MIGF (MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL GOURMET FESTIVAL 2014) ENDED WITH A MASSIVE MELANGE OF MARVELLOUS MALAYSIAN-STYLE CELEBRATION AT ROYALE CHULAN HOTEL'S FORECOURT AND GRAND BALLROOM, SPILLING INTO THE SPECTACULAR COURTYARD GARDEN WITH AROUND A 1,000 VIPS, CHEFS, HOTELIERS AND GUESTS TOASTING THE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF MALAYSIA'S FIRST AND PREMIER FOOD FESTIVAL THAT HAS PLACED THIS BELOVED NATION OF OURS ON THE GOURMET MAP. AND OF COURSE IT TAKES A MAT SALLEH TO DO ALL THIS AS PART OF HIS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO THE COUNTRY THIS ENGLISHMAN HAS CALLED HOME FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS---DATO STEVE DAY! THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS, DATO STEVE DAY AND HIS WIFE OF 25 YEARS DATIN SU DAY A.K.A DATIN SU WAI FUN. BOTH ARE THE FOUNDERS AND ORGANISERS OF MIGF AND HAVE BEEN AT IT FRO THE LAST 14 YEARS! THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRIES OWE THEM A BIG DEBT!

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Champion Chef Nathalie Arbefeulle holds her Golden Cauldron award high as her restaurant Cuisine Gourmet won Best All-Round Restaurant for 2014!

MIGF is now established as an international foodie festival!

"We are the champions"!

Dato Chef Wan joins in the festivities!

No one does it better this year than Nathalie Arbefeuille of Cuisine Gourmet by Nathalie at Menara Taipan, Jalan Puncak, KL!

ROYAL PATRON OF MIGF FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS YAM TUNKU LAKSAMANA TUNKU NAQUIYUDDIN TUANKU JAAFAR AND YAM TUNKU NURUL HAYATI


AS MIGF IS NOW 14 YEARS OLD, IT CAN SAFELY BE SAID IT IS ONE OF THE WORLD;S MOST FOCUSED, SUCCESSFUL AND PRESTIGIOUS GASTRONOMIC EVENTS IN THE WORLD.

EVEN MORE ASTONISHING, ITS ROYAL PATRON TUNKU LAKSAMANA TUNKU NAQUIYUDDIN TUANKU JAAFAR THE ELDEST SON OF THE 10TH KING OF MALAYSIA, HAS BEEN HOLDING THIS POST SINCE ITS INAUGURAL FESTIVAL 14 YEARS AGO.

BOTH THE ROYAL PATRON, HIS WIFE TUNKU NURUL NOOR HAYATI, DATO STEVE DAY AND DATIN STEVE DAY HAVE MORE OR LESS LOOKED THE SAME TODAY AS THEY DID 14 YEARS BACK.

THIS SIMPLY PROVES THE EFFICACIOUS EFFECTS OF GOOD FOOD ON MAINTAINING ONE'S HEALTH AND ROBUSTNESS! AS THEY SAY, FOOD MAKETH THE MAN! 

MIGF SHOWCASES THE EXPERTISE OF MALAYSIA'S TOP CHEFS(THOUGH THEY NEED NOT BE MALAYSIANS) CREATING ASTOUNDING DISHES, DESSERTS AND DRINKS IN 35 CATEGORIES.

THIS YEAR'S WINNER OF THE COVETED GOLDEN CAULDRON AWARD FOR BEST ALL-ROUND RESTAURANT 2014 WENT T0 CUISINE GOURMET BY NATHALIE AT GROUND FLOOR, MENARA TAIPAN  AT JALAN PUNCAK BEHIND SHANGRI-LA HOTEL.

I GUESS AUTOMATICALLY THIS MEANS THE CHEF OF 2014 WAS CHEF NATHALIE ARBEFEUILLE WHO RUNS CUISINE GOURMET BY NATHALIE WITH CHEF CLARA CHAMPONNOIS.

AS A FRENCH WOMAN COOKING INNOVATIVE AND DELICIOUS FRENCH CUISINE, NATHALIE ARBEFEUILLE DESERVES TO WIN BUT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER GOLDEN CAULDRON AWARD FOR BEST ALL-ROUND RESTAURANT HELMED BY MALAYSIAN CHEF. OTHERWISE IT IS LIKE COMPARING A ROSE WITH AN ORCHID---IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE WHICH IS BETTER! 

LAST YEAR'S WINNER WAS THE RESTAURANT (YES THIS IS THE NAME!) AT SAUJANA RESORT WHICH ALSO HAD A MAT SALLEH CHEF ALEXANDER WASCHI WHICH OF COURSE NO ONE BEGRUDGES AS HIS FOOD WAS DAZZLINGLY DELICIOUS.

GOURMET CUISINE BY NATHALIE WAS ALSO ONE OF 7 FINALISTS AND IT WON THIS YEAR! CONGRATULATIONS!

CUISINE GOURMET BY NATHALIE AVERAGES RM 400++ WITH WINE PER PERSON AND BETTER PRICED THAN WHAT YOU WOULD PAY IN EUROPE AS 100 EUROS DO NOT GO FAR!

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 DATO KEE HUA CHEE AND COLIN LIM

 MICHAEL MANTZ AND PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO

 PRINCESS DE BECKY LEOGARDO

 COIN BOX FOR AUCTION IN AID OF NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION

 THE COIN BOXES WERE DECORATED BY VIPS AND CELEBRITIES

 ROYAL CHULAN GRAND BALLROOM

 STUNNING

 GRAND

 PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO, ITALIAN TRADE COMMISSIONER DR ANDREA AMBRA AND WIFE GRAZIA IANNARELLI

PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO, DR ANDREAS AMBRA AND GRAZIA AMBRA

DATO KEE HUA CHEE IN LORD'S TAILOR SUIT, VIVIEN AND COLIN LIM

 ALL FOOD STALLS FEATURED 'THE BEST OF MALAYSIAN CUISINES'! 

