Feste Group Announces Young Finalists for the 2024 Young Chef Young Waiter Young Mixologist (YYY) Competition!
September 27th 2024
HONG KONG, Hong Kong (September 27th, 2024) – For Hong Kong’s second edition of international competition Young Chef Young Waiter Young Mixologist (YYY), the spectacle is set to take place on Friday, October 11th 2024 at the International Culinary Institute in Pok Fu Lam. With a new year comes a new list of handpicked finalists across the three categories, including the newest addition of Young Mixologist. 12 talented young professionals aged 28 and under from Hong Kong’s hospitality industry will battle it out to see who will win this year’s title.
Finalists 2024 Announced
The results are in! Following the Young Mixologist Semi Finals across Bar Leone, Socio, and Kinsman on September 26th, all the finalists have been decided.
Hoping to follow in the footsteps of 2023’s winners from Singapore who swept first-place in all the categories at the Monaco World Finals, this year’s young hopefuls are set to battle it out for their spot on Team Hong Kong:
Young Chef Finalists 2024:
Nitin Hiranandani from Samsen
Tin Ho Yu from Arcane
Angus Wong from Amber
Steven Yuen from Belon
Young Waiter Finalists 2024:
Uday Kumar from Relish
Nigel Lee from Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Timothy Lee from the Hotel and Tourism Institute
Tony To from Godenya
Young Mixologist Finalists 2024:
Washam Limbu from Socio
Evan Mak from Argo
Bipan Limbu from The Daily Tot
Sunny Leung from DIO Cafe Bar
Watch our finalists compete at the one-day live finals on October 11th where they will showcase their range of talents and skills in their individual categories. The winners will then represent Hong Kong in the World Finals, hosted in Singapore this year from November 22nd – 24th, 2024, competing against teams from 10 other countries for a shared grand cash prize of $15,000 USD.
About YYY Hong Kong
The YYY Hong Kong competition is part of the global Young Chef Young Waiter initiative, which aims to honour the next generation of culinary and service stars. It seeks to celebrate and elevate the hospitality industry, encouraging young professionals to view it as a career of choice and a noble profession.
Feste Group’s goal with YYY has always been to gather Hong Kong’s F&B community together to continue supporting, encouraging, and pushing our industry forward in every aspect with this new generation of hospitality trailblazers. With a star-studded judging panel including the likes of Shane Osborn, Richard Ekkebus, ArChan Chan, Lindsay Jang, Lorenzo Antinori, Gavin Yeung, Kristina Snaith-Lense, Abby Cadman, and Francisco Ricafort, the finalists will be mentored by their industry heroes.
Hospitality professionals, media outlets, culinary students, and food enthusiasts are all invited to witness this landmark event in Hong Kong. For more information, please visit https://youngchefyoungwaiter.com/hong-kong/
Visit our Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/ycywhongkong/
For our press release on YYY Hong Kong 2024, please visit here.
For photos of last year’s 2023 competition, please visit here.
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS AND SPONSORS
For more information, please feel free to contact:
NATALIE FONG
Head of Brand & Marketing
natalie@feste-group.com
