WACS Continental Director Southest Europa

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WACS Continental Director Southest Europa

• Srecko Koklic

Report from Auckland 2006 to Dubai 2008
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Member of WACS Souhest Europe
CROATIA  CYPRES GREECE ITALY MALTA
PORTUGAL ROMANIA SLOVENIA TURKEY
BULGARIA SERBIA
MONTENEGRO MOLDOVA
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Extra ordinary members
Rimini Fiera SpA
Ekin
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July 2006

• Montenegro
• Saturday, July 29, 2006, hotel Maestral, Pržno,
  Budva
• My first visit to region and WACS mission

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PRESENT Anita Mitrovic Milic (Chef Association
of Montenegro), Vuksan Mitrovic (Chef
Association of Montenegro), Pero Gracun (CAS),
Zoran Miškovic (CAS). Iztok Legat (HIT
Montenegro), Dušan Mitrovic (HIT Montenegro),

• In the republic of Montenegro there was a
  referendum about separation and by receiving the
  documentation of establishment of a new
  association by the proper Ministry (the dated
  establishment February 17, 2006), I personally
  was convinced, that this is a formally created
  new association, for the name Dorde Kostic was
  mentioned as one of the most active members also
  at CASM. By searching for information about a
  contact (March 31, 2006), I also was directed to
  Mr. Kostic.
• Further more, by receiving mail I received
  materials that included same identical actions
  and participation on international competitions.
  Thus the team under the leadership of Mr. Dorde
  Kostica participated on the competition in Cyprus
  under the CASM branding.
• I forwarded the received documentation to Mr.
  Schmidiger, who issued and mediated an invoice
  for membership to the new address, and the
  membership was paid.
• July, 2006, mediated an e-mail about the
  resignation of Mr. Kostica as the president of
  Culinary Association of Serbia.

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Findings

• After the examination of the documentation, it
  was association CASM, which was in the procedure
  of acceptance confirmed as a member of WACS.
• The new-founded association took advantage of the
  situation (separation of Montenegro form Serbia)
  and affiliated the new-founded legal formal
  association (Culinary Association of Serbia).
• Two associations rose from the existent
  association CASM
• - in Serbia CAS - Culinary Association of
  Serbia,
• - in Montenegro CAM - Culinary Association of
  Montenegro.
• The representatives of Montenegro chefs are
  referring to the board members of the WACS with a
  plea for admittance into WACS. Due to the fact,
  which they formerly worked under the wings of
  CASM, they would like to be accepted without the
  preceding two year procedure, which they have
  completed together in the former structure.
• The form for joining to the membership of WACS
  was mediated to the representatives of Montenegro
  chefs and also to the representatives of Serbia
  for the changes of their name.
• I also asked them for all the documentation about
  the establishment of the association by the
  proper Ministry and confirmations of supporting
  organizations.
• It has been agreed, that they send me the
  complete documentation via e-mail by August 15th
  and supplement them in case of any additional
  questions for the preparation of the report for
  the September board meeting in New York.
• Due to better understanding, the history of
  setting up CASM (Culinary Association of Serbia
  and Montenegro) was presented.

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August 2006

• Serbia Niš visit culinary festival of Serbia in
  NIŠ, meeting with members of Culinary Association
  of Serbia and have to be acquainted with problem
  s of association ho was divided an two parts

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September 2006

• New York Board meeting my first meeting with
  members after congress in Auckland. I was to be
  acquainted with all activity all of member board
  and all committee.

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October 2006

• WACS Conference HELSINKI, first meeting president
  of WACS Ferdinand Metz wit colleagues from
  Serbia. Slovenian Chef Association makes propels
  for organization of competition of WACS Chefs
  Challenger, 2007 in Slovenia.

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November 2006

• EXPO GAST Luxembourg visit culinary competitions
  and meet with some of member of board.

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January 2007

• 31. January 2007 Zagreb Croatia personal presence
  on arrangement of Croatian Chefs association at
  promulgation Chef of the Year.

