Rosemary Lee, well-known Toronto Chef leads a tour to explore the Regional Cooking of Thailand, February 19-March 4, 2005

Well-known Toronto chef Rosemary Lee will lead a tour to Thailand to explore the regional cooking and culture of Thailand. Featured on the tour are five cooking classes: in Bangkok’s Chinatown, and in the Central Plains area of the country in Petchaboon, using the local herbs and produce grown at the mountain resort of KhaoKho Thalenphu. The third class will explore Northern Thai cooking at the Somphet Cooking School in Chiang Mai; the fourth class takes place outside the resort town of Hua Hin, 200 KM west of Bangkok. The fifth and last class features seafood, purchased at the local seafood market in Hua Hin.

When not attending cooking classes, the group will visit the Grand Palace
and major temples in Bangkok, stop at the former capital of Ayuthaya, then
head north to visit the Lampang Elephant Rehabilitation Centre near Chiang
Mai. In Chiang Mai, the largest city in the north, the group will visit with
local artists, and take in the famed night market. Before heading home are a
few days of relaxation at the beach resort of Hua Hin.

The tour was created for Rosemary Lee, executive chef, product developer and
teacher in Toronto. “It will be exciting to visit food markets on the trip,
to see the products fresh, that we often can only buy frozen here in
Toronto, and to learn about the tastes and ingredients in regional cooking,
which is the trend today in the city’s Thai restaurants,” said Ms Lee.

She studied at George Brown College and is a part-time teacher there. She
also does food consulting, specializing in Asian Cuisine. She has worked in
the hospitality industry for 25 years. Internationally, Rosemary Lee worked
for the Cordon Bleu Cooking School in Paris, France the Hong Kong
Polytechnical University in Hong Kong, and in Germany, Thailand and
Australia. Her knowledge is vast about food, and all aspects of the food
industry.

The tour is priced at CAD 3,625, with single supplement at $4000. An
Exploration of the Regional Cooking and Culture of Thailand is offered
through Charming Holidays.

For bookings and information, persons can call Lynne Lim at 416 466-1210 or
Doreen Vanini at 416 962-7852.

November 25, 2004   Posted in: Thailand