The Golden Spoon Contest 2016, What is new?

According to the organizing committee new regulations include: each contest is increased to a 20-minute time limit. This allows chefs more time to demonstrate creativity contestants and communicate with the media about their job, passion, unique image and company. Chefs now have a total time of 2 hours 20 minutes to prepare and complete all tasks (previously it was only 2 hours).

Contestants can also no longer prepare desserts in advance, and must now complete them during the contest process.

Another change is the Golden Spoon 2016 which will be organized at three different locations: Hanoi, Danang and HCM. This change will allow qualifying chefs from different regions throughout the country to meet and exchange with one another, thereby reinforcing the mission of understanding more about Vietnamese cuisine. With this increase in contestants, the organizing committee takes this into account when choosing locations. Spaces must be large enough to comfortably and conveniently move around and display their dishes with the utmost quality.

 Launching the Golden Spoon Contest, 2015 for Southeast region in Ho Chi Minh City

 Each round of the fourth edition of the Golden Spoon Contest will be organized at big film studios and a live model of a countryside market will be erected at the final round. The organizing committee will also arrange more meeting and discussion areas. This year the space will be within a professional media studio so as to help reduce the noise and provide a more professional environment, especially for the media.

 Of note to the contestants, the value of prizes in the preliminary and semi-final rounds will be adjusted higher than previous years. The first prize of the preliminary round is VND 40 million and the first prize of the semi-final is VND 50 million.

 The Golden Spoon Contest has the total value of prizes up to more than VND three billion and will be co-organized by Minh Long I Limited Company and the Center of Business Research and Enterprise Support. It is funded by Ly’s Horeca under sponsorship of two national units: the Chamber of Commerce - Industry of Vietnam (VCCI) and Vietnam national Administration of Tourism.