“You Are The Chef” Annual Culinary Award-Giving Ceremony
《洋厨房》年度厨师颁奖盛典

Grand Hotels magazine joined hands with popular English-speaking cooking program “You are the Chef” and China’s major web portal style.sina.com.cn to launch the forth culinary award-giving ceremony at Hilton Shanghai Hongqiao on Dec. 2, 2011, which was expected to be even more impressive than the previous ones. Chef of the Year Award is its top award. The winners were voted by TV viewers and readers of both print and online media as well as by the Host and producers of “You are the Chef” and editors of Grand Hotels. Viewer’s rates also contributed to the final results, and the highest vote reached a number of 23,227. At the mean time, a grand annual culinary award-giving ceremony will be held at Hilton Shanghai Hongqiao 46 top chef candidates from major luxury hotels in China will compete for the ”Chef of the Year” award. Besides there will be 18 Future Star Awards, 27 Other Single Awards as well as 3 Awards for Best Cover of Grand Hotels Magazine, and 2nd Top 12 Hotel Awards Giving Ceremony.
 
Around 450 guests, comprised of general managers of the international branded hotels in Shanghai, F&B directors and executive chefs with the luxury properties in Beijing, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Kunshan, high-ranking executives of the Fortune 500 multinational companies and foreign consuls-general in Shanghai, government officials and the representatives of top media in town, were present to witness the award-giving ceremony, which also included an extravagant dinner party and live entertainment. All the winners received congratulations from the enthusiastic guests, who spent a memorable happy evening at Hilton Shanghai Hongqiao, which played host to the event.

Besides Hilton Shanghai Hongqiao, METRO Jinjiang Cash & Carry Co., Ltd （Prestige Sponser）which offered all ingredients and wines of the event, other sponsors are: Home Base Ceramics Co.,Ltd, Villeroy & Boch Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, ARC GLASSWARE NANJING CO., LTD, Top fitness equipment brand PRECOR U.S.A together with the Chinese agent company ＂Fitness Solutions Shanghai＂.

Specializing in reporting hotels and the hospitality trade, Grand Hotels has been dedicated to bringing average consumers closer to high-end hotels since the publication of its debut issue in December, 2005. The facelift in 2009 has not only given the magazine a new look, but also enabled us to make timely release of trade information — from hotel news to operation concepts, from interior and layout to culture — with accuracy. In no time is Grand Hotels unaware of the new opportunities in hotels and our everyday life. The ultimate goal is to show the various sides of the hotel industry to consumers, while at the same time deliver their messages back to hotels.

First broadcast on July 7, 2002, “You are the Chef” is a popular English-speaking cooking program produced by Dragon TV’s foreign languages center. Every episode features an easy-to-cook food delight prepared by Host Heidi, a native of Australia, and a seasoned hotel chef. It is now shown on ICS at 18:30 weekdays (starting early 2008). A lifestyle program targeting white-collar foodies and interested housewives, “You are the Chef” is considered the epitome of hotel food and fashion in Shanghai and elsewhere in China. Viewers can relish flavorful hotel offerings at home.

Since March, 2007 when it began cooperating with “You are the Chef”, Grand Hotels magazine has been making good use of its abundant hotel resources, carefully selecting from the luxury hotels in Shanghai and other Chinese cities and talented hotel chefs in the hope of showing the best of the city’s hospitality and culinary scene to the viewers and readers, who are now able to access “You are the Chef” via TV, magazine and the internet. It is committed to discovering more great hotels and promising chefs in the future, and showcasing the diversity of hotel food and beverages to a bigger readership.

Hilton Shanghai Hongqiao is another milestone in Hilton Worldwide's development, and is conveniently located in the rapidly developing Hongqiao section of the Minhang District which is home to many multinational companies.The property offers 675 spacious and luxurious guestrooms opened for reservation. Comprising three stunning towers set in a prime location, just 15 minutes from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, the hotel offers three restaurants and bars, two rooftop tennis courts, a 25-metre heated indoor swimming pool and the largest ballroom in the Puxi area.

