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Celebrity chefs will arrive in Ho Chi Minh City to show off their cooking skill at a special four-day Masters of Food&Wine Sai Gon event at Park Hyatt Sai Gon on September 3, 2008.

The five chefs include Kiyoni Mikuni, Japan’s leading French chef from Hotel de Mikuni, Tokyo, Greg Doyle and Grant King from Pier Restaurant, at the top of Sydney’s dining list for the past 15 years, Ron Blaauw from Palazzo, Amsterdam and Gottfried Schuetzenberger of Grant Hyatt Singapore, who took his third Pastry Chef of the Year title at the Wold Gourment Summit Awards of Excellence 2008.

These masters will share their kills and pair international techniques and local food products to create a series of fresh and exciting cuisine which will be complimented with a selection of prestigious wines to be on display during the festive days.

The Masters of Food and Wine Sai Gon will include intimate gourmet dinners featuring guest chef’s creations, a food and wine affair, wine tasting and wine workshops by 13 leading winemakers from all continents, Exciting cooking sessions with cooking class menus designed by each chef from September 3 to 7 will also be featured.

The Grant of Food and Wine Gala Dinner, which features a six-course set menu and wine exclusively designed by each chef, is the highlight of the event which will start at 6.30pm on September 6, 2008 at the hotel’s Ballroom.

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The southernmost province of Ca Mau received 516,000 visitors in the first eight months of this year, including 11,000 foreigners, the largest number so far.

The number of tourists to Ca Mau saw a year-on-year increase of 23 percent, while the province’s tourism revenue posted an 18 percent rise from last year to reach 200 billion VND (12.1 million USD).

Primeval cajuput and mangrove forests and the cape are most attractive to visitors, particularly foreigners.

Other destinations such as Hon Da Bac, Khai Long tourist site, afforestation yard 184, Song Doc seaport, the gas-electricity-fertiliser complex and bird sanctuaries also lured large numbers of tourists.

Local authorities expects to receive 1 million visitors per annum as from 2010 by working to improve tourism facilities and transport infrastructure and to address the shortage of professional tourism mangers and tourist guides.

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