Academy names MCA finalists
The Academy of Culinary Arts has announced the finalists for the 2000 Master of Culinary Arts awards.
Eighteen finalists will compete at the finals on 23 September (restaurant management and service) at London's Le Gavroche and 4 October (culinary skills and hotel pastry) at Thames Valley University, Slough. They are:
Culinary skills
Georg Heise, the Landmark, London; Steve Munkley, Royal Garden hotel, London; Mark Page, Commonwealth Club, London; Jerome Ponchelle, the Connaught, London; Keith Stanley, Langan's Coq d'Or, London; Eyck Zimmer, chef-consultant.
Hotel pastry
Andrew Bourne, Claridge's, London; William Curley, the Savoy, London; Jean-Marc Diop, Crème de la Crème, London; Keith Hurdman, Personal restaurant, Zurich; Camille Jauffret, 1 Lombard Street, London; Keith Marley, Lehman Brothers, London; Yolande Stanley, London School of Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure.
Restaurant management and service
David Hayward, the Manor House hotel, Chippenham, Wiltshire; Diego Masciaga, the Waterside Inn, Bray, Berkshire; Vito Scaduto, Bath Priory; Elaine Watson, Gleneagles, Auchterarder.
