&B

Office: +966 (2) 229 22 22 (Ext. 1030)

Mobile: +966 (0) 507795362

Email: [email protected]

[email protected]

YEAR NAME OF

COMPETITION

TOWN/COUNTRY CLASSES JUDGED

2016

2015 Sial Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, UAE Judge

2015 Global Semi-Final Special Cairo, Egypt Chief Judge

2015 HACE, Salon Culinaire Cairo, Egypt Judge

2015 Salon Culinaire Jeddah, KSA Organizer

2015 Ukrainian Culinary Union Kiev, Ukraine Chief Judge

2015 Chef A La Russe Vladimir, Russia Chief Judge

2015 Chef A La Russe Sochi, Russia Chief Judge

2015 Salon Culinaire QCP Doha, Qatar Chief Judge

2015 Africa Cup Windhoek, Namibia Chief Judge

2015 IFCA Congress New Delhi, India Speaker

2015 Izmir URLA Championship Izmir, Turkey Chief Judge

2015 Food Hospitality Asia Male, Maldives Chief Judge

2015 Chef Guild of Lanka Culinary

Art 2015

Sri Lanka

Chief Judge

2015 East Coast Cooking

Competition

Fujairah, UAE/ Team Chief Judge

2015 Semi-Final Hans Bueschkens Qatar/ Doha Chief Judge

2015 AlHarithy Exhibition

Cooking Competition

3rd

Chefs Table Circle

Jeddah KSA Organizer

2015 Chef a la Russe Moscow, Russia Live Cooking Competition

2015 Open Cooking Championship Bolu/Turkey - 10,000 pax

2015 IFCA Chennai, India Conference Speaker

2015 North Greece Cooking

Competition

Thessaloniki Greece Chief Judge

2015 Gulf Food Dubai, UEA Live Cooking Competition Beef &

Fish

2015 Istanbul Gastronomy Festival Istanbul, Turkey Static Display & Champions’

Trophy

2015 Chef & Chef – Opening Jeddah Inauguration Opening

2014 Cooking Competition Turkey, Istanbul Live Cooking Classes

2014 Gulf Food Competition Dubai, UAE Static Display and Show Pieces

2014 Jeddah Open Cooking 2014 Jeddah, KSA Organizer

2014 Chef Circle Hiton Jeddah Organizer 2014 Chef Circle Intercontinental

Riyadh

Organizer

2014 Chef Circle Dammam Organizer 2014 Junior Cooking Competition Amman/Jordan Live Cooking Competition

2014 Docello Pastry Cup Jeddah Organizer

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2014 East Coast Competition Fujairah/UAE Chief Judge

2014 Docello Pastry Cup Riyadh Organizer 2014 Docello Pastry Cup Dahran Organizer 2014 Cooking Competition Bethlehem/Palestine Chief Judge

2014 Cooking Competition Mauritius Chief Judge

2014 3rd

Chennai Trade Fair India Chennai Chief Judge

2014 Cooking Competition Yekaterinburg/Russia Chief Judge

2014 Cooking Competition Male/Maldives Static Classes

2014 Int’l BBQ 350 pax

Food Festival

Gaziantep Turkey Press Event

Food Festival

2014 HORECA Jordan/Amman Live Cooking Competition

2014 World Culinary Cup Dubai Live Cooking Competition

2014 WACS Certification

Ceremony

Beirut, Lebanon Guest of Honor

2014 HACE Cairo, Egypt Live Cooking Competition

2014 Docello Cup Final KAUST Jeddah Organizer

2014 HORECA Riyadh Static & Live Cooking Competition

2014 REED Competition Jeddah Organizer

2014 Cooking Competition Sial/Abu Dhabi Chief Judge

2013 Chef Guild of Lanka

Culinary Art 2013 Colombo, Sri Lanka

Chocolate Show pieces

Plated Dessert

Plated Starters

2013

2nd

East Coast Competition

Fujairah/UAE Fujairah, UAE President of the Jury

2013

Top Chef 2013

Salon Culinaire

Saudi Arabia

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Organizer

2013

Biser Mora/Pearl of the Sea

Brac, Croatia

Live Cooking Event Lamb

Live Cooking Event Dessert

Live Cooking Event Vegetarian

Final Live Cooking Cup Biser

Mora

2013

North Greece Cooking

Competition

Thessaloniki, Greece

Vegetarian Contest

Pork Contest

Lamb Contest

Restaurant Dessert of Southern

Europe Student of the Year

Chef of the Year

School of the Year

Team of the Year

Pastry of the Year

2013

Emirates Salon Culinaire

Dubai, UAE

Live practical butchery class

Live practical Junior fish pre

preparation

Live practical Junior chicken pre

preparation

Emirati Cuisine Live cooking event

2012 HACE Competition Cairo, Egypt Live cooking competition, Live

Sandwich competition

Mystery Basket, MLA True Chef

Challenge

2012 IKA Cooking Olympics Erfurt/Germany Jury Leader Junior National Teams

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Category A/B

2012 Junior Challenge Club Al

Gusto

Moscow/Russia Live Sandwich and Salads

2012 Culinary Challenge Quatre

Bones/Mauritius

President of Jury (live Set Menu)

