Dilmah Tea

There is both purpose and goodness in your cup of Dilmah Ceylon Tea. Whenever you purchase Dilmah you help students stay in school, provide fishermen with the funds to maintain their trade, and even help look after orphaned elephants! Drink to that the next time you brew a cup of Dilmah Ceylon Tea.

Another chapter was opened in the culinary history of the United Arab Emirates this week with the debut of the 'Afternoon Tea for the 21st Century' contest by family tea company Dilmah. Challenging Chefs and Hospitality professionals to reimagine tea and the most popular occasion for tea, the contest was judged at GulfHost with the support of ICCA, with spectacular culinary and mixology, novel presentation and great tea producing truly 21st Century Afternoon Tea.

Judges Peter Kuruvita (Culinary), Tomasz Malek (Mixology) and Dilhan C. Fernando (Tea) were so impressed with the tea inspiration on display over the two days that four Gold Medals were awarded, One Silver, One Bronze and 3 Certificate Level Awards. The Overall Winners were Patrick Njenga Mihiu and Chaminda Roziro from Pullman Hotel & Resort Deira City Center Dubai, with Gold Medals also Awarded to Ruslan Svezhenko and Ramesh Hashan of Aloft City Centre Deira, Dubai, Julian Mejia and Carlos Morales of Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel and Villas and Abhinav Desai and Ahmed Elgamal of Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Deira Creek Sarwar Alam and Clinton Vadual of Madinat Hilton Dubai Jumeirah Resort Hotel Received Silver Medals and Vipin Nair and Nabeel Kenny of Amwaj Rotana, Jumeirah Beach were Awarded, Bronze Medal.

Certificates were Awarded to Shaban Ahmad and Sumedha of Hilton Jumeirah, Also to Media Rotana’s Crystal Caranza and Ajay Pillai, Cynthia Dizon and Solongo Category Awards for Best Table Layout, Best Iced Tea, Best Tea & Food Pairing, The Perfect Cup of Tea, Best Menu, Best Tea Cocktail and Best Tea Inspired Food were also presented.