GTBank Announces more Masterclass Facilitators For Its Food and Drink Festival

 

In a bid to make its much anticipated culinary event classic in Africa, GTBank has announced more experts as Masterclass Facilitators for the glamorous festival.

The new and final announcement will put the number of Masterclass Facilitators for the bank’s 4-day festival to Fifteen (15) amazing industry leaders that will be educating, and inspiring, the enthusiastic crowd of food lovers.

The GTBank Food and Drink Festival will hold from the 28th of April – 1st of May at the 1, Water Corporation Drive, Oniru Estate, Victoria Island.

Among the newly-announced experts is Chef Duff Goldman. Goldman is a widely celebrated pastry chef and the star of Food Network’s hit TV Shows, Ace of Cakes and Buddy vs. Duff. Renowned for his dazzling and creative approach to pastries, Duff’s culinary career began at a bagel shop, where he was almost fired for making the sandwiches too big. Ever since then, he has made a name for putting his own spin to food.

After graduating from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, with degrees in history and philosophy, Duff went on to study at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena, Calif. He worked at several acclaimed culinary destinations, including the French Laundry, the Vail Cascade Hotel and Todd English’s Olives before returning to Baltimore in 2000 to become a personal chef.

Duff will be at the GTBank Food and Drink Festival on Wednesday, May 1st, 2019, to lead the discussion on Acing your Cakes!

Also on the list of newly-announced experts is Tregaye Fraser who is a renowned chef with a passion for the unconventional. Fraser is the first African American woman to win the popular reality show, Food Network Star, a two-time competitor of TV’s hit series, Cutthroat Kitchen and Host of the TV show, The Kitchen Sink.

Following her graduation from the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu, Chef Fraser became quickly known for taking everyday foods and turning them into whimsical cuisine. Her unique flair for creating creative dishes has won her the audience of renowned personalities such as Barack Obama, the former president of the United States of America.

Chef Fraser will lead the conversation on Afro Recipe Fusion for a New Culinary Experience at the GTBank Food and Drink Festival.

Another announced name was Luke Whearty, a bar operator, restaurant innovator and drink creator with over a decade of experience presiding over some of the most progressive drinking programs.

Whearty is a serial entrepreneur in the food and drink industry, Luke cut his teeth as head bartender at the internationally acclaimed Der Raum, where he won several Australian Bartender Awards. After his stint at Der Raum, Luke made the move to South East Asia where he worked alongside Chef Ryan Clift at the highly acclaimed Tippling Club.

Luke will be at the GTBank Food and Drink Festival on Sunday, April 28th 2019, to lead a discussion on What Grows Together Goes Together….A lesson from Mother Nature.

Chef Cristian Duhalde is the last on the list. He is the owner and creative director of La Taverna, an esoteric Latin America and Spanish restaurant, based in Lagos, Nigeria. The restaurant is famous for offering the ‘Best Pizza in Lagos’. Chef Duhalde started his career in 1996, after graduating from the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu, working at several restaurants in Chile, his home country, Spain, Peru and France. While he honed his skills as a chef, he won many awards including Chile’s National Champion of Chefs in 2004, among many others.

In 2008, Chef Duhalde moved to Nigeria to begin another chapter in his career, working at the prestigious restaurant ‘villa Medici and la Scala’, and holding private dinners at many landmark locations including the presidential villa, Aso Rock. In 2013, Chef Duhalde opened his restaurant, La Taverna, with specificity in Latin America and Spanish cuisine. Since it’s opening, the restaurant has gained popularity among food lovers and has expanded its reach to Abuja, Nigeria. Chef Duhalde will be at the GTBank Food and Drink Festival on Monday, April 29th 2019, to discuss Tasting your way to

 

Samson Oyedeyi