2012 Hotel Asia Male/ Maledives Live Chicken Dish, Live Fish Dish,

Live Dress the Cake, Live Salad

Creation

2012 HORECA Riyadh/ Saudi Arabia Live Chicken Dish, Live Fish dish,

Live Saudi Dishes, Starter / Main

Course live

2012 Burjuman Junior Chef of the

Year

Dubai/UAE President of the Jury, Bread and

Salt Dough Show Pieces, Free

Show pieces Sugar, Pastillage, Petit

four & Friandese, Three Tier

Wedding, Cake, Vegetable Carving

Statik and Live, 3 Course Gourmet

Menu show cold, 6 Dessert Plates

(cold), Tappas and finger food

2012 Cooking Competition "

Arad's Culinary Cup"

Timisoasra/Romania Culinary Cup Timisoara

Appetizers/ Creativity Dishes

2012 Yekaterinburg Cooking

Championships

Yekaterinburg Life cooking competitions

2012 FHA Culinary Challenge Singapore Life cooking category/ Hot

fish/seafood dishes

2012 2012 International Open Air

Cooking Championship IASI

Romania

Romania Salon Culinaire/ Outdoor cooking

categories hot pot, grill, seared,

stove & creation

2012 National Salon Culinaire in

Hurghada/Egypt

Egypt Tappas, Show Platters, 3 Course

Menu, Students from Hotel

Business Schools

2012 Biser Mora "Pearl of the Sea Croatia Live cooking competitions,

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Competition" Brac/Croatia Chicken dish, Ethnic dish,

Vegetarian dish, Pasta dish, Fish

dish, Presentations, Team

Competition, Cup Pearl of the Sea,

2012 Anchor Master Chef Final

Middle East

Dubai/UAE 3 Course Set Menu

2012 Salon Culinaire at the Gulf

Food Emirates Chef Guild

Dubai/UAE Ice carvings/ Novelty Cake

2012 Anchor Master Chef

Challenge Middle East Team

Event

Saudi Arabia 3 Course Set Menu (12 Plates)

2011 MCA International Chefs

Challenge

Mauritius Live Cooking Team Event (4

Courses Live Cooking

Competition)

