Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition – the measure of culinary capacity in the region
GORILLA HIGHLANDS SILVERCHEF COMES TO RWANDA FOR THE FIRST TIME (Posted 24th April 2018) The 4th Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Regional Cooking Competition and Networking Event will be held in Kigali, Rwanda next weekend between the 28th and 29th of April 2018 at the Kigali Marriott Hotel. It has never taken place in Rwanda before. The […]
Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition – just days away
#MARRIOTT #KIGALI HOSTS 4TH EDITION OF REGIONAL CHEF CONTEST (Posted 23rd April 2018) 16 chefs from the geographical area comprising the ‘Gorilla Highlands‘ made it into the finals of this regional chef competition, which will be held at the Marriott Kigali Hotel, the first time the event is taking place outside Uganda. Now in its […]
Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition 2018 – See who joins the ‘Battle of the Spoons’
16 PARTICIPANTS MAKE IT TO THE ‘GORILLA HIGHLANDS SILVERCHEF COMPETITION‘ FINALS (Posted 13th March 2018) Dishes made at GH Silverchef 2015-2017; photo by Jiro Ose, Abby Bluth, Enock Luyonza The organizing committee for the 2018 edition of the Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition has just announced the 16 participating hotels / restaurants, this year covering all […]
Gorilla Highlands Silverchef competition on course for the weekend
AND THE 2017 SILVERCHEF WINNER IS … (Posted 10th May 2017) The Birdsnest at Bunyonyi Resort (http://www.birdnestatbunyonyi.com/) will this year provide the venue for the annual culinary competition staged by the Gorilla Highlands and some 15 chefs have signed up to the event to test their skills against each other. Launched three years ago by […]
Gorilla Highlands Silverchef competition oversubscribed due to the success in 2015
IT IS 16 CHEFS VYING FOR THE SILVERCHEF HAT THIS YEAR (Posted 21st April 2016) It is a month and a week to go to the second edition of the www.gorillahighlands.com chef competition and nominations have been halted after a total of 16 qualified chefs from the Gorilla Highlands area, this year expanded to the […]
Gorilla Highlands Silverchef competition will include Rwandan chefs for 2016 edition
CEPHAS INN KABALE NAMED AS VENUE FOR SILVERCHEF 2016 (Posted 14th March 2016) Gorilla Highlands’ chief Miha Logar has now confirmed that the second edition of the #GHSilverchef competition will this year take place at the Cephas Inn / Kabale on Saturday, 28th of May. The overwhelming success of the inaugural event, hosted last November […]
#GorillaHighlands Silverchef Competition heading to #Kigali
#MARRIOTT KIGALI THE VENUE FOR THE 2018 GORILLA HIGHLANDS #SILVERCHEF COMPETITION (Posted 06th January 2018) The Gorilla Highlands (GH) initiative is a project conceived by Miha Logar to globally brand and promote the transboundary region shared by Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to the endangered mountain gorillas. Instead of a short […]
Gorilla Highland Silverchef Competition 2019 moved to #Musanze #Rwanda
SILVERCHEF COMPETITION 2019 TO TAKE PLACE IN RWANDA AGAIN THIS YEAR (Posted 31st July 2019) (2018 Silverchef Winner Chef Rama of the Marriott Hotel in Kigali) 2019 was to be the year, when the regional Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition should have moved to the city of Goma, for the first time ever incorporating Eastern Congo […]
Gorilla Highlands to hold another FREE boot camp in November
THE GORILLA HIGHLANDS – LEARN ALL THERE IS TO KNOW AT THEIR LAKE BUNYONYI BOOT CAMP (Posted 31st October 2018) Every year the Gorilla Highlands initiative has two main get-togethers. The Silverchef cooking competition and networking event is the better known one; it is an occasion to don your best clothes and small chat and […]
#GorillaHighlands booklet scores high on first user survey
GORILLA HIGHLANDS LAUNCH INNOVATIVE NEWSLETTER CONCEPT (Posted 17th June 2018) Miha Logar and his team were super busy after the recent Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition, conducted a survey how readers judge the user friendliness of their 2018 edition of their hand booklet and then created a new format for their news updates. Wrote Miha: It […]
The Gorilla Highlands – time to take a closer look of what this stands for
THE GORILLA HIGHLANDS ARE PEOPLE – SCENERY – ADVENTURE – MOUNTAINS – FORESTS – HOSPITALITY – FOOD … AND NOT TO FORGET THE MOUNTAIN GORILLAS WHO LIVED HERE WAY BEFORE US … (Posted 01st May 2018) By Miha Logar and ATCNews.org Chef Rama, First Rwandan to Win at Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Chef Ramadhan […]
… and the Gorilla Highlands Silverchef 2018 is …
HOME ADVANTAGE FOR SILVERCHEF WINNER RAMADHAN AS MARRIOTT KIGALI HOSTS THE EVENT (Posted 29th April 2018) (Chef Ramadhan wearing the Silverhat with Marriott Kigali’s Executive Chef Eduardo delighted to see one of his rising stars win the competition) The Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition is now in its fourth year. The first such event was held […]
Gorilla Highlands new pocket guide for Uganda now available
GET YOUR FREE COPY OF THE GORILLA HIGHLANDS POCKET GUIDE (Posted 18th September 2017) The fifth edition of the Gorilla Highlands Pocket Guide download it here (10 MB file size) has already been distributed in its print version across Rwanda and Uganda. The new guide booklet has not only been updated but also comprehensively expanded […]
