Galaxy of Stars
Starting from 10 to 28 April, World Gourmet Summit 2006 will be celebrating 10 years of epicurean excellence with more iconic chefs and celebrities, as well as a stronger and more exciting line-up of events.

This year's World Gourmet Summit will host no less than 11 Michelin-stars in the lineup of chefs as well as a record number of celebrity personalities.

World Gourmet Summit 2006 welcomes the legendary Philippe Legendre, Meilleur Ouvrier de France 1996 who guided the renowned Le Cinq to its current three- Michelin-stars in 2003; Santi Santamaria, a self-taught chef who was the first in Catalonia to receive three-Michelin-stars in 1995. Other luminaries include Paco Roncero (one-Michelin-star) from Spain who is considered Ferrán Adrià's most outstanding disciple; Gennaro Esposito (one-Michelin-star) from Italy who counts Alain Ducasse as one of his culinary admirers; Laurent Tourondel of the BLT (Fish) restaurant in New York which gained a Michelin-star when the Michelin Guide Book debuted its listing in 2005; Antonin Bonnet (one-Michelin-star) from The Greenhouse, United Kingdom; Kevin Thornton (one-Michelin-star) of Thornton's restaurant in Dublin, Irelend; Alessandro Stratta from Wynn Las Vegas; Susur Lee from Canada; and Terje Ness from Norway. Giving a sneak preview into the wonders of gastronomy is a cooking demonstration and dinner presented by SPOON (a dining concept by Alain Ducasse who currently has nine-Michelin-stars).

In association with the premier lifestyle channel, Discovery Travel & Living, Ian Wright, the award-winning host from the Globe Trekker series will host a dinner highlighting some of his travel experiences in the new VIP Weekend series on Discovery Travel & Living channel. The Rubino Brothers from Toronto, Canada, will not only create a dinner event, but also film one episode for their next season of Made to Order at World Gourmet Summit. Chef Wan from Malaysia will also be in town to showcase some Malay cuisines and desserts at the StraitsKitchen, Grand Hyatt Singapore. He will conduct a cooking demonstration as well as raise funds for the Singapore Cheshire Home with Brian Richmond from Gold 90.5FM, the Official Radio Station of World Gourmet Summit 2006.

Presenting their vintages from four decades are wineries from France such as Domaine Bonneau Du Martray, Domaine Michel Gros, Château Cos d'Estournel and Château- Figeac. Domaine Joseph Faiveley, France and Luciano Sandrone from Piedmont, Italy will be showcasing their award-winning collection. Wine tasting sessions will be presented by the winemakers of the respective wineries and moderated by World Gourmet Summit Wine Consultant, Dr N K Yong.