2011 HACE/Cairo Egypt Live Cooking Competitions, UFS

Best Senior Chef of the Year, UFS

Best Junior Chef of the Year, Chefs

Team Challenge Best Pasta Dishes

Ladies Cup

2011 Culinary Art Colombo Sri Lanka Show Pieces Pastry, Novelty

Cakes, Wedding Cakes, Bier

Cocktail Competition

2011 Salon Culinaire Cairo &

Middle East Forum

Egypt Arabic 4 Course Menu, Wedding

Cakes, Novelty Cakes, Team

Events ,3 Course Menus

2011 National Salon Culinaire Jeddah Saudi Arabia All Categories, Live Cooking,

Barista, Mocktail, Show Plates, 5

Course Menu, Show Pieces,

Novelty Cakes, Wedding Cakes,

Arabic Sweets, Ice Carving,

Vegetable Carving

2011 National Salon Culinaire Cairo/Egypt Wedding Cake, Novelty Cake, Petit

Fours, 3 Plated Desserts, Team

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Event Salon Culinaire

2011 Hotel Asia Maledives Male/Maledives Bakery Show Pieces, Novelty and

Wedding Cakes, Live Carving,

Live Cooking Beef Dishes, 3

Course Menu Live Cooking, Plated

Desserts,

2011 Skmer Competition Biser

Mora

Brac / Croatia Live Cooking Competition

2011 Salon Culinaire at the Gulf

food

Dubai /UAE Life Fish and Seafood Competition

Tapas and Fingerfood

2010 Rudolf Achenbach Preis Final

in Frankfurt

Frankfurt/ Germany Tasting of the final results,

appearance, up to date dishing and

presentational skills

2010 National Salon Culinaire Cairo Egypt 3 Set Menu Juniors, 3 Set Menu

Seniors, Show Plates, Junior 3

assorted Arabic Dishes, Senior 3

assorted Arabic Dishes, 3 Main

courses Set Juniors, 3 Set Main

Courses Seniors

2010 Organizing the National

Salon Culinaire for Saudi

Arabia, TOP CHEF & Art de

table Competition in Jeddah

Kingdom of Saudi

Arabia

Overall organization and

establishing/introducing the event,

execution and lounging

2010 Dubai Junior Chef Challenge

and Junior Salon Culinaire

Dubai Live cooking events, beef dishes,

Emirati Beef dishes, Sea food and

fish dishes, Emirati Fish dishes

Achenbach Pokal

Germany

Germany Live Cooking Competition

2010 Cairo Egypt HACE

Competition

Cairo/ Egypt Mystry Basket

Chef of the Year UFS

Pasta Competition

Asian Food

Ladys Cup

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Juhaina Cup

2010 Dubai Salon Culinaire 2010 Dubai / UAE Novelty Cake, Cake Decoration

live, Show pieces, Sugar show

pieces, Chocolate Showpieces,

Vegetable live Carving, Petit Fours,

5 Set plated Desserts, Bread

Display, Buffet Show piece

2009 Semi Final Culinary Global

Youth Chefs Challenge

Johannesburg / South

Africa

Entire Event, Representative for

one of the participating countries

2009 Dubai Salon Culinaire 2009 Dubai / UAE Ice carving, Live Butchery

Competition

2009 Dubai Junior Chef

Competition 2009

Dubai / UAE Live cooking, Arabic Mezzah, Live

Fish Cooking

2009 Salon Culinaire Cairo Egypt

2009

Cairo Egypt 5 Set Menu, Show Plates,

Restoration Plates, Show pieces,

Novelty Cake, 3 tier Wedding

Cake, Chocolate Show pieces,

Novelty Cakes, Sugar Show pieces,

Arabic Dishes, Vegetarian Dishes,

Petit Fours

2008 Cairo Egypt Hace

Competition

Cairo Egypt Hot 3 Course Live cooking,

Gourmet Menu Live Cooking,

Vegetable Live Carving, Mystery

Basket, Knorr Chef of the Year,

Johayna Life Cooking, Sandwich

live preparation, Cake decoration

live


2008







Petit Fours

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2008 Bocuse D’Or Beirut/ Lebanon Beirut/ Lebanon The entire Competitions as per

Bocuse d’Or description and guide

lines

2008 Sri Lanka Salon Culinaire

2008

Sri Lanka 3 Course Menu live cooking, Ice

Carving, Show pieces

2008 HORECA Beirut/Lebanon

2008

Beirut/Lebanon All Categories, Hot, Cold, Ice

Carvings, Vegetables Carvings,

Show pieces, Novelty Cakes,

Wedding Cakes, Live Cake

Preparation, Live Sandwich

making, 5 Course dinner, Tapas

and Finger food, 5 Set Menu, Show

Plates, Restoration Plates,

Chocolate Show pieces, Sugar

Show pieces, Arabic Dishes,

Vegetarian Dishes, Petit Fours


2007







Petit Fours


2007







Petit Fours


2007









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2007 HORECA Amman/Jordan

2007

Amman/Jordan All Categories, Hot, Cold, Ice












Competition







live


2006







Petit Fours


2006











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2006 HORECA Amman/Jordan

2006

Amman/Jordan All Categories, Hot, Cold, Ice












Competition




Basket, Knorr chef of the Year,



live


2005







Petit Fours


2005












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2005 TOP CHEF 2005

Al Harithy Exhibition

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Live Cooking competition, best

Chef of Middle East by Nestle


Competition







live


2004







Petit Fours

2004 TOP CHEF 2004

Al Harithy Exhibition

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Live Cooking competition, best

Chef of Middle East by Nestle


Competition







live


Competition




Basket, Knorr chef of the Year,



live

2003 HORECA Beirut/Lebanon Beirut/Lebanon All Categories, Hot, Cold, Ice


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2003 Show pieces, Novelty Cakes,










2002












2002 REWE Pokal 2002 Germany Live Cooking Competition

2001 REWE Pokal 2001 Germany Live Cooking Competition

2001 Petersburg, Bonn, DEHOGA

German National

Youth Championships 2001

Petersburg, Bonn Live Cooking Competition

Specials:

