Boathouse Phuket Appoints Thailands Only Maitre Cuisinier de France

Phuket, Thailand, November 25, 2010 --(PR.com)-- A multiple award-winning restaurant with a magnificent wine cellar and spectacular seafront view the Boathouse Wine & Grill has been honoured with Wine Spectator awards since 1995. This August yet again, the Boathouse was distinguished with the even more prestigious Wine Spectator ‘Best of Awards of Excellence’, as the only establishment in Thailand for the fifth consecutive year.

Mom Tri’s Boathouse is proud to announce the appointment of Thailand’s only Maitre Cuisinier de France, Chef Jean-Noel Lumineau, as the Boathouse Wine & Grill’s Executive Chef.

Chef Lumineau earned his distinction as Maitre Cuisinier de France, an elite group of the most famous chefs in the world with about 700 members worldwide, more than 14 years ago. For over 25 years Chef Lumineau was renowned as Executive Chef at the Gault-Millau and Michelin-star rated Chateau- Hotel Le Prieure in the Loire Valley in Anjou, France.

He was executive consultant at all of Mom Tri’s restaurants (www.momtriphuket.com) for the past two years prior to his recent appointment as Executive Chef for the Boathouse Wine & Grill exclusively.

Chef Lumineau is dedicated to continuing with the Boathouses reputation for the finest food and wine and developing new, creative recipes.

The popular Boathouse weekend cooking classes will be held as usual from 10:00 – 14:00 hrs with Chef Rattana Pholtaisong, Boathouse sous-chef. Chef Rattana has been working at the Boathouse since 1990 and has been a regular assistant to Chef Tummanoon in the kitchen and classroom.

*High Resolution photos can be downloaded from:
Photo 1: Chef Trio http://www.sendspace.com/file/hkriv7
Photo 2: Chef Jean-Noël Lumineau http://www.sendspace.com/file/dsssm3
Photo 3: Chef Tummanoon Punchun http://www.sendspace.com/file/peecsg
Photo 4 : Chef Jean-Noël Lumineau http://www.sendspace.com/file/6ohy5q

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Mom Tri’s Boathouse, Phuket Thailand, is the creation of renowned Thai architect, entrepreneur and artist Mom Luang Tridhosyuth Devakul known as Mom Tri. Favourite with discriminating visitors it appears on numerous lists of the world’s best small hotels. The Boathouse Wine & Grill has been distinguished with Wine Spectator Awards since 1995 and has won the sole Best of Award of Excellence in Thailand since 2006.