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Ctg taken by storm

Seven get "yes" cards for final round

Staff Correspondent, ctg
Hazi Md Rafiq Uddin, a man in his sixties, travelled to Chittagong all the way from Sylhet to participate in the Chittagong round of the Rupchanda-Daily Star Super Chef 2015 yesterday.
A retired chef, Rafiq, had been working in different
restaurants in the UK and the US for around 25 years before coming back to Bangladesh three years ago.
“I saw the advertisement for the cooking competition on TV and decided to participate," said Rafiq, who arrived in the port city two days back braving blockade and hartal violence.
Rafiq was one of 162 people who participated in the Chittagong round of the competition held at Anika Community Centre.
The event saw participation of people from many different backgrounds with a common interest in preparing food.
Mashiur Rahman, an HSC examinee, auditioned because of his love of cooking. He always plays chef when his friends have a picnic or a party.
Mashiur said he prefers cooking chicken polao dishes.
A student studying hotel management, Syeda Farzana, said she participated because of encouragement from her husband.
“My husband was very enthusiastic about the whole thing," she gushed, adding that he was the one who registered her to compete in the show.
“As a student of hotel management, I want to test myself and see how far I can go," she added.
The first stage of the competition was a written examination on culinary arts. When participants were waiting for the result of the written test, their children captivated the audience with dance performances.
A total of 20 people managed to move forward to the next stage which was a 30-minute cook-off to display their cookingskills.
Judges Jinat Azam and Rawshan Ara Begum tasted each of the dishes prepared and judged the candidates on their innovation, food presentation, taste and Super Chef quality.
They then discussed the merits and demerits of each participant ensuring that only the best would make it to the final round to be held in Dhaka.
Finally, seven people got the "Yes" card to participate in the final rounds. The seven are: Sharmila Sen Gupta, Umme Kulsum, Anup Kumar, Tanjila Kaniz, Nelima Das, Fatema Tuz Zohra and Latifa Aktar.
They will compete with winners from the Dhaka, Mymensingh, Jessore and Bogra rounds to clinch the title of
“Super Chef".
Subrin Maruf, brand executive of Rupchanda, said they have organised the competition to promote people who can not only cook well but can also innovate balanced dishes.
With Bogra and Rajshahi rounds of Rupchanda-Daily Star Super Chef 2015 already held, Super Chef, the biggest culinary competition in Bangladesh, will now head to Dhaka and Mymensingh for auditions.