 DATIN SU DAY, MICHAEL MANTZ AND PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO

 THE BEST OF MALAYSIAN CUISINES WERE OFFERED TO THE NAER 1,000 GUESTS!

 DELICIOUSLY YUMMY

 FABULOUS

 SHIRLEY LENZ, PUAN SRI CHRISTINE KHIR JOHARI AND VIVIEN

 PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO AND MICHAEL MANTZ

 STAGE

 MINGLING 

 TAMAN MAHSURI THE INDOOR COURTYARD IN FRONT OF BALLROOM

 LOOKS LIKE A CONCERT IS COMING

 IN A WAY, DATO STEVE DAY THE FOUNDER OF MIGF DID PUT ON A CONCERT OF SORTS!

 THEATRICAL!

 STUNNING VISUALS

 BEER WAS KRONENBOURG 1664!

 THE BEST BEER AFTER CARLSBERG!

 TAN SRI DATO SERI DR JASON GOH AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

 MODESTO MARINI AND WIFE ELIZABETH MARINI

 TAN SRI JASON GOH, MODESTO MARINI AND ELIZABETH MARINI

 DATO SIMON WONG AND DATIN MICHELLE WONG

 MRS BEH AND DR BEH CHOR KIM THE BEST HEART AND CANCER DOCTOR IN MALAYSIA

 YM TG MOHD ALAUDDIN TG NAQUIYUDDIN, MODESTO MARINI AND ELIZABETH MARINI

 FEODOR OZANEROV, RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR H.E LYUDMILA VOROBYEVA AND ECUADOR AMBASSADOR LOURDES PUMA

 YAM TUNKU NAQUIYUDDIN TUANKU JAAFAR THE ROYAL PATRON OF MIGF AND YAM TG NURUL HAYATI

YAM TG NAQUIYUDDIN AND YAM TG HAYATI 

 VIPS

 JEFFREY PERERA AND SOORIA PERERA

 PAT LIEW AND CHE PUAN WINNIE SOPHIA LOW

 YAM TUNKU JOHANEZ TUNKU ANUAR, WIFE CHE PUAN WINNIE SOPHIA AND DR ANDREAS AMBRA

 FORMER ITALIANN AMBASSADOR FULCO DE LUCA GABRIELLI AND NILOU GABRIELLI

 VIPS AT FRONT ROW AT THE LAUNCH OF MIGF AWARDS AND CELEBRATION PARTY AT ROYALE CHULAN HOTEL 

 YAM NAQUIYUDDIN AND YAM TG NURUL HAYATI LED THE VVIPS

 A FIRE SHOW REFLECTED MIGF'S THEME OF 'RED HOT CHEFS'

 RED HOT SHOW!

 SIZZLING FIRE EATERS!

 WELL, MIGF'S THEME FOR 2014 WAS RED HOT CHEFS AND THIS SHOW REFLECTED IT!

 MAGICIAN MAHDI MOUDINI GETTING INTO THE ACT...

 ...BY PRODUCING MIGF FOUNDER AND ORGANISER DATO STEVE DAY FROM INSIDE A CABINET

 'FRIENDS, ROMANS, GOURMETS AND COUNTRY MEN!' SAID DATO STEVE DAY

 MAGICIAN MAHDI MOUDINI PRDUCED A DUCK FOR DATO STEVE DAY

 NOW THERE ARE 2 DUCKS!

 MAGICIAN MOUDINI SHOVING DATO STEVE DAY BACK INSIDE THE CABIN

 DATO STEVE DAY SAFELY INSIDE

 BUT GETTING SHRUNK!

 WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REST OF DATO SREVE DAY'S BODY!

 TO PROVE THERE WAS NOTHING UNDERNEATH, MAGICIAN MOUDINI CRAWLED UNDERNEATH DATO STEVE DAY

 THANK GOODNESS DATO STEVE DAY WAS BACK TO NORMAL!

 SMILE FOR MY LEICA GIVEN BY HRH SULTANAH KALSOM!

 HOT GALS

 RED HOT CHILLIS!

 ALL THE CHEFS ON STAGE WITH DATO STEVE DAY

 COLIN LIM

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE

 RED HOT CHILLIS!

 SIZZLERS

 GETTING THEIR AWARDS!

 FINALE!

 NATHALIE ARBEFEUILLE RECEIVING HER GOLDEN CAULDRON TROPHY FROM ROYAL PATRON YAM TG NAQUIYUDDIN TUANKU JAAFAR

 NATHALIE'S FANS AND FRIENDS RUSHING ON STAGE TO CONGRATULATE HER

 CHEERS TO NATHALIE

 CUISINE GOURMET BY NATHALIE WON BEST ALL ROUND RESTAURANT FOR 2014

 FABULOUS!

 CONGRATS NATHALIE!

 YAHOO

 DATO STEVE DAY CONGRATULATING NATHALIE ARBEFEUILLE

 MIGF GETTING BIGGER EACH YEAR!

 SOON THE AWARDS WILL HAVE TO BE IN A STADIUM!

 CHEERS

 CONGRATS

 THANKS

 CHAMPION!

 WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!

 WE ARE THE BEST!

 CHEERS ALL ROUND

 THE BEST OF THE BEST!

 CHEF WAN JOINS IN

 GREAT SHOW!

 CHEF WAN AND COLIN LIM

 CHEF WAN IS MALAYSIA'S GREATEST CHEF!

 THE WINNING TEAM

 YEY!

 CHEF NATHALIE ARBEFEUILLE IS TOPS!

 FUN ALL ROUND

NILOUS GABRIELLI OF LA SCALA!