French and Asian cuisine fusion fest

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The Hotel Majestic Saigon, together with Le Cordon Bleu International, will host a food fest themed “Flavor Fusions” at Serenade Restaurant (7th floor) & Prima Ballroom (5th floor) of the hotel on June 8, 9 and 12.

This three-day festival sees three top international chefs performing master class demonstrations and also includes a gala dinner. French Michellin Star Chef Frederic Lesourd and Chef Fabrice Danniel will work together with Executive Chef Mozart Muhamad of the hotel and his culinary team to demonstrate recipes that will include rarely-seen French and Asia Fusion food and pastry and offer participants an exciting and unique challenge.

There will be opportunities to sample each cuisine as well as a French buffet lunch and Fusion high tea. Flavor Fusions wraps up with an Asian-French Fusion Blue Ribbon gala dinner.

The food fest will also offer participants culinary master classes to gain hands-on instruction in international techniques. Each participant will receive a Le Cordon Bleu Certificate of Attendance for master class demonstrations.

A Le Cordon Bleu Cuisine master class and buffet lunch prepared by Chef Frederic Lesourd will take place on June 8 at Serenade Restaurant from 10 a.m. to noon at the price of US$35.00 net/person. Recipes will include French-style salmon, chicken and also fusion dessert.

Chef Frederic Lesourd is a Le Cordon Bleu International Chef, a Chef de Cuisine in Palais de l’Elysee (Residence of the French President), a Michelin Chef in Paris in restaurants and hotels such as Le Maxim’s, Le Jardin des Cygnes and L’Espandon Hotel Ritz.

On June 9, a Le Cordon Bleu Patisserie master class and high tea will be held at Serenade Restaurant from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the price of US$30.00 net/person.

In the class, Chef Fabrice will demonstrate Fusion desserts and gateau au chocolate, which can be enjoyed at high tea.

Chef Fabrice Danniel is a Le Cordon Bleu International Executive Chef and a Michelin Patisserie Chef and he has worked in many international restaurants and hotels such as Restaurant Faugeron, Le Pavillon Elysee Lenotre (Paris), Hotel Martinez-Cannes and Sheraton Doha Hotel Resort.