Silverchef Culinary Competition produces amazing results
12 CHEFS AND 24 CREATIONS LATER HAS UGANDA GOT A NEW SILVERCHEF (Posted 15th May 2017) (Allan Mukasa, Gorilla Highlands Silverchef 2017) When the Gorilla Highlands first launched the Silverchef competition in 2015 was the initiative breaking new ground. Miha Logar, the main brain behind the Gorilla Highlands project and a group of close collaborators […]
Uganda’s Silverchef competition due for next weekend
GORILLA HIGHLANDS STAGES THIRD EDITION OF THE ANNUAL ‘SILVERCHEF COMPETITION‘ (Posted 06th May 2017) Chefs from Uganda and Rwanda will next weekend compete for honours again when they engage in culinary battle for the coveted ‘Silverchef Hat‘, South Western Uganda’s premier food competition. The venue this year will be the ‘Birdnest Resort‘ on Lake Bunyonyi […]
And the winner is … Levi Kato of Wilderness’ Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge
SILVERCHEF COMPETITION 2016 RAISES CULINARY STANDARDS (Posted 11th June 2016) This year’s Silverchef competition, held at Cephas Inn in the South Western Ugandan town of Kabale, for the first time involved chefs from neighbouring Rwanda, which geographically of course also is part of the Gorilla Highlands. The Gorilla Highlands concept relies on bringing people together, […]
And Uganda’s first #GHSilverchef is …
BANIS AHIMBISIBWE NAMED UGANDA’S FIRST ‘#GHSILVERCHEF’ (Posted 21st November 2015) Hot on the heels of yesterday’s Uganda Tourism Excellence Awards came today’s announcement of the winner of the much awaited Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition, which was cooked out and tasted out at the Travellers Rest Hotel in Kisoro. A panel of five judges, comprising among […]
The count down is on for the first Silverchef Competition in South West Uganda
KISORO’S TRAVELLERS REST HOTEL NAMED AS VENUE FOR SOUTH WEST UGANDA’S FIRST EVER SILVERCHEF COMPETITION (Posted 12th November 2015) Uganda’s south west, the border triangle with Rwanda and Congo, is well known around the world as THE mountain gorilla habitat. In fact, Uganda has not one but two gorilla national parks, the better known Bwindi […]
Combining ‘Silverbacks’ with ‘Silverchefs’ … only in Uganda!
GORILLA HIGHLANDS’ MIHA LOGAR CONFIRMS ‘SILVERCHEF COMPETITION’ (Posted 27th September 2015) Uganda’s famous ‘Silverbacks’, the dominant male gorillas in the forests of Bwindi and Mt. Mgahinga, no doubt inspired the creators of the upcoming ‘Silverchef Competition’ when chosing the name for the event, which later this year will pit South Western Uganda’s most accomplished chefs […]
#DiaryofaMuzungu’s Charlotte Beauvoisin asks searching questions about the future of tourism
The future of travel in East Africa: Interview with Prof. Wolfgang ThomeJun 1, 20 Interview with Prof. Wolfgang Thome: travel post covid-19 in Uganda and East Africa With over 40 years’ experience working in tourism and aviation in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, Professor Wolfgang Thome is uniquely placed to share his insights on the future […]
Volcanoes Safaris Virunga Lodge turns 15
VIRUNGA LODGE SET TO REVEAL NEW FEATURES AS CHEF KYOMUHENDO WINS GORILLA HIGHLANDS SILVERSCHEF COMPETITION (Posted 04th November 2019) (Pictures courtesy of Volcanoes Safaris) Volcanoes Safaris has been a pioneer of reviving gorilla and chimpanzee tourism in Uganda and Rwanda since 1997. To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Virunga Lodge, plans for re-imagining the property […]
The ‘Evolution’ of a Chef
CHEF RAMADHAN’S PROFESSIONAL GROWTH – WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THE GORILLA HIGHLAND SILVERCHEF COMPETITION By Chef Ramadhan Sindayigaya and ATCNews (Posted 24th October 2019) As the 2019 edition of the Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition goes underway in Musanze / Rwanda does past winner Chef Ramadhan from the Marriott Kigali Hotel share some insights with […]
ATCNews.org enters into media partnership with Bench Events for AHIF
MEDIA PARTNERSHIP TAKES EFFECT FOR BENCH EVENTS’ HOTEL INVESTMENT CONFERENCES WORLD WIDE (Posted 15th June 2018) Bench Events CEO Matthew Weihs and ATCNews agreed on the sidelines of the just ended AviaDev2018 conference in Cape Town that an extended media partnership will take effect immediately, over and above the deal already in place for the […]
Will #Entebbe’s ‘Hotel No. 5’ be the ‘Chanel No. 5’ among Uganda’s boutique hotels?
WILD FRONTIERS UGANDA HOPE FOR MID YEAR OPENING OF THEIR LATEST VENTURE (Posted 08th May 2018) Opportunity arose during the 2018 edition of the Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition, held this year at the Marriott Hotel in Kigali, to speak with Jane Goldring of Entebbe based tour and hospitality group Wild Frontiers. Jane had come to […]
The story of a hospitality career – close up and personal
FROM CASUAL WAITRESS TO RESTAURANT MANAGER AND NO LIMITS TO FUTURE CAREER PROSPECTS – THE STORY OF FAUSY MUWAWU (Posted 04th December 2015) (Fausy, on the right, seen here with a colleague at the award winning Pearl of Africa Restaurant) In 2004/5, when Serena Hotels signed a deal with the Ugandan government for a long […]