继2010年成功举办《洋厨房》年度风尚颁奖盛典曁奢华晚宴之后，2011年12月2日《大酒店》杂志将再次联合《洋厨房》栏目、新浪网尚品频道精心筹办，志在将今年在虹桥元一希尔顿酒店举办的《洋厨房》年度厨师颁奖晚会打造成一场饕餮盛宴。除“年度最佳厨师”大奖外，我们还将为展现出特别天赋的厨师颁发其他奖项。各大奖项是由《洋厨房》电视节目主持人，电视制作人，《大酒店》编辑，通过研究每个节目的收视率，电视观众、包括ICS、《大酒店》以及新浪网尚品频道的读者的投票结果总结产生，其中最高人气票数高达768033票。届时，将会在上海虹桥元一希尔顿酒店上演一场别开生面的《洋厨房》年度豪华版将盛典暨奢华宴会。整场颁奖晚会将有46位顶级酒店的候选厨师将角逐“年度厨师”大奖。最终将会颁出18个鼓励奖、27个单项奖及四个《大酒店》杂志年度最佳封面大奖以及《大酒店》、新浪网共同颁出的第二届十二大风尚酒店奖。

150位上海国际集团酒店的总经理和来自于北京，苏州、杭州和昆山的餐饮总监及行政总厨、前50强跨国公司的总经理、上海总领事和政府官员、顶级媒体，总计约450人将出席此次缤纷奢华的晚宴。被装点得别具一格豪华会场，加上缤纷奢华的晚宴，并不时有精彩的娱乐节目助兴，定将给当晚客人带来一个愉快而又难忘的夜晚。
 
此次活动除了得到了上海虹桥元一希尔顿酒店、锦江麦德龙现购自运有限公司的鼎力支持外，其余赞助的有：上海雅家时尚瓷业有限公司，唯宝贸易（上海）有限公司，弓箭玻璃器皿（南京）有限公司,“美国顶级健身器材品牌必确PRECOR及其中国代理上海巍得健身器材有限公司。

2005年12月第一本《大酒店》发刊，作为一本酒店业的专业杂志从创刊之日起就致力于拉近高端酒店与消费者之间的距离。2009年《大酒店》全面改版并重磅推出电子杂志，更多、更快、更准确地介绍酒店业最新资讯。从简单的酒店新闻到酒店管理，从酒店布局到酒店文化，杂志无时无刻不在发觉酒店与生活的契机，带给消费者一个不同的酒店行业，同时关注消费者对待酒店业的心声。

《洋厨房》是东方卫视外语中心从2002年7月7日开始，推出的一档全新理念的时尚类服务性栏目。栏目云集了上海一流的大厨，汇萃了世界各地的美味佳肴，每期都会邀请一位大厨和澳大利亚女主持Heidi一起，制作一道美观可口的佳肴。该节目从2008年开始改版为日播，每天的下午6点30分在上海外语频道播出，向时尚白领和热爱美食的高端家庭主妇奉上一道简单易学的饕餮美食，展现这个城市中的时尚美食和精致生活。《洋厨房》节目为观众带来的是对大酒店中的美食和不同地域口味的想像。这档双语烧菜节目旨在让观众在家亦可享受星级酒店的佳肴。

《大酒店》杂志于2007年3月与上海外语频道ICS烧菜栏目《洋厨房》合作至今已有快4年的时间。携手至今，《大酒店》以其丰富的酒店资源，为该节目精挑细选沪上五星级国际酒店，在一展各位名厨的超凡厨艺的同时，也将各星级酒店的风采演绎得淋漓尽致，为观众带来各大酒店中的美食和不同地域口味的想象，并着力挖掘更多更好的酒店和金牌厨师。凭借电视、杂志、网络各种渠道让观众了解、贴近《洋厨房》。同时，《大酒店》也为众多酒店打开窗口，透过节目，揭开酒店神秘的面纱，缩小了彼此间的距离感，让更多的朋友了解酒店的精彩。

上海虹桥元一希尔顿酒店是希尔顿全球发展的另一重要里程碑，酒店地处上海虹桥中央商务区，是上海最新的商业中心区域之一，吸引了众多跨国企业和商务游客。酒店由三栋大楼组成，距离上海虹桥机场仅15分钟车程，其675间宽敞豪华的客房，3间风格迥异的餐厅和酒吧，2个露天网球场，25米室内恒温泳池，以及浦西地区最大的宴会厅，将一如既往地为宾客带来希尔顿享誉全球的贴心服务。