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23. 25. Marc 2007BRATISLAVA WACS Conference

• I have made a presentation program for
  organization the competition WACS Global Chef
  Challenge 24. 29. October 2007 Bled Radovljica
  Slovenia

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31. 03. / 01.04.2007 ITALY CARRARA international
Competition

• REPORT on a visit of Italian chefs (FIC),
  competition Carrara
• I am visit The International Italian Culinary
  Expo.
• The exhibition has
• Hot cooking competition, for teams and individual
  exhibitors
• Team consist of (five members) Chef, two cooks,
  one pastry chef and team manager) and preparing
  menu with three meals for 60 personal and 4 for
  judges and one for presentation
• Cold cooking competition (category A B C) for
  teams and individual exhibitors
• Artistic competition for teams and individual
  exhibitors
• Every day after conclude make to proclaim the
  result. I was present one of them.
• I must to commend, that I was very nice
  surprised, how many young competitors to take an
  active part in.
• I am meting with President Paolo Caldana, we are
  conversation about possibility to cooperate
  between WACS Members Southern Europe, how to
  improve dialog and exchange information. What it
  is reason on situation non activity some members.
• I meet all so with Dumitru Burtea and Stefan
  Bercea Romanian national association of cooks and
  confectioners.

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April 2007

• Santiago Chile, Board Meeting

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May 2007

• 4.5. May 2007 Umag Croatia
• Visit Culinary competition ZLATNA ŠPARUGA, where
  I make first contact with colleague from Bosnia
  And Herzegovina, the team from BIH was compete in
  culinary festival.
• 21. / 25. May 2008 Chicago
• Whit member of Slovenian national Chef s team I
  have visit the NRA Show like visitors and I can
  say that was the Culinary exhibition in cold
  kitchen and competition in hot kitchen was on
  very professional level.

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Junij 2007 18.6.2007 INTEREG project Slovenia
Italia

• The members of Slovenian Chef Association make a
  great project with colleague from Italia Furlania
  Region on professional area, with presentation
  regional national dish, preparing an (sodoben)
  modern style.

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October 2007

• Organization of the Global Chefs Challenge
  Competition for South Europe and I am very proud
  that the competition went so well with helps my
  colleague the Slovenian Chefs Association. All
  competitors, who were coming in Slovenia, did
  make a great job. First I wont thank the WACS
  member s of South Europe for confidence for
  realization competition and all competitors, who
  were coming in Slovenia, and make a great job,
  they are present a lot of professional knowledge.

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November 2007 13. / 14. November Opatia Croatia

• Visit Croatia chefs, competition Opatija
• I am visit The National Culinary competition of
  Croatia.
• The exhibition has
• Hot cooking competition, for individual
  exhibitors, chef prepared (first course dish,
  Fish dish, dish with to selected meat,
  vegetarian dish,
• Cold cooking competition (category A B C) for
  teams and individual exhibitors
• Artistic competition for individual exhibitors
• Every day after conclude make to proclaim the
  result. I was present one of them.
• I must to commend, that I was very nice
  surprised, how many young and women competitors
  to take an active part in.
• I am meting with President Damir Crleni, we are
  conversation about possibility to cooperate
  between WACS Members Southern Europe, how to
  improve dialog and exchange information. What it
  is reason on situation non activity some members.
• They inform me about activity national chef team
  of Croatia, who was visit Kremlin Cup and was
  very disappointment about organization of
  competition.
• We speak about EU competition (Basel, Stuttgart,
  Luxembourg) and their importance admits members
  of WACS.
• I promise him help with our member of Slovenian
  association and experience which we have.
• 14. November 2008 is to found section Woman in
  professional Chefs which will work together with
  official Association of Chef Croatia. With the
  wish to expose women in professional occupation,
  board of section is Marija Kozminska president,
  vice president Marija Škero, member Bojana
  Zenzerovic, Ivana Vukmanovic.
• Bojana Zenzekovic, Marija Kozminska and Ivana
  Vukmanic are of honors member of FIC Italien
  woman chefs section.

