Sunway University Students Travel to Hong Kong for Research

Final year students pursuing the BSc (Hons) International Hospitality Management at Sunway University’s Centre for Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Management (CTHCM) recently went on a field trip to Hong Kong. The trip was planned to enhance the students’ learning experience for their Strategic Management Module.

Prior to the trip, students were assigned a 7 to 8 weeks pre-departure research and literature review on their chosen topics, which led to the formation of their various groups. The chosen topics included Tourism Development in Hong Kong; Assessing Heritage Planning/ Preservation in Hong Kong; and How to Improve Long Stay Tourism in Hong Kong.

Students [at the back] with the management team of The Excelsior [front from left] Kit Tong, Director of Market Analysis; Doris Ip, Director of HR; Eric Kee, Hotel Manager and their lecturers Daniel Chong and Adeline Kok of Sunway University

Sunway University Students’ Recipe for Success

Sunway University’s Team headed by Patrick Siau, Teaching Fellow and Head Chef together with Soon Pau Voon, Teaching Fellow came out tops in this year’s Food & Hotel Asia (FHA) Culinary Challenge (FCC) in Singapore. The team comprised of students and one Teaching Fellow of Sunway University’s Culinary Arts programme from the Centre for Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Management (CTHCM) took home 3 golds, 3 silvers and 1 bronze. This is the highest achievement by students from CTHCM.

Twenty year old Evelyn Chung Hui Jin who partnered Low Wai Mun to win the gold in the Class 11, Two to Tango attributed her achievement to, “Support and guidance from my chefs and the great teamwork with my partner”. In this Apprentice Team Competition, two apprentice chefs were required to prepare an appetizer and one hot main course of fish or seafood for four people within an hour.

From left: Low Wai Mun, Evelyn Chung Hui Jin, Lai Weng Choon, Chong Wei Tzeh, Allison Chin Li Jing, Allen Lim Fuye and Queeny Cheong Peg Gie.

Sunway hospitality and culinary students prepared a banquet

Sunway University’s Centre for Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Management students recently participated in the Youth Chef Table 2012 to have a feel for preparing a banquet.  The Inaugural Youth Chef’s Table dinner organised by Chef Richmond Lim, special events chairman of Chefs Association of Malaysia, saw 80 students from various culinary related programmes including Sunway’s BSc (Hons) International Hospitality Management and Diploma in Culinary Arts students preparing a scrumptious nine-course dinner for 260 guests at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.  

The two desserts displayed at the Youth Chef Table 2012