The World Food Expo or Wofex, the country’s biggest food show, is flying in world-renowned pastry chef Ewald Notter all the way from Florida to share his multi-awarded skills to the Philippine culinary world.

He will be in Manila for the entire duration of Wofex from August 3-6, at the SMX Convention Center and the World Trade Center, to serve as judge in the prestigious Philippine Culinary Cup, one of 14 foreign judges being flown in from all over the world for the competitions.

On August 5, Notter will have a seminar, also at the SMX Convention Center, to showcase the artistry that has earned him accolades as one of the finest confectionery chefs of the world.

Notter was born in Switzerland and trained at Confiserie Sprüngli in Zurich with Chef Willy Pfund, an authority on working in sugar. During this training, Notter became interested in pulling and blowing sugar. This hobby soon became his passion, and as a result, Notter has become renowned as a master of this craft.

He is also well known as a competitor and teacher. He was the first pastry professional inductee into the Pastry Art and Design Hall of Fame by Pastry Art and Design and Chocolatier magazines. In 1999, Notter won the gold medal at the first Beaver Creek Team Competition with T. Dubois.

In 2000, Ewald repeated this victory with Pfeiffer and Canonne. That same year, Notter was awarded “National Pastry Team Champion.” He was also honored as Pastry Chef of the Year and qualified to compete as part of the United States National Team in Lyon, France. Notter placed first in this competition, scoring 699 out of 700 points for sugar, thereby helping the United States Team achieve its first Gold Medal.

Since he stopped competing, Ewald has been consulting and judging numerous prestigious sugar and chocolate competitions around the world. In 2003, he was honored by the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences with the 5-Star Diamond award as “One of the Finest Confectionery Chefs of the World.”

Ewald is co-owner of the Notter School of Pastry Arts in Orlando, Florida.

For tickets or inquiries on his seminar, call Premier Events Plus Group, Inc. at 9297993, 9297963, 9280931, 929157, or e-mail us at [email protected].