Daelim University Hotel Culinary Department Sweeps Culinary Skills Competitions

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Eom In-yong] Daelim University's Hotel Culinary Department in Anyang is garnering attention as it has swept awards at Korea's most prestigious culinary skills competitions, earning renown as a 'renowned culinary education program'.

Thirteen students from three teams in the university's Hotel Culinary Department Sketch & Cook Club recently won gold medals at both the '2024 World Food Trend Fair' and the '2024 Korean Small Business Owner & Master Chef Culinary Skills Competition'.

In particular, in the Western Cuisine Meat 3-Course/3-Course Cooking Live competition, students Lee Ye-chan, Min Jong-woo, Kim Su-hyun, Jang Hyun-jun, and Lee Sun-woo of the Black and White Chef team received special awards; students Choo Yu-bin, Park Han-byul, Lee Da-yoon, and Jeon Hye-won of the Daelim Girl S team received top honors; and students In Hyuk-jin, Kim Seung-hyun, Choi Soon-wook, and Kim Gyu-min of the Straw Hat Pirates team received commendations, demonstrating the department's standing as the nation's premier culinary education program.

Daelim University's Hotel Culinary Department has become the nation's most prestigious culinary program largely thanks to Professor Jang Myeong-ha.

Professor Jang served as Korea's national culinary team representative and won gold and silver medals at the '2021 Singapore Culinary Competition', and participated as national team leader at the '2012 German Culinary Olympics' and the '2014 Luxembourg Culinary World Cup', bringing extensive experience in international culinary competitions.

Having competed in both the Culinary Olympics and Culinary World Cup while sweeping medals, Professor Jang has earned recognition as the most experienced 'master chef' among South Korea's culinary national representatives.

Professor Jang Myeong-ha stated, "I feel great satisfaction that my students participated in the 2024 World Food Trend Fair and 2024 Small Business Owner & Master Chef Culinary Skills Competition and achieved excellent results in each category," and added, "I will devote my full efforts so that my students become top culinary masters by achieving good results in various competitions including individual and group live cooking, exhibition competitions, food business startup exhibitions, rice cake, confectionery and baking exhibitions, and Western cuisine 3-course live cooking competitions, utilizing diverse ingredients."