�We attended Thai cooking classes at the Royal Cliff Hotel in Pattaya,� said Laurent �where the students were taught all aspects of Thai cooking by Executive Sous Chef Wuthicha Kuilong, right from visiting the local produce markets in the early mornings, identifying and choosing ingredients - a fascinating experience, with overflowing baskets of spices, herbs, chillies, tropical fruits and vegetables providing a wonderful display of colours and textures�.  

�We then spent the day preparing, cooking and presenting a wide variety of Thai dishes from various regions in Thailand, under the tutelage of master chefs. We were even taught elaborate fruit and vegetable carving techniques�.

At the end of the course, each student was presented with a Certificate of Accomplishment and returned to Australia inspired with innovative ideas for blending Asian ingredients with local Australian produce and eager to put their newly learned traditional and contemporary Thai cooking techniques into practise in their Aussie kitchens.
 

The Royal Cliff Hotel was so enthusiastic about the visiting Australians and the cooking classes that management have decided to build a cooking school near the hotel�s Thai restaurant, planned for mid September completion, so that there can be ongoing cooking classes at the resort.

Royal Cliff Beach Hotel Pattaya, Thailand

The Hotel School, Hotel Inter.Continental, winner of the NSW Tourism Best of the Decade Award for Excellence in Industry Training, Private Sector, offers Year One Certificates in  Commercial Cooking or Food & Beverage or Front Office in unique industry-relevant courses which alternate two weeks lecture room theory with two weeks paid practical experience in the five star international Hotel Inter.Continental, Sydney, situated adjacent to the School in Macquarie Street in the Sydney CBD. 

In partnership with Southern Cross University, winner of the the 1999 National Australian Tourism Award for Industry Education, The Hotel School offers students the opportunity to then progress to Year Two Diploma of Hotel Management and Year Three Bachelor of Business in Hotel Management, with full time lecturers from both Hotel Inter.Continental and SCU.