WCTAH World Chef Tour against Hunger

South Africa (10 Days) Nelspruit & Johannesburg

WCWB World Chefs without Border

Humanitarian Trip

Somalia (10 Days) Gharissa, Mbalambala, Dhabab

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Profile / Bio:

Education : Certified Master Chef

AlMashfa 7* Hospital, Jeddah / Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Director F&B, Executive Master Chef

Awarded with 244 Trophies, Medals, Certificates, & Token of

Appreciations

Professional Membership:

Member of WACS (World Association of Chefs Societies)

Board Member and National Coach Saudi Arabian Chefs Association (SARCA)

Founder/Chairman & Owner Saudi Arabian Chef Table Circle (SACTC)

Member Euro toques & World toque certified *Star Chef

Member of VKD (German Chefs Association)

Member of the South African Chefs Association

Member Circle de Chefs de Lebanon

Member of the Egyptian Chefs Association

Member of the Malaysian Chefs Association

Member of the North Greece Chef’s Association

Member of the Slovenian Culinary Academy

Honorary Member of the Emirates Culinary Guild

Honorary Member ACEEA Chefs Association Romania

Honorary Member Russian Chefs Association

Honorary Member of the Mauritius Chefs Association

Honorary Member of the Palestine Chefs Association

Honorary Member “Taste of Peace”

Honorary Member of Romanian Chefs Association- ANBCT

Honorary Member of Indian Federation of Culinary Association (IFCA)

Honorary Member of Izmir Chefs Association

Honorary Lifetime Member of Toques Blanche “ Horseshoe Chapter” Canada

Honorary Member of Ukrainian Culinary Union

Teacher of Hotel Business & Vocational Schools

Member of the Master Guild Association

Ambassador for Germany & Saudi Arabia for SKMER Chefs Ass. European and

Mediterranean Areas

Majstorom Kuharom 1 Reda SKMER Chefs Ass. European and Mediterranean Areas

IHK (German Industrial Handworks Chamber Representative & Committee Member)

Member Culinary Team” Let’s go Magic” Germany

Former Trainer of the German National Youth Cooking Team (R.T.W.A.)

Board Member "World Chefs Without Borders"

Honorary Member of Kyrgyzstan Chefs Association

Certificate Manager de la Hotelerie-Restaurationet Tourism R.D.T. Institute International de

la Hotelerie, de la Restaurationet du Tourisme Lausanne & Poznan

Artistic Developer & Advisor/ Founding Member of Food Lab

Food Competitions and judging history:

Russia

Romania

Croatia

BHG Bavaria

DEHOGA Petersberg

REWE Pokal

Achenbach Pokal

HOGAKA Karlsruhe

HOGA Nuernberg

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Internorga

Intergastra Stuttgart

Palestine

Frankfurt IKA Cooking Olympics

Austria, Salzburg

Strasbourg

India

Singapore

South Korea

Luxembourg Culinary World Cup

Basel IGEHO

Erfurt IKA Cooking Olympics

Beirut

Kuwait

Thailand

Dagestan

Ukraine

Jordan/Amman

Saudi Arabia

Dubai, UAE

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Cairo

Sri Lanka

Maldives

Poland

Mauritius

South Africa Semi-finals of the junior world challenge

Namibia

Tunisia

Vietnam

Qatar

Greece

Turkey

France

Specials:

2010 WACS Congress in Santiago/ Chile

2012 WACS Congress in Daejeon/South Korea

2012 Conducted Master classes in Moscow

2012 Conducted Master classes in Yekaterinburg

2012 Master Chef Award Class A for the European and Mediterranean Regions SKMER

2012 Former Trainer of the German National Youth Cooking team

Golden Merit Award from the VKD

2013 WACS Board Meeting Las Vegas, USA

2014 WACS Board Meeting in Macao, China

2014 WCWB Board Meeting in Bucharest, Romania

2014 WACS World Congress in Stavanger, Norway

2014 Board Meeting in Durban

2014 Metro Cup/Master Class Competition & TV Show in Moscow, Russia

2014 Cheese Tasting Tour in USA

2014 Charity Event in Bled, Slovenia, WCWB

2015 WACS Board Meeting in Johannesburg

2015 Founding WACS Association in Kuwait

2015 IFCA WACS Board Meeting, New Delhi, India

2015 Guest Speaker IFCA, New Delhi, India

2015 Guest Speaker World Summit, Sial Abu Dhabi, UAE

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2015 Guest Speaker Reed Sunaidi Exhibition, KSA

Medals:

178 Gold Medals, 750 awards, token of appreciations, trophies and honors from international cooking

competitions globally.

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