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November 2007 21. / 27. November 2007 visit
Malta, Malta Kulinarjia

• PRESENT Guido Debono, Chairman MCFA, Vincent
  Lungaro-Mifsud, Salon Director 2007, Martin
  Camilleri President Malta Culinary Association,
• The exhibition hasHot cooking competition, for
  teams and individual exhibitors
• Team consist of (three members) Chef, two cooks,
  one pastry chef) and preparing menu with three
  meals for four personal. Individual competitors
  are competition on preparing different dishes
  (duck dish, first course dish, pasta dish, fish
  dish, fungi dish, lamb dish, game dish, pork
  dish, Maltese dish, and vegetarian dish.
• They have to organize competition for Chef of the
  year, cook and serve and last moist importance
  competition MASTER CHEFS GRAND PRIX.
• Cold cooking competition (category A B C) for
  teams and individual exhibitors Artistic
  competition for teams and individual exhibitors
• Important date, that in Malta work two official
  association very good and they are inform me ,
  that planning in next year to unite in one strong
  professional association.
• During the competitors we can see young
  competitors and also women chef s. Who was
  preparing a god dishes to make so bold as to do
  something in combination color and taste.
• I must to commend, that I was very nice
  surprised, how many young competitors to take an
  active part in.
• Last day prepare Gala Dinner with promulgation
  the results of the competition. We are witness
  very sentimentality shout for competitors and the
  teams.
• I was all so the member of jury in some of the
  category of the competition.
• I was the member of Jury

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December 2007

• 2. /4. December .2007 WACS Board meeting in
  Frankfurt

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December 200713. /16. 12. 2007 Istanbul Turkey
Gastronomy Festival

• Hot cooking competition, for teams and individual
  exhibitors
• Cold cooking competition (category A B C) for
  teams and individual exhibitors
• Artistic competition for teams and individual
  exhibitors
• I am meting with President of TAF Y. Yalcin
  MANAV, Director of EKIN Cihan YIGIN, Directorate
  general for promotion Republic of Turkey Ministry
  of Culture and Tourism Levent DEMIREL
• They inform me about support of one official
  federation of Chef s Turkey TAF. They will
  prepare document with official support and al so
  the letter with invitation Chef s from Antalya to
  affiliate an Federation TAF.
• With the contents of conversation with
  representative of TAF and Ministry of culture and
  tourism I have inform all so Ali Riza DOKELES
  from Antalya.
• CONCLUSION
• 1. TAF (Board of TAF) must to accept the regular
  of WACS, the president of
• Federation must be profession vocation
  Chef, and to enter in his Regulation of
• all cooks federation
• 2. They must to acquire official document of the
  Ministry of culture and tourism
• Republic of Turkey
• 3. They must to complete the regulation of all
  cooks federation with all members (now
• have just 5 five) with new members
• 4. And to fill a form document for membership of
  WACS.
• I meet with colleague from Serbia (I have to
  attention about document for membership of WACS)
  they are promise me that will sent to me new form
  with all data of new federation.
• I meet all so with member Bulgarian national team
  and with Mr. KEN FRASER, who was the Chairman of
  Judges.

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February 2008 February 2008 Cyprus Gastronomic
Culinary Show

• I visit the Culinary Gastronomic Show in Cyprus,
  with 4 National Teams and domestic competitors in
  more at the thirtieth category in warm kitchen
  and cold program 4 National Teams in cold kitchen
  and preparing menu. I was member of jury.

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February 2008

• 10. /12. 02.2008 Stuttgart visit the
  international competition INTERGAST.

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February 2008

• 21. / 24. 02. 2008 WACS Country Member Conference
  in Prag.

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Daily

• Correspondence e mail s with WACS member Southern
  Europe, some call s and contact with member of
  board.
• Important contact with treasure and the
  membership when he is sending out the yearly
  payment list and asking us for help, for
  information about address

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For the future

• activity with WACS member South Europe,
• Perhaps more activity the part of interchange
  information about activity Chef s association,
  member of WACS south Europe region,
• visit, change the professional experience,
  education an professional level
• Take part the competition in Mediterranean area,
  preparing the list of competition in South
  Europe,
• But I can not make without support the member s,?
• To estimate work my self is difficult. I hope
  that I have to contribute small part and with to
  mediate information to members and some answers
  help him and make support of WACS.

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Srecko Koklic WACS Continental Director